More Diamond, Alpha Flight, and the Quest for a Good Superman Comi

Forgot to hit publish this morning so this is going up late. It’s still out on Sunday so that counts for something.

Previously on FC2C

Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá Expand the Family Tree in The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1

The Umbrella Academy has been a family story from the start, using the language of superheroes to explore family dynamics.

From Cover to CoverScott Cederlund

Headlines

Sparkle Pop enters a complaint against Alliance Entertainment for Disregarding a Non-Disclosure and Non-Solicitation Obligation and theft of Trade Secrets - Graphic Policy

This is a hell of a turn of events

Graphic PolicyBrett

The Diamond story and things related to it aren't going away as the companies who succeeded and dropped out of purchasing Diamond are now sniping at and suing each other. Heidi MacDonald at the Beat offers a fairly comprehensive "This Week in Diamond" summary.

Next U of I chancellor talks AI, responding to Trump policies and comic books - IPM Newsroom

University of Illinois Chancellor Designate Charles Isbell holds a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. His research focuses on artificial intelligence.

Illinois NewsroomEmily Hays

This may be a human interest story but the new Chancellor for the University of Illinois is a comic book fan and spends a brief moment in this article talking about Absolute Wonder Woman.

The Funny Pages

New Jason? About Nick Drake? Where do I send my money?

True goals.

Interviews

‘True North’, true insight: Daryl Lawrence on Alpha Flight’s legacy

Inside ‘True North’ with author Daryl Lawrence and on writing the ultimate Alpha Flight companion.

AIPTChandler Poling

Alpha Flight finally getting their due? Say it isn't so.

Reviews & Features

The Best Superman Comic for the Curious Reader

We asked 21 creators to name the Best Superman Comic for the curious reader stepping out of James Gunn’s new movie. Some answers may surprise.

CBCCCBCCPodcast

So lately I've been wondering to myself what are the iconic Superman stories? Brad and Lisa of Comic Book Couple Counseling asked a number of creators for the best Superman stories and the results are fairly... limited? Generic? Vanilla?

When you take out creators hyping their own work (not a good look, Jason Aaron and Dan Slott) it comes down to All Star Superman and Superman Birthright. There's a few others in there (Kingdom Come????) Is Superman just that limited or are people's reading just that narrow? Honestly, I think I would include the original Superman Red/Superman Blue story in there, such a great imaginary story. The first Superman/Spider-Man crossover is pretty spiffy as well (and recently reprinted in the Marve/DC omnibus.)

And Mark Waid calling himself Salieri to Grant Morrison's Mozart is a stunning bit of self-realization on exhibition.

In the award-winning memoir “Gender Queer,” Maia Kobabe (e/em/eir) deploys deceptively simple, symbolically rich visual metaphors to document eir search for an authentic identity and to create empathy & understanding for the emotional needs & social pressures informing that search. #PrideMonth 1/13

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Sequential Scholars has a whole Bluesky thread about Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer and how Kobabe uses a deliberate art choices to explore the eir gender identity.

Shelfdust’s Column, Jimmy Olsen: Issue #8

“As long as I have a good time, the audience usually has a good time” – Reggie Watts By David Brothers Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #8 is twenty-two pages long. Matt Fraction…

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David Brothers explores the humor density of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #8.