Future State: Superman of Metropolis Shows the City from Multiple Angles

Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1Writers: Sean Lewis and Brandon EastonArtists: John Timms, Valentine de Landro, Cully Hamner and Michael Avon OemingColorists: Gabe Eltaeb, Marissa Louise and Laura MartinLetterers: Dave Sharpe and AndWorld Design The Action Comics of the far future reveals itself in Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1. Headlined by writers Sean Lewis…

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This Is Who We Are

ā€œThis is not who we areā€  In Montgomery, Alabama, there is a monument to the lynched, listing the names of the murdered  – or at least the names they can verify.  There are over 4400 names listed. This, of course, is low.  ā€œThis is not who we areā€ A woman posted pictures of her leg,…

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Watchmen Discourse, the Ol’ Cates & Switch, and an Actual Crossover in Crossover #3

Monsters and robots falling from the sky! Mysterious (and familiar?) superheroes joining our intrepid gang on their journey to event ground zero! Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hillā€™s Crossover continues, whether Zack Jenkins and Dan McMahon want it to or not. Zachary Jenkins: The most hyped book in comics keeps on…

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That Which Devours: Exploring Image Comicsā€™ Lost Soldiers

Iā€™ve never been drawn to war stories. Thereā€™s an impenetrable incomprehensibility that Iā€™m not often able to move past. Itā€™s like our inability to comprehend large numbers but applied to extreme emotional settings of violence and trauma. When faced with such powerful, loud, visceral or violent imagery, I often just ā€¦ dissociate. Many creators, especially…

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