He is the lone avenger of the night. He sits atop gargoyles in Gotham City, eternally alone in his quest for justice. He is Batman. He is the father figure to a group of young people who fight in his endless war against crime. He works with them to make them better, stronger and frankly…
I love Scott Summers. Cyclops has always been my favorite X-man, even when he was at his squarest back in the ā90s cartoon. I donāt know why. Maybe itās because Iām pretty square myself. āX-Men #30,ā the wedding of Scott and Jean Grey, is a favorite X-Men issue of mine. I can quickly rattle off…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 125: Scott Snyder's eternal darkness BIG GUEST ALERT! Writer Scott Snyder (“Batman,” “Justice League,” “Undiscovered Country”) joins Dan and Matt to talk about his Kickstarter for a collector’s edition of the first issue of NOCTERRA, his upcoming Image series with Tony Daniel, his (many) plans for independent projects and a…
Itās been a roller coaster of a week for fans of the long-running Adult Swim animated series āThe Venture Bros.ā Series co-creator Jackson Publick revealed on Twitter Monday that the series had been canceled after seven seasons with scripts for season eight already in progress. Quickly, fans rose up, and just as quickly Cartoon Network…
Empyre is finished, which means weāre back with our classic Marvel Files weekly reviews. And this week is a packed one as Spider-Correspondent Tony Thornley looks at Amazing Spider-Man #48, Goo Crew member Justin Partridge digs into Web of Venom: Wraith #1, and last Matt Lazorwitz gives us his thoughts on Magnificent Ms. Marvel #14!…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 124: The Kubert School special Dan and Matt journey to the Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey, to talk to President Anthony Marques and instructor Fernando Ruiz about the how the school has evolved under COVID-19 and its newest tenant, Dewey’s Comic City. Also, check out our new show logo…
The Kuberts are the first family of comics. Joe Kubert produced comics from 1943, the heart of the Golden Age, until right before his death in 2012. His sons, Andy and Adam, have been two of comicsā best regarded artists for over 20 years. His granddaughter Katie Kubert has edited for both Marvel and DC….
Third-generation comics artist Emma Kubert joins the show to talk about her new Image series “Inkblot,” about a mischievous void-space cat that can traverse dimensions and just doesn’t listen. Much feline flap-a-gummin’ ensues.
Journey back in time to World War I, forward to 2024 and even farther forward to a time when Earth is just a myth in this week’s Triple Play, as Matthew Lazorwitz reviews IDW’s Locke & Key … in Pale Battalions Go … #1, Will Nevin reviews Image’s Bomb Queen: Trump Card #1 and Chris…
Five years ago, Batman made a startling discovery in the pages of Justice League #50: There are three Jokers. Teased since then, this week readers finally begin to get an answer to the mystery, and heās taking Batgirl and Red Hood along for the ride. Does this really pay off that much lead time and…
People like to say the X-Men have the most complicated backstory and continuity in comics. And that might be true. For Marvel Comics. But at least a tie for messiest history would have to be DCās Legion of Super-Heroes, the teen team from the future. And thatās not even factoring in that weāre on our…
Longtime Deadpool artist Mike Hawthorne joins the show to talk about his BOOM Studios graphic memoir, “Happiness Will Follow,” which tells the story of growing up with his single Puerto Rican mother.
The original version of this piece appeared on my blog, The Matt Signal, on Aug. 23, 2013, shortly after news broke — and stink rose — that Ben Affleck would be playing Batman in a yet-to-be-named live action movie. Seven years later, we find ourselves in a similar situation, so I think itās time to…
There was once a dark age. A time when there was no internet. A time when the knowledge of comic book charactersā backgrounds could not be found in wikis, but in the memories of fans and in specially printed comics. Comics called handbooks or guidebooks. This week, DC released a guidebook to its āDark Nights:…
Comics have a long history of taking traditional tales and giving them new takes, whether itās Stan Lee and Jack Kirby recasting the Norse gods as superheroic archetypes in āThe Mighty Thorā or Alan Moore cramming an entire 19th-century lit classā worth of characters into one story in āLeague of Extraordinary Gentlemen.ā Writer David Pepose…