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Wolverine’s Foray Into Death Metal
Posted by: Brendan K. on: February 18, 2011
A charming curio from a time often better forgotten in both music and comics: The early 1990s. I’m listening to Entombed’s “Wolverine Blues”, released in 1993 with an exclusive mini-comic starring everybody’s favorite Canucklehead. Though sometimes noted by serious metal fans as less of a “true” death metal record than their previous records (remember, we’re [...]
Harvey Pekar, R.I.P.
Posted by: Brendan K. on: July 12, 2010
The passing of Harvey Pekar requires acknowledgment, not just because we’re a comics blog and this is news from our geeky world, but because Pekar was a legitimately important writer who deserves the recognition and appreciation of all of us, whether you’re a nerd or not. With comics’ longevity in our culture comes the sad [...]
…And Justice For All: Brendan Fixes The Eisner Awards
Posted by: Brendan K. on: April 8, 2010
The 2010 Eisner Award nominations have been released, and if you’re like me, you probably had a mixed reaction, something along the lines of: “Hooray, comics I like! Boo, comics I didn’t read!” …which is why you and I shouldn’t be chosen to hand out the industry’s most prestigious and coveted award: we’re amateurs! We’ve [...]
20 (Or So) Best Comics of the Decade: 5. 100 Bullets
Posted by: Brendan K. on: March 8, 2010
The best comics start with a great premise. Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets starts with two. The initial hook is all about revenge: Agent Graves can offer you an attaché case containing a gun with one hundred untraceable rounds of ammunition, indisputable proof implicating the person responsible for ruining your life, and the guarantee that you’ll [...]
When You Wish Upon the Stacks…
Posted by: Brendan K. on: February 6, 2010
If you’re not reading Graphic Content, Vertigo’s official blog, you probably should. That’s because along with news and previews from the favorite publisher of, like, all of my favorite books ever, Pamela Mullin and company thrown In some pretty sweet prizes every once in a while. Recently, GC had a contest to give away 20 [...]
Gateway Drugs: Cinephiles
Posted by: Brendan K. on: November 4, 2009
Looking back, it’s almost hard to believe that it took such long-lived American industries so long to get together. It wasn’t until the 1970s that the motion picture world devoted significant attention to comics, but after a few notable successes in translating iconic pop figures like Superman and Batman to the silver screen, Hollywood discovered [...]
Life During Wartime: Brendan Talks DMZ
Posted by: Brendan K. on: September 13, 2009
When considering what art will help define our uniquely terrifying times, a few authentic-feeling documents do come to mind: “The Hurt Locker” and “Generation Kill”, sure; and “The Wire” in a more roundabout way. But right there with (and arguably foremost among) them, DMZ takes its rightful place.
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