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Renew Your Vows #1: Conway, Stegman give fans the Peter Parker they have...
It’s here — The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows. There is much to say on this issue (and I may do up a full re-write in the near future), but my latest YouTube review should suffice for now. Check...
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Dan Slott deactivates Twitter over ‘pro-Trump’ rhetoric, joins Humberto Ramos...
If there were stocks in safe spaces, then Donald Trump’s presidential election would send them through the roof. The Nov. 8 election forced artist Humberto Ramos to run for the “blue” hills last week,...
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Dan Slott’s Amazing Kaine: Peter Parker sidelined in ASM#21 — just like ASM...
Fans of The Amazing Spider-Man have had a rough couple of years. Peter Parker was “killed” for an extended amount of time and replaced with Doctor Octopus as Superior Spider-Man. The book was...
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Brian Michael Bendis’ obsession with racial politics returns with ‘Invincible...
Imagine that you grew up reading Iron Man comics books. You love anything with Tony Stark, but for some reason Marvel’s Brian Michael Bendis was given the green light to make him disappear like a...
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Civil War II No. 7 perfectly explained by Miles Morales: ‘This is weird. Even...
Brian Michael Bendis’ Civil War II #7 is finally out, although the “summer” event still has one more month to go. On deck is Marvel’s Inhumans vs. X-Men. If you want to know what the company’s...
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Mark Waid and Dan Slott: How hyper-partisan writers hurt Marvel
The modern American comic book industry is a shadow of its former self. There are numerous reasons for this, but one contributing factor is the emergence of activist-writers. Companies like Marvel...
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‘Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy’ #3 Review: ‘B-Ben? It can’t be you!’
Marvel’s fall Spider-Man event, Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy, was such a sprawling story that it broke from the core book, The Amazing Spider-Man, and requires die-hard fans to also buy The...
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Renew Your Vows #2 Review: Conway delivers, but red flags appear for Peter...
The second issue of Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows is out, and once again Gerry Conway and Ryan Stegman offer fans a strong product. There are, however, some red flags for Peter Parker fans. Check...
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Comics and Politics YouTube chat with Capn Cummings
If you ever wanted to hang out and just chat with your friendly neighborhood blogger, then perhaps you’d like to check out today’s impromptu discussion I had with a fellow YouTuber. I’m always up for...
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Daredevil #14: Charles Soule’s inspired run continues
This blog has been a consistent supporter of Charles Soule’s work on Daredevil since the series started, and nothing changes in that respect with Dark Art Part V. Any comic book fan who has gotten to...
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Amazing Spider-Man #22: Dan Slott’s Clone story tries to be ‘Lazarus...
Do humans have souls, or are we deluding ourselves into thinking free will exists thanks to a complex series of chemical reactions that take place in our body every moment of every day? Are humans...
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Iron Man #2: Bendis makes Riri Williams perfect, but perfect is boring
Question: When is an Invincible Iron Man book not an Invincible Iron Man book? Answer: When Brian Michael Bendis needs to buoy sales while his new — seemingly perfect — female character named Ironheart...
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Civil War II #8: Marvel’s Minority Report no Cruise thriller
Marvel’s “summer” event, Civil War II, is finally over with its eighth issue! Or…is it? Brian Michael Bendis’ conclusion to this hero vs. hero tale “ends,” but not before warning readers that they are...
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Marvel’s zero-sum politics needlessly damage the comics industry
The partisan politics of modern Marvel Comics creators is a mainstay of this blog, but for the most part it is usually discussed within the context of whatever “red state vs. blue state” argument makes...
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Marvel’s Nick Spencer plays SJW long-ball with Captain America
The was once a time when comic book writers were able to weave tales that turned characters like Spider-Man and Captain America into cultural icons. Creators may have touched on politics, but in...
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Mark Waid: ‘Every superhero you love’ is a SJW
There was once a time when activist-writers tried to hide their attempts to hijack comic books and turn them into little more than social-justice propaganda. Writer Mark Waid has changed all that. This...
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Daredevil #15: Soule hits creative bullseye — again
It wasn’t too long ago that your friendly neighborhood blogger was lamenting the decision by Marvel in recent years to ignore Daredevil’s Catholicism. Writer Charles Soule assured me on Twitter that I...
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Renew Your Vows #3: Annie May Parker shines in spotlight
Gerry Conway and Ryan Stegman continue to roll with Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #3. If you’re looking for a Spider-Man book worth picking up, then this is the one. It’s not perfect, but the...
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Joss Whedon unravels as political cancer eats his soul
Hollywood director Joss Whedon has been on a slow-motion political implosion for about six years, but last week it became much more obvious when he wished one of his fellow Americans were raped — by a...
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Dan Slott’s Clone Conspiracy #4 goes full Ben Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Your friendly neighborhood blogger wrote on Oct. 12, 2016, that one problem with writing stories about conspiracies is that they sometimes get so big and convoluted that they collapse under their own...
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