The fight makes a hell of a lot more sense than Civil War does. Whedon's uneven, bonkers attempted at "characterization" in the Avengers movie has left me with absolutely no investment in the fact that Cap and Iron Man are fighting. I'm more confused why Sam and Rhodey aren't friends, at this point. At least it…

Yuuuppp. I think a significant portion of why people have become so conflicted about DKR is because of our new understanding of Miller's personal politics, which most people didn't really know when DKR was first on the shelves. It's like rereading Ender's Game knowing OSC is an asshole.

This is probably the meanest thing I've ever written about a comic book that wasn't about Spider-Man.

UGH. That's just even more frustrating. I mean, I read these books three or four times before I review them and a) I didn't pick up on that but b) if I did it would have annoyed the CRAP out of me. It feels more like somebody's middle school OC from the back of their composition notebook than a fleshed out…

That's totally fair, it just strikes me as a really ridiculous oversight on the part of both Wheeler and the editorial team. The only two women fit for queenhood are Misty and her mother? There are NO other kingdoms, despite the diverse appearance of all the monsters? (That second thing leads me to believe that all…

You don't need to be reading anything else to like Midnighter. There are references to other books, but it'll still make sense even if you don't understand them.

That's definitely a fair point. Bendis has started believing his hardcore fans, which is always when talent starts to get really uneven.

Doesn't mean she's a SAHM. Just means she's a mom.

Yes, yes he did.

Where's the implication that she's a stay at home mom?

I think you'll note I said "Jessica Jones and Luke are Marvel’s Nick and Nora…" thus implying that Luke is Nora, not Jessica.

Greene's got a really unique style. It might not be everybody's taste, but it's really fucking great fit for this book. People said the same of Aja when Hawkeye first came out…just because it's different doesn't mean it's bad.

I think you've got a fundamental misunderstanding of what I'm saying…Batman is the human being that has humanity, kindness, and huge-heartedness, in my mind. He's the one that rescued Dick and Jason, he's the one that found a way to incorporate Damien into his life, he's the one that turns to Alfred with needs he…

I've always thought of it in terms of "Bruce Wayne is a mask that Batman wears; Superman is a costume that Clark Kent wears; Diana is a princess, a general, and Wonder Woman." Framing the trinity in relation to one another, and understanding the implications of each of the three statements, makes for much better…

I don't know if there's an editor in the world that could really rein Landis in. You'd need a whole team and a lot of Red Bull to even get close.

It definitely helps if you already like John Allison's stuff, but you don't need to know the 10+ years of backstory from his webcomic to enjoy Giant Days. I think it was Oliver who wrote a review for it, and I wrote the "best of 2015" blurb, so two of the four of us enjoy the crap out of it.

Dead Letters is worth picking up, and my love for Giant Days knows no bounds, but it's definitely a lighthearted slice of life thing, not sure if you're open to that. Gunnerkrig Court is great, but it's also online if you're ok reading web comics. Jim Henson's Tale of Sand and the Jim Henson's Storyteller series…

I get your point, but "queer" has also been reclaimed by parts of the LGBTQ+ community both as an umbrella term for anyone who's not straight/cis and as a specific term to denote a particular orientation or gender identity as an individual. We can't just dictate to people how they should self identify, so while…

…it wasn't only white critics. Shawn Pryor, the guys from Longboxes on 22s ( who did those remixed covers YEARS ago and got zero credit, money, or jobs when Marvel did the same thing), the founder of #BlackComicsMonth, Black Nerd Girls, a slew of black creators that work at Marvel and other publishers were all pissed…

To be fair, the line between "new #1's" and "rebooted" is becoming very slim these days in terms of impact, and we don't know for sure that what's happening at DC is a reboot at all. We've got rumors on top of rumors that are, at this point. We know that there are some teams shuffling around and there will likely be…