Whatever Happened to the Adventure Capitalist?
The publishing history of Disney Comics is long and complicated. Mike takes a dive into it and tries to figure out how we could get more Uncle Scrooge comics.
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Teenage Boredom in R. Kikou Johnson's Night Fisher
Johnson’s story of Loren’s “lost” senior year, marked by drug use and criminality, shows a kid who isn’t bad but just looking for something to fill a void. With no personally-held goals, the influence of other people gives Loren something to do other than school and yard work.
Simon Hanselmann Hopes You're OK and So Do We
For the past two years, we’ve seen our art and entertainment trying to adapt and react to our times but no one has done it quite like Simon Hanselmann.
From Cover to Cover's Favorite Comics of 2021
Here are our favorites from 2021, a year that saw a lot of great books.Please know this post serves to celebrate our favorites, and while we read a bunch, we certainly don't read everything. Really, there's just too much out there.
Peter Bagge's Warning in 2010's OTHER LIVES Still Has Meaning Today
Peter Bagge’s Other Lives explores our desires to be someone other than who we are, both in a virtual setting but he recognized back then that desire is something that exists beyond the keyboard and computer screen.