I like the older stuff myself. If you dig any of the X-Men movies, you might want to see where it all began with X-Men: Second Genesis, which covers the mid-70s revival of the team, and started the wave that would launch it into the popularity stratosphere. If you like grittier stuff, you might like Daredevil: Born…

I like the older stuff myself. If you dig any of the X-Men movies, you might want to see where it all began with…

You’re not wrong! Those guys tended to be almost...arrogant, really. Like they were “the one true Santa” and all the amateur & volunteer Santas were pale imitations.

Very nice, actually! They were some of the least-demanding customers we had, and always paid in cash.

Many years ago I worked at a theatrical supply store. We sold costumes, tiaras, dancing shoes, material, etc. And clown supplies. The clown white, the big shoes, joy-buzzers, gloves...the whole nine yards. So in addition to dealing with ballet dancers, mimes, theater people and strippers (the store was only a few…

That means the studios’ real enemy is a more intelligent—or at least more aware—audience

Boy, that is a really good question. I don’t know what comics you do like, but I’ll try to give you some ideas:

You may like his work, or you may not. There’s nothing in Comics 101 that says “You must like Jack Kirby if you read comics!” But you do have to understand how incredibly influential he was, even if you don’t care for his work. His presence will likely never be lost as long as the medium exists.

Jack Kirby hated Nixon. I cannot begin to fathom how he would have felt about Trump.