Terry Hammond 
Writer/Artist: Steve Mannion Asylum Press 2023 THE AGE OF GIRL POWER is upon us. Questing girls and women out to be heroines swarm the media waves, often making good alternatives to standard superhero themes, though often these heroines have awesome powers of their own. This is not the case for heroine Fearless Dawn. She is … Read more
Story and Art: Frank Miller, John Romita Jr. Inks and Colors: Danny Miki, Alex Sinclair DC Comics, 2019 TEARFULLY I TREAD the remains of two stellar careers. The oversize “prestige” format of SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE with the names of writer/artist team Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. stamped on top drew me like a magnet. … Read more
Writer: Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham Artists: Tony Aikens and team Vertigo Comics, 2009 GO GIRL AND DO WHAT YOU DO BEST! Such an exclamation appears to be the basis of Jack’s appeal; he let’s you do your thing your own way. Anarchy and agency go together. Jack in charge feels like freedom for a minute. … Read more
Writers: Ram V, Ed Brubaker et al. Artists: Fernando Blanco, Darwyn Cooke et al. DC Comics: Omnibus edition published August 2022 RAM V RAPT ME up in Catwoman #25 from 2020, where I followed him to a place I had not thought to visit before. In this issue, writer Ram V starts a year-long run, … Read more