So you want to get into graphic novels. There is no question the comics medium isn’t ubiquitous in pop culture, but that doesn’t make it any less intimidating for the newbie. That cultural saturation also has its downsides: the stream of superhero movies (many of them great) tends to reinforce the notion that comics are […]
Eighty years and 1,000 Action Comics issues ago, Superman smashed up a car and made pop culture history. Though he’s appeared in many books, Action Comics #1 began not just the career of Superman, but provided the spark that kicked off a superhero supernova that’s still expanding. While superheroes have waxed and waned over those […]