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As the arc hits its full stride, the story takes off, fast and fun. Kelly Thompson built up an anticipation for what Silica and Dark Jem might bring during the last two issues, and this issue pays off in humorous character hijinks and ebullient art by Sophie Campbell and M. Victoria Robado.

Foreign superhero movies are WEIRD, man. I mean, I’m not even talking about the Japanese stuff with the bug-men and the dude with underwear on his head, that’s a whole thing into itself. But have you ever seen The Heroic Trio? Or there’s this new Russian one coming out that looks totally ...

Corridor Digital has been one of my favorite Youtube pages for the past few years now, owing in no small part to they can routinely trounce big studios when it comes to delivering fun, interesting visuals. A small studio based out of LA and started by friends Sam Gorski and ...

What makes a good comic-book action sequence? How do you balance dynamic movement and eye-catching art with coherency and continuity?   On Saturday morning, some of DC and Marvel’s most exciting talents sat down to discuss their action-crafting expertise at WonderCon’s “Drawing Action” panel.   Right off the bat, it ...

If there’s one thing comic book lovers love, it’s… well, it’s comics, obviously.   But if there’s a second thing comic book lovers love, it’s good television.   Here’s what your favorite creators are queuing up on Netflix.   What TV show or movie are you watching right now that ...

What are these comics creators and ocarina experts reading these days? They couldn’t wait to tell us.   Chime in in the comments and let us know about the awesome thing you’re reading right now.   What is something you’ve read recently–it doesn’t even have to be a comic!–that made ...

So, obviously you can’t actually interact with fictional characters. That’s ridiculous! It’s very silly! But that doesn’t mean we haven’t thought about it. Here are the famous comic book characters that these comics creators would like to meet at Starbucks… and beyond.   Meet us in the comments, and let ...

One of the great things about WonderCon is that creators, fans, and vendors can spend quality time geeking out about the comics that are important to us. So I thought it might be fun to see what these working comic peeps could tell me about the first comic they ever ...

I was at DC’s big Rebirth announcement on Saturday (second row, natch!) and I’m full of mixed emotions and big prognostications. Stick with me here, but I think that one-hour presentation effectively epitomized all the weird conflicts and awkward contradictions at this particular moment in superhero comics: everything good & ...

Batman #50 Written by Scott Synder Drawn by Greg Capullo, Danny Miki and Yanick Paquette Colored by FCO Plascencia and Nathan Fairbairn Lettered by Steve Wands Published by DC Comics WARNING: SPOILERS! The dramatic payoff to the “Superheavy” arc was the last issue when Bruce Wayne regained his memories and ...

Radio Silence is a fun webcomic about some intense, passionate musicians, an introverted keyboard player, and their manager, who is the mature adult of the group.

The X-Men franchise is actually the oldest one still active in the superhero movie genre, having first debuted on screen all the way back in 2000. In 16 years on screen, the franchise has gone through a number of changes, and in more ways than one you can chart a ...