Archive for the ‘Gateway Drugs’ Category
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 [...]
Gateway Drugs: Alt-Tab! or, What I Really Do All Day
Posted by: ianchant on: October 24, 2009
Like I’m sure most of you, I have a pretty boring job. It’s not that I don’t like it or anything – I work with cool people, and sometimes I even get to do fun stuff like write and get paid for it. Most days, I would characterize myself as someone who is reasonably satisfied [...]
Gateway Drugs: History Buffs
Posted by: Maggie_C on: September 15, 2009
Anyone remember Asterix? Yeah, me too! (Hey! I get it! FRENCH CLASS!! See what we did there?) We’ve all got at least one friend who’s a total history nerd, right? Well, welcome to High Five!’s definitive guide to getting your history-buff buddy into comics! First up, Marvel 1602*, which transplants several familiar Marvel heroes back [...]
Gateway Drugs: The Hyper-Literate
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: September 9, 2009
“Hey, Rob, what are you reading?” “Oh, I just picked up all the trades for Animal Man. Seems like a pretty good book.” “Wait… That’s a comic book… Forget it, I’ll be over here jerking off to James Joyce.” There are so many uppity people who I’ve tried to get to read comics who turn [...]
Gateway Drugs: Your Mom
Posted by: Maggie_C on: August 19, 2009
Getting your mom into comics might very well be an impossible task for a lot of people, but here at High Five! we’re always trying to drag others down with us. Here are a few valiant ideas for getting your mom into comics. Is your mom into 24? CSINCIS Las Miami? Or even just Law [...]
Gateway Drugs: the Already Nerdy Girlfriend
Posted by: Maggie_C on: August 14, 2009
So your girlfriend/husband/best friend/sister/mom/wife/brother isn’t into comics? Bummer. High Five! is here to help! I’ll kick this series off with an obvious one. Let’s say you are a gigantic Grant Morrison fan. Your girlfriend, as nerdy and awesome as she is, doesn’t like comics. Well, she thinks she doesn’t like comics. This post assumes that [...]
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