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Features
Thursday, August 25 2011
West Coast Sound: Is Disney Victim to the "Decision Illusion"?
Is Disney's decision to let go of its subsidiary Marvel's entire West Coast marketing team a sound one? The question is certainly nowhere near as interesting as what this decision signals about the entertainment industry as a whole.
Thursday, August 18 2011
Geoff Johns' Green Lantern Finally Buried in the Light
With the series coda to Geoff Johns' six-year run on Green Lantern just completed, the once bright Silver Age hero's adventures leave a bitter taste, more because of magical promise of Johns' early work.
Monday, August 8 2011
Kirby v. Disney: Wanting to Want More
In the wake of the recent ruling against the Kirby Estate what is at stake may no longer be simple creator rights, but a deep psychology entwining creator, company and fan.
Thursday, July 28 2011
"Fame: Conan O'Brien" & the Fact-based Circus of the Unforgettable
In perhaps the savviest move for a print-vs-digital environment Bluewater has re-inscribed their August release of Fame: Conan O'Brien with the core values of emerging social media. Download a free exclusive preview of the book.
Wednesday, July 20 2011
The Crater-less Impact of Daredevil's Shadowland Hits the Big Apple
In 2009 writer Ed Brubaker left Daredevil on a high note, with the character literally ready to take on the world. But incoming writer Andy Diggle failed the test of both New York as an idea and Daredevil as a character. What can Mark Waid's Daredevil, released today, look like in the wake of past misfirings?
Reviews
Thursday, September 1 2011
Between Church & State
Can ideology be passed on without being radically altered? In Damaged #2 creators Michael and John Schwarz along with writer David Lapham and artist Leonardo Manco explore this question that is at once artistic, relevant to the digital economy and core American values. Explore more of the story in the free-to-download preview attached to this story.
Tuesday, August 30 2011
All's Quiet on the Battlefront of Ideas
In Batman, Inc. #8 writer Grant Morrison takes Batman into a fight with the villain he's never had to face before--ideas.
Tuesday, August 30 2011
...And the Men Are All the Same
Remember Tina Turner? In Pherone, creator Viktor Kalvachev delivers a tale every bit as powerful and evocative as Tina's eclipsing of the abusive Ike Turner.
Thursday, August 25 2011
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Booster Gold makes it out alive from the nightmare world of the Flashpoint. But the man emerging is just not the remarkable hero we've come to know since 52 and Justice League: Generation Lost.
Tuesday, August 23 2011
An American in Svartelfheim
Like the journeys to Europe of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Richard Feynman, Invincible Iron Man scribe Matt Fraction offers a meditation the encounter between democratic values and the aristoi.
Blogs
Tuesday, July 19 2011
Will You Be Radical's PopMatters VIP?
Gain unprecedented access at the San Diego ComicCon this year with Radical's PopMatters VIP giveaway.
Monday, July 18 2011
Down San Diego Way
With the wonderhell that is San Diego's International ComicCon shortly upon us we piece together what we know about Radical Studios' convention booth. Remember you could be Radical's PopMatters VIP, by answering one easy question.
Tuesday, May 10 2011
Radical Announces 'Last Days of American Crime' Movie
When you see The Last Days of American Crime in theaters next summer, would you recognize it as having come from a comicbook? In partnering with financing powerhouse IM Global, Radical scores a stealth victory for a new breed of popular culture.
Wednesday, March 23 2011
Hellraiser's Big BOOM!: BOOM! Studios' Revolution in Social Media
BOOM! launches a bold new era today with the social media distribution of the Hellraiser Prelude. Download it here exclusively.