A Deep Six’d Publication
Story: Gardner Fox Art: Carmine Infantino DC Comics, 1961-1962 THE WAY WE LEARNED to swim underwater with aqua-lungs and fins in the 1940s made it obvious humans would soon have personal rocket packs to fly in the skies with the same fishy fluency. The first good part about Adam Strange and his alien girlfriend Alanna … Read more
Writer and artist: Owen Heitman Amplified Press, 2016 and 2022 Some months ago, in furtherance of both better promoting independent comics publishers and indulging in unabashed parochialism, we undertook to spend more time focussing on Australian comic books (see https://www.worldcomicbookreview.com/the-other-side-of-the-world-our-infrequent-newsletter/ ). Attending the Perth Comic Art Festival today, a bustling hive of independent comic vendors … Read more
Writer and artist: Paul Pope Vertigo Comics, 2002-2003 SNOW CAN REHABILITATE even the shittiest cityscape. The gooey parts harden and you can skate across; the ugliness submerges, and for a while the place looks natural, same way the night casts shadows that submerge the distances. A city in the snow at night makes the best … Read more
Created by Brian Wood Additional art: Becky Cloonan Dark Horse, 1997 THIS IS WHAT ANARCHY LOOKS LIKE. I have been called all those things says hacker airwave pirate Jennie 2.5 in a radio interview, a Socialist, a Communist, an Anarchist, all capitalized one notices, while she is none of them just herself challenging the mainstream … Read more