Here are some of the things I’m reading on the web this week, related to comics:

I’m enjoying Dial B for Blog quite a lot: it’s got some great images (including a really nice Crisis homage, using the animated characters).

Something Awful has a Fashion SWAT up, taking a look at some Comic characters that needed to [...]

I might be new to the whole comic blogging thing, but I do know one thing: Hawkman is a tool. Hawkwoman is really cool, but she’s married to a tool (I much prefer the animated version of Hawkgirl, myself). Here’s why I dislike Hawkman (and Thanagar):

The Atom can beat him up: you know, when a [...]

Comic books rarely make me cry. This one did bring a few bittersweet tears to my jaded eyes. And it did it by being smart, by sticking with strong characterizations, and by using genuine emotion. It’s one of those comics that does in a few pages what other comics never do.

The critics of the old [...]

Miracle Monday is here!

From Elliot S! Maggin’s novel, Miracle Monday:
Shortly before four in the afternoon on the third Monday in the month of May, the people of the city of Metropolis learned the meaning of joy. They had no explanation for this feeling, and there were gaps in their knowledge of what had gone [...]