This week, I contribute nothing while the guys do the honors and line this final column with the words it will contain. Yes, final column, or, well, OUR final column. To avoid the story, I’ll sum it up with this: it’s time to move on. Maybe my lack of contribution or effort this week says [...]

Hello, and welcome back to another week of this column. Or something. This time around, Shawn Starr and I discuss Benjamin Marra and his latest book Lincoln Washington: Free Man #1. Chad Nevett returns with some pirate comics, and Rick Vance discusses Hellsing by Kohta Hirano. But first … – – – A podcast update Chemical [...]

If you haven’t read that Ed Brubaker interview, well, get on that. Then come on back and read our scribbles. But, seriously, I walked away from that interview excited. Because Brubaker’s been a favorite of mine for years now, and to see a guy in his position say “enough’s enough” and make a move to [...]

We’re about to drop a bomb on your head. Welcome back, you internet scoundrels. New column. New writing. Same comics. Kind of. This week, I break down Jonathan Hickman’s masterpiece, The Nightly News. Shawn Starr rips off Chad Nevett’s Random Thoughts, and Rick Vance takes us through Shonen manga, explaining the use of violence. I [...]

Hiya. Here we are, back, with more comicbook discussion content for your perusal. Shawn Starr and Joey Aulisio present a conversation on Michael DeForge’s Spotting Deer (something I really need to read) while Chad Nevett returns to look at Before Watchmen‘s pirate strip, “The Curse of the Crimson Corsair.” We also have a newcomer to [...]

A mix of I Kill Giants, Seth and Ted McKeever all ready for your reading pleasure

We have nearly eight thousand words for you this week, and we hope you’ll give them all a shot. Rob Liefeld’s had a big year thus far, and Shawn Starr and I felt it appropriate to hold a lengthy conversation about Liefeld’s legacy and the infamous work that is Youngblood #1. It’s our little attempt [...]

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Milligan, Marra, McCann and more, this week, in Spandexless Reads.

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