Comic Books

Anyone who has followed cartoonist Ed Piskor’s work can easily glean that he has a passionate love of both comics and history. Look no further than to his opus Hip Hop Family Tree from Fantagraphics Books,...

There’s an idea that’s sometimes all-too-prevalent in the comic book world that a comic has to have a heaviness, a weighty darkness or seriousness to pull in adults readers. Following that same line of...

One of the best parts of Marvel Studios' Black Panther--a film brimming with so many wonderful "Oh wow!" moments--is that it shone the spotlight on the Dora Milaje, the fearsome all-female warrior elite of...

If you grew playing with action figures, you may have been one of those kids who liked to mix up your toy lines for an opportunity for your favorite heroes and villains to finally meet. Characters who would...

The X-Men character Domino has enjoyed a quarter century of notoriety since her first comic book appearance in the early 1990s, and it’s easy to see why readers gravitate toward the mercenary mutant hero....

Comic books are typically a serialized experience: Issues are released, on average, once a month, leaving readers waiting for a number of weeks before they can get to the final chapter of a story. That’s why...

When we first meet Grand Moff Tarkin, commander of the Death Star, in Star Wars: A New Hope, it’s clear that Darth Vader has a respect for the Imperial officer—whether by virtue of Tarkin’s position or...

While the allegory central to the X-Men in throughout its 55-year history--anti-mutant sentiment standing in for racism, homophobia, and other forms of bigotry--has always been important, the execution of that...

You can’t read Jen and Tyler Bartel’s Crystal Fighters and not smile—it’s physically impossible. From mixing the gorgeous art that Jen always brings to the table to the story that the two have crafted,...

Tales of alternate history fascinate readers and viewers, perhaps because we can indulge our “What if?” questions, either to avoid making the mistakes of the past or to allow us the opportunity to delve...