Supergirl ain’t nothin’ but a hotly drawn bitch!

Summary (no spoiler): Supergirl comes to Earth for the first time. We deal with the whole stranger in a strange land issue and the illegal immigration issue. Superman is not alone. Batman wonders about some things that a high school senior could piece together. Blah, blah, blah. Darkseid is the main villain and the application of his entourage is kind of cool. And the ending is somewhat clever. Not a terrible read for a general Superman title, but a terrible six-issue waste of Batman Superman.  [Read more →]

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The Ultimates, Volume 1 is a re-imagining of superhero groups within the Marvel universe. It’s also thievery. 

And it is crap, utter crap that they repackaged to sell to children and hardcore collectors who can’t resist any comic with “Issue 1” on the cover. It’s crap, from the hackneyed dialogue to the shameless display of super powers, when the heroes prance around and test out how strong or big or small or generally powerful they have become following the experiment/accident/crash/whatever. [Read more →]

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Saving the world is still a fun and carefree way to spend six issues.

When it comes to very popular series or characters, (Superman, Batman, The X-Men, etc.), there are so many spin-offs in the comic book world that it can become hard to tell which are main storylines and which are ones-offs. [Read more →]

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Photo essays are nothing new. Neither are the fine arts. However, both are being used to tell a complete story in this graphic novel: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. [Read more →]

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