“What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human” —the subtitle to “Supergods”

Do we require only good deeds from our heroes… or good hearts as well?

“…Superman lets us see what it is that makes a character work in media as disparate as comic books and radio, or as seemingly unconnected as the popular medium of afternoon children’s TV and the decidedly singular one of graphic novels.”

School’s out, and so are some kid favorite comics! Bongo Comics has more Bart Simpson than you can handle in its Bart Simpson Out To Lunch trade paperback. Image Comics has the next issue of Super Dinosaur, and Marvel Comics finishes up their first Toy Story series. Keep the kids off of video games for [...]

With Memorial Day out of the way, minds are turning toward the summer and freedom from school. But don’t let all that time be taken up by the internet and video games. Take some time for some light reading! Bongo Comics is always ready for summer with their latest Simpsons Summer Shindig. Roger Langridge’s Snarked [...]

A connection with the point-of-view character sometimes isn’t made because words and ideas somehow get in the way of immediacy rather than reinforcing it. So when we attempt to show the cost of not appreciating literature by referencing the beauty and profundity of those words and ideas, we’re possibly compounding the problem…

(art by Hanna Friederichs). We saw The Avengers last night–kinda long and the special effects in the last third of the movie too easily betrayed their origins, but it was diverting. I liked Thor more. As a child, I found the Marvel Comics universe a cooler and harsher place than Superman’s DC world, and on [...]