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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 [...]

Miguel Calatayud: Spanish Illustration in the 1970s

Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: June 6, 2010

High Five loves to talk about writers almost as much as we love to talk about superheroes. Today, I’m taking a break to discuss a talent that falls outside of our typical modus operandi while remaining under the larger umbrella of Comics. Americans can be notorious for our ignorance of world events at any given [...]

Creator Spotlight: Peter Krause

Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: May 6, 2010

Heyo everybody! Jonny here. It’s no secret that here at High Five! we love us some BOOM! Studios. Recently I was given the opportunity to interview artist/writer Peter Krause whose work includes pencils for Irredeemable, The Power of Shazam!, and sundry 90s Star Trek comics. Published below is my Q&A session with Mr. Krause, conducted [...]

Warren Ellis: Totally Jealous of the Six Million Dollar Man

Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 12, 2009

This week marked the end of another legendary comic book opus, Planetary, so it really seems like now would be the time to spotlight one of my all time favorite comic writers, Warren Ellis. While most writers embrace the theme of futurist technology, Ellis seems to take it, add many elements of transhumanism (essentially, using [...]

Mark Waid’s Super Power Is Shape-Shifting

Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: September 20, 2009

“… another testament to Waid’s skill as a writer; nothing is wasted.”
-Greg Rucka, February 2009

Mark Waid is Evil. And Irredeemable. Or Something.

Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: September 5, 2009

Mark Waid is proving once again that he’s absolutely brilliant and deserving of the accolades typically reserved for minds like Morrison, Rucka, Ennis, and Bendis.

When Will Eisner Met Wolverine

Posted by: Robert Bazz on: September 5, 2009

When it comes to Marvel books, I am crazy picky. I mean, it’s not like Marvel is bad or anything; hell, the first comics I ever bought with my own money were beat-up copies of the first four issues of both Excalibur and West Coast Avengers. It’s more like I grew out of the action-driven [...]

Geoff Johns: the Man Who Fixed That Stupid Yellow Impurity

Posted by: Maggie_C on: September 1, 2009

Rob already wrote about Rucka and his women, I’m gonna write about Geoff Johns and the DCU heroes. Greg Rucka: Female Heroes as Geoff Johns: SubTrinity Justice Leaguers. Is there a DC fan alive who doesn’t have a total Bro-Crush on Geoff Johns? I don’t think so. Geoff writes the capes better than pretty much [...]

My friends will tell you, I can grow one hell of an Alan Moore beard. I love walking around shirtless while listening to Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald” on repeat. For every glass of water I drink, I have three glasses of beer. I have man hands and I have man feet and I have man junk. [...]


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