Comic books, conversely, are a hybrid form that combines the use of extensive dialogue and well-developed plots characteristic of written literature with the visuals of graphic arts. As […]
I understand that the battle over what’s appropriate content for a story featuring an iconic super-hero has long-since been lost. Any lingering notion that the D.C. universe is […]
Comic books reigned supreme among the new mass- market media of the 1940s. For sheer entertainment value, they had almost every other media outlet beat. Unlike radio, comic […]
Blacks and women were second-class citizens in comic books of the postwar decade – blacks, because they were either seldom seen or servile; women, because they depended so […]
Comic books and graphic novels have taken the field of children’s literature by storm and, while doing so, have established themselves as a medium that is not just […]
I’m fascinated by the “reality” of comic book characters like Superman and Batman, who are really much bigger than we are. They’ll be around when we’re dead. In […]
Comics tend to label things: if you’re a colorist, then you’re just a colorist and you can have problems convincing people that you can do something else.
Comics were the most glowing thing I found around me. [Reading them] was like peeking into, not just the world, but into the brains of the people who […]
In the past, publishing our own comics, we’d need the funds to pay for printing and distribution and we’d always insist on a high quality of production. What […]