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In 1991, dressed in a slinky vinyl outfit and Catwoman mask, Sean Young went on The Joan Rivers Show. The Blade Runner actress was lobbying…
Did a ’70s pornographer save the only known copy?
In 1989, fans were up in arms about the casting of Michael Keaton as Batman. So producer Jon Peters cut a trailer.
The Collected Neil the Horse revisits one of the craziest comics published during the eighties black-and-white boom
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace may have a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than Supergirl, but this final entry in the first modern superhero franchise is the series’ absolute nadir
An existential, cigar-smoking anti-hero was the first Marvel comics character to make it to the big screen. Take that, Spider-Man!
Nine things I loved about the 1984 Supergirl movie How do you like your bad superhero movies? Competently made but ultimately misguided? Or full-on crazy?…
Superman III—an even-handed, totally non-biased review
Interview—Chip Zdarsky Chip Zdarsky is the nom de comics of Toronto-based writer/artist Steve Murray. Under the Zdarsky name, Murray’s work includes Image Comics’ Sex Criminals,…
We had less than 24 hours to take in Bellingham Beer Week 2017. Here are some highlights.
Batman Knightfall and more—reviews of new Dark Knight stuff After reading four recently published collections, this writer is ready for Bat-detox. But I did discover…
Imagine Wanting Only This is a beautiful, poetic rumination on loss
“Gnosticism, Michael Moorcock, time travel, Terence McKenna’s novelty theory, sex magick, psychedelia, conspiracy culture, comics-as-pop, a lot of punching, the Moonchild, time-as-a-flat-circle and oh-so-much more.” – Rolling Stone
And some things I liked about Wonder Woman ’77
Still crazy after all these years
Zatanna, whose first appearance was in a 1964 issue of Hawkman, comes into her own in Paul Dini’s antic, mischievous take on the character.
Batgirl A Celebration of 50 Years graphic novel review A new collection finds redeeming elements in an idea that was half-baked even by sixties DC…
“A green suitcase or a bagel with Brando’s voice…”
