Trying to Escape the Past in Christopher Cantwell and Tyler Crook‘s Out of Alcatraz
It’s the American dream told through the dream of freedom but struggling through the morals of its time.
It’s Time to Wake Up- Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 by Deniz Camp & Javier Rodriguez
DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 delivers a radical reimagining with Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez creating a mind-bending sensory experience that transcends traditional superhero storytelling.
Diamond Saved(?), The Beat Interviewed, and a Casanova update— The Comic Bookmarks March 30th, 2025
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
The Disappearing Web, Top Selling Comics that I’ve Never Heard Of, and NFTs Are Still a Thing (?)— The Comic Bookmarks March 23rd, 2025
So, it’s been a while. Over a month since the last
Back in the Day, We Used To Be Punk — on Jaime Hernandez’s Life Drawings
Is this Love and Rockets: The Next Generation or the continuation of an ongoing story that started over 40 years ago?
Ram V, Riccardo Federici, and Evan Cagle Build On Jack Kirby in The New Gods #3
Ram V, Riccardo Federici, and Evan Cagle’s The New Gods #3 is another attempt to go back to Kirby, firmly planted in the original source, being true to it while pushing in new directions.
This Week in Gaiman, Diamond, Book Banning, and Joe Casey— The Comic Bookmarks February 9th, 2025
It’s a bit of a quiet week so let’s just
“The music of the future needs a future to exist in.”— Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard’s The Power Fantasy Volume One: The Superpowers
The question in The Power Fantasy isn’t if the world is going to end but how is it going to end?
On Substack, Diamond, AI, and Decentralized Comic Events- The Comic Bookmarks February 2nd, 2025
All of the comic book links you could want on a lazy Sunday morning (or anytime of the week.)
Jules Fieffer, more on Diamond’s Bankruptcy, Angoulême Pre-Reads, and More— The Comic Bookmarks January 26th, 2025
Your comic links for the last week of January
Taking the Plunge into Paul Chadwick’s Concrete: Depth
The story of a man whose brain has been put into an alien body is the stuff of B-level science fiction, the b/w movies that we used to be able to watch on Saturday afternoons. And there’s plenty of that in Concrete: Depth but it’s not the only type of story that Paul Chadwick wants to tell.
More on Neil Gaiman, the State of Diamond and Comics Journalism, Remembering David Lynch, and More— The Comic Bookmarks for January 19th, 2025
RIP David Lynch (and links to help LA)Oh, this one hurts.