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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (19 August 2024)

This week, a tribute to awesome comic book covers showcasing the members of Batman’s rogues’ gallery:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (13 May 2024)

Another week, another tribute to the captivatingly stylish sense of design you can find in comic book covers:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (25 March 2024)

A reminder that the covers of Batman comics can be awesome… and fun!

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (11 March 2024)

This week’s reminder that comic book covers can be awesome is a tribute to superhero yarns, the most quintessential of the medium’s genres. Sure, superheroes have had their fair share of ventures into the big and small screens (from the … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Slam Bradley

The Dark Knight isn’t the only detective in Batman comics. In fact, having finally read last year’s six-part mini-series Gotham City: Year One, my mind has been on the astounding significance gained by one of the oldest detectives around: Slam … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (23 October 2023)

The past weeks were spent watching war crimes and an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, counting down to further escalation. I’ve been feeding the blog with posts I had written in advance, mostly as a way to take brief breaks away from … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (14 August 2023)

A reminder that comics can be awesome, Spirit-shaped panels edition: The Spirit (v4) #1 The Spirit (v3) #8 The Spirit (v4) #13

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 December 2022)

This year’s final reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to Batman covers since the New 52 reboot, from the creepy painted photorealism of Alex Ross to the playfully surreal cartooning of Chris Burnham:

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Gotham crime graphic novels

The trailer for the upcoming The Batman movie looks pretty darn awful, once again doubling down on the gloom without any hint of what makes the source material so much fun in the first place. That said, I suppose the … Continue reading

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Taking a break… (October 2021)

I know it’s difficult to believe, but I actually do have a life besides reading cool comics and watching old movies… So yeah, Gotham Calling will have to go on another break for a while, but I hope to be … Continue reading

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