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The storytelling method of bringing word to picture is built on the idea that anything that can be drawn can be believed. It is one of the few places where the fantastical is expected, the envelope is begging to be pushed.
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And, in its pompous self-seriousness, incoherent narrative and utter lack of depth, the film succeeds — in being tragically bad.
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May’s an exciting time for many reaons, one of them being Free Comic Book Day. Here’s why you should go to a comic shop on the first Saturday of May!
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Image Comics is easily the best publisher in the business (sorry, DC and Marvel), maintaining a consistently excellent output of independent, creator-owned titles.
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As is to be expected of an arts journalist, I have never been one to quietly consume media. But it’s a different breed of fan altogether who invests time, money and often blood, sweat and tears into conventions.
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There’s something incredibly powerful about watching a superheroine goddess be trained to save the world by a battalion of badass women.
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Since “Man of Steel” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. have been looking for their franchise starter to rival the yearly additions of well-oiled, if safe, comic book blockbusters from Marvel. Yet, both DC films underwhelmed with the critical and commercial populaces because of
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From its title, “comics studies” draws expectations of action-packed graphic novels and costumed heroes a la Marvel and DC. With its second annual “Comics in the City” lecture series however, the California College of the Arts’ MFA in Comics program exhibited a diverse lineup of professionals in the industry who
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This past Sunday at Escapist Comics on Claremont Ave. in Berkeley, the 3rd Annual California College of the Arts (CCA) Student Comics Fair showcased comics from the college’s Master’s of Fine Arts in Comics program, as well as from Introduction to Graphic Novels, an undergraduate class that teaches students about
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The prevailing feeling of excitement at Image Expo, a one-day showcase of the titles and announcements the Berkeley-based company Image Comics is releasing in 2014, was for comics that aren’t just superhero stories. Instead, the exposition celebrated the different kinds of stories that writers and artists can tell: science fiction,
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