“WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN“ PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS, EPISODE 2
NOTE: This review contains spoilers! A curious thing happened after my review for the first
Chris Buse
A comic book reader since 1972. When he is not reading or writing about the books he loves or is listening to The Twilight Sad, you can find Chris at his consulting company in Germany... drinking damn good coffee. Also a proud member of the ICC (International Comics Collective) Podcast with Al Mega and Dave Elliott.
“I HAVE NO HEART TO CARE FOR MEN” PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS, EPISODE 1
This review contains spoilers. Where art is concerned, and especially popular art, objects in the
“FOR HEARTS LONG LOST“ IN BLACKEST NIGHT, PART 2
In 1946, men in America were in trouble. And since superheroes were men as well,
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It was a train wreck, literally. By 1940, less than two years after an infant
“MIND THE HEADLIGHTS!“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 12
There“s a strange thing that will happen when a person dies. Quite naturally, in most
“THAT IS NOT COMICS“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 11
In 1929, Luis Buñuel, the Spanish auteur filmmaker, who“d become a naturalized Mexican twenty years
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Let“s begin with a disclaimer and a friendly warning. While many comic books publishers put
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The times they were a-changin“. So were the landscapes. And the women. And this woman
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The best art, in a comic book or otherwise, is of its time as it“s
“THE BEAUTY OF UGLINESS“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 7
Something weird happens when we imagine what a creator of genre fiction might be like
“THE UGLINESS OF BEAUTY“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 6
Even though Al Feldstein put together some amazing stories when he worked on EC Comics“
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If there“s one quote which best sums up the terrors and the sense of wistful
“NO ENCHANTMENT UNDER THE SEA“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 4
With Science Fiction, it is all in the name, really. Writers of any kind of
“LOST IN SPACE“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 3
Today, we dream of machines that think, machines that are intelligent, machines that will think
“WALLY WOOD’S MEN“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 2
What does a real man look like? And how does a real man act? If
“JACK KAMEN’S WOMEN“ A COLUMN ABOUT EC COMICS, PART 1
While this is a column about women (women in comic books to be specific), this
“SPEAK OF THE DEVIL“ THE STRANGE DAYS OF DOCTOR STRANGE, PART 3
Some people lead a life that is like a magic trick. A lot of smoke
“DEATH AND THE MAIDENS“ THE STRANGE DAYS OF DOCTOR STRANGE, PART 2
“We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier ”“ the frontier of the
“TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO DREAM“ THE STRANGE DAYS OF DOCTOR STRANGE, PART 1
There is a reason why we forget most of our dreams when the first light
“WHEN SUPERMAN WAS THE JOCK YOU HATED“ THE SEXY-BEAST SUPERMAN, PART 4
There is something very pure and innocent behind the idea of a girl that literally
