Last Minute Superheroes

d has some suggestions for last-minute superhero costumes that are sure to impress your friends and family.

The Best Sixty Cents I Ever Spent (Plus Tax): Part One

d reveals her top six finds from the bargain bin of one of Toronto’s top comic book store. What hidden treasures lurk in the dusty depths of your local?

By Crom! – GGG Talks About Fiction’s Seminal Barbarian

Way back before my teenaged years, when I was a much smaller person than I am today, I collected comic books without much rhyme or reason. Every Sunday after church, I would go with my Grandpa to a little corner store, and I’d be allowed to buy a couple of comics. I chose these at [...]

Pride & Prejudice & Peter Parker: Classic Literature Goes Comic Book

d makes your summer reading a little easier by offering up some of literature’s biggest names in convenient comic book form.

Lessons from Vintage Comics

d talks about ch-ch-changes and how comic books are time capsules for the attitudes of the recent past.

X-Men: Next Class?

J’s thinking about future X-Men movies, and what she wants to see.

Webcomics: The Window Into the Queer Soul

d talks about gay characters in the wide-open world of webcomics and drops a few recommendations.

Cruse-ing the Comics Scene: The Comics of Howard Cruse

I happened to be in a bookstore near Copley Square one day, and I spotted a brightly colored cartoon image of a naked man being lifted into the air by an angel…

Caring for Your Comics: A Cautionary Tale

After a horrible discovery, d gives you a quick-and-dirty guide to keeping your comics looking and feeling their best (hint: it doesn’t involve being used as furniture).

Our Marvel, The Art In Heaven

d religiously kicks it old school and reviews one of Marvel’s forays into Christianity, a one-shot published in 1980 called ‘Francis: Brother of the Universe’.