Comics colorist Jordie Bellaire on the art of coloring and stealing from the greats
In entertainment, an awful lot of stuff happens behind closed doors, from canceling TV shows to organizing music…
Self-published comics are changing an aging industry—for the better
When the nominees for the Eisner Awards were announced back in April, I didn’t rush to check them. Not out of any…
Batman Forever… on your stereo
By 1995 the Batman movie franchise was on life support. Although Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman was well received by both…
Raina Telgemeier’s Smile signaled a sea change in comics still felt today
This week: Raina Telgemeier’s Smile, the autobiographical graphic novel that situated Telgemeier as a major force in…
Wonder Woman became the feminist hero the ’70s needed
Wonder Woman, billed as “superheroine number one,” was one of the few (only) bright spots in the recent Batman V…
A salute to the unsung heroes of comics: The sidekicks
For Comics Week, we take a break from our normally scheduled Comics Panel to bring you our favorite second bananas,…
Behold! It’s Comics Week at The A.V. Club
Comics content is hardly difficult to come by these days, what with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the comparatively…
Scud: The Disposable Assassin lost its spare style in the move to video games
Rob Schrab’s Scud: The Disposable Assassin is a comic book so thoroughly of its time that it feels like the physical…
13 times that comics characters met their makers
Comic books have a long history of real-life creators being thrown into fictional narratives, often in smaller cameo…
Daredevil kicked off a wrongheaded trend in comic-book-movie soundtracks
Comic books and cinema diverge in plenty of ways, but the ability to use music in the latter may be the most immediate…
The lonesome death of pop culture icon Pinhead
Clive Barker published The Hellbound Heart in 1986. Coming off the heels of the author’s highly praised short story…
If you request it, then maybe Jim’ll Paint It
Have you ever formed a sentence with a sequence of words so random that you had to ask yourself if you were the first…
Aqua made another album, and it wasn’t as good
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: In honor of Comics Week, we’re…
In Lois & Clark, Superman wasn’t always bulletproof
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, or, in this case, an A.V. Club…
What creative type do you want to see make a comic?
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt…
Sin City remains a fascinating experiment in panel to screen adaptation
In theory, movies adapted from comic books should be a cinch. After all, they’ve already been completely storyboarded,…
Ant-Man leaves many unanswered questions, large and small
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always had a significant technobabble problem. And for the most part, it really…
Red Arrow gets the loser superhero treatment
Superheroes are usually winners, taking home the first-place prize in their respective fields, whether that’s ass…
Kris Mukai on self-publishing, stumpy characters, and representation in comics
Comics is experiencing another golden age. What’s exciting about this one is that it’s distinctly contemporary in…