Spawn, a comic book title created by Todd McFarlane and published by Image Comics since 1992, features an American superhero character with an interesting pedigree. Spawn is distinguishable by “a “neural parasite cloak,” a particularly shaped face mask, green eyes and a red “M” on the chest”, as described by a judge in Wisconsin (and … Read more
On 20 May 2022 George Perez passed away. Mr Perez had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. For many longstanding readers of American comic books, Perez debris – cracked or granulated stone – was an indicia of a 1980s childhood lost in the world of superheroes. Mr Perez’s panels were peppered by upwardly rising wisps of … Read more
Writer: Al Ewing Artists: Stefano Caselli and Federico Blee Marvel Comics. June, 2022 At the outset: an apology. This critique mentions the names of characters and various backstories which a new reader looking for some objective narrative will not follow. In that sense, our critique entirely resembles the object of its scrutiny – it is … Read more
Writer: Larry Hama Artists: Andrea Di Vito and Le Beau Underwood Marvel Comics, March 2022 Welcome to Madripoor, a seedy fictional substitute for the city-state of Singapore, perhaps, or perhaps more like Shanghai in the 1930s. Singapore after all is a highly regulated, benevolent police state. Shanghai in the 1930s was run by a conglomerate … Read more