Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or so the old saying goes. While this might be true sometimes, it is just as often the excuse given to justify taking someone else’s ideas and trying to claim them as one’s own. The comic industry is no exception. From the very early days, once a hero started to become popular, it was only a matter of time before someone else was slapping a slightly different costume on an eerily similar creation and packaging it to sell.
Captain Marvel (Shazam)
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In which, the author of A Once Crowded Sky, and current writer on one of DC Comics’ best received current books, Tom King, shares insights on his creative genius and writing process with Andrew and Tracy. We discuss comic book tropes, the philosophy of a universe in which “everyone comes back,” and why Dick Grayson is not Batman.
This week I have been kind of a bum while recovering from NYCC. I have been spending most evenings sitting in bed wearing my brand new Boba Fett bath robe (yes women, that is just as sexy as it sounds) reading comics, many of which are less than new. In fact some of these comics are older than I am and I really love reading them. There is something special about finding these older stories that I didn’t know existed, hunting down each of the issues and then reading them while taking in all the story has to offer.
A true classic
The first trick is to find these old stories. Of course there are some classic stories that almost everyone knows about. Stories like Watchmen or Dark Knight Returns have moved themselves beyond the realm of comics and into popular culture as a whole. These stories are great, but they’re easy ones to find. I’m looking for are the ones that are buried; the ones that I have to know something to find. Many geeks love the obscure and discovering old stories certainly falls into that category. Continue reading
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If I’m being completely honest, Blackest Night was the last truly enjoyable Green Lantern storyline. Until recently I was only picking up two of the five Lantern titles that were being published and my reading of those two was fairly sporadic. Sinestro however is starting to turn change my mind.
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