In his book Conflict of Visions, the economist Tom Sowell suggested that many political disagreements ultimately come down to a difference in worldview about whether the government can effectively dictate from the top-down, which he […]
When Len Wein passed away recently, there was some discussion about his role as one of the giants of the bronze age of comics, especially his part in cocreating the international X-Men (including Wolverine in […]
For the last few months, Mark Alford and I have been publishing entries for a series on the best Spider-Man stories based on submissions by the Crawlspace podcast and website review team. Now it’s time […]
This year’s East Coast Comicon in Seatuaket, New Jersey featured a panel celebrating the 30th anniversary of Kraven’s Last Hunt. It was moderated by Brandon Montclare, writer of Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur. In attendance […]
Recently, I bought a special produced by the British publisher responsible for the magazines Total Film and SFX on The 100 Greatest Graphic Novels Of All Time. The title was a slight misnomer, as it’s a bit […]
The release of a comic book memoir of Stan Lee—co-written by Peter David, another notable Spider-Man writer—makes it an appropriate time to look at what comic book writers were up to before they were coming up […]
There are quite a few times when I read an old Marvel comic, and think that it’s quite similar to something that happened in a classic Spider-Man book. The thing is that in some cases […]
In previous editions, I considered where readers can start with the Spider-Man comics. First, I picked the stories and issues that were the right combination of significant, well-regarded and good. Then, I made the case for […]
Since my first column was about where two great writers started reading Spider-Man, it seems appropriate to consider the question of where everyone else should start. There are two ideal ways to do it. The first […]
Amazing Spider-Man #40 is one of the most important Marvel comics ever published. It’s not mainly because of the creative team, even though it was the second issue with John Romita Sr on art and […]
Recent Comments