Comic Books

One of the benefits of comics in general is the specific nature of their communication. That is, the combination of words and pictures can present powerful messages clearly and concisely. Will Eisner famously...

If a cure for death made living forever possible, how would it affect the world? How would it affect you? Would the removal of death as a real concern change how you view yourself? Your identity? Your very...

This Wednesday, DC Comics' Sixpack and Dogwelder: Hard-Travelin' Heroz #4, written by Garth Ennis with Russell Braun on art, with a cover by the late Steve Dillon, hits newsstands, chock full of mummies,...

Earlier this week, Comics Alternative released a podcast I co-host in which we reviewed Sean Wang's Runners, which ran until 2012. Wang ran a Kickstarter the following year to publish a printed version of the...

While Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is mentioned in passing in many comic book tales, it's rarely used as a conceit to jump-start a story. Writer Serge Lehman and artist Stephane Crety look to use PTSD...

Review: Ether #1 "Ether #1 is an honors class in epistemology and how we know what know wrapped in the trappings of a truly engaging tale of self-discovery." Ether#1 Publisher: Dark Horse...

Writer Kelly Thompson has shown over the past few years that she knows how to spin fun, dynamic yarns brimming with clearly-outlined characterization in such comic book series as Jem and the...

Matt Murdock, the acrobatic vigilante known as Daredevil, has often played fast and loose with his secret identity, to the point that his sometimes carelessness has led to his double-life being compromised...

Magic in fiction is sometimes a difficult thing to navigate. The conceit of magic is often ill-defined, amorphous, and hard to grasp, leaving readers wondering about the nature of it and how it fits into the...

Oliver Queen, otherwise known as the high-flying emerald archer the Green Arrow, has been experiencing a renaissance under the guiding hands of writer Benjamin Percy. Since before DC Comics' "Rebirth"...