Tag Archives: Frank Miller

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (17 October 2022)

Posted on October 16, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

Just in case you’ve forgotten, here is this week’s reminder that comic book covers can be awesome:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (19 September 2022)

Posted on September 19, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

Another reminder that comic book covers can be awesome… and another tribute to the art of cool headshots:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (20 June 2022)

Posted on June 20, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to packed, wonderfully busy covers:

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Gotham Calling’s top 50 film noir

Posted on September 15, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Today is Gotham Calling’s seventh anniversary! I usually mark these occasions with a compilation of fifty images from Batman comics, showcasing the Dark Knight kicking people in the head or breaking through windows. Since the blog’s identity has been shifting … Continue reading →

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Gotham City’s sex workers – part 2

Posted on July 1, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

If you read last week’s post (or just this post’s title, really), you know I’ve been looking at some of the many, many depictions of sex workers in Batman comics. This week, let’s focus on the sinuous paths of two … Continue reading →

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Gotham City’s sex workers – part 1

Posted on June 24, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Detective Comics #464 While City on a Hill has been doing its damned finest to emulate The Wire (albeit in Boston), in recent years the show that came the closest to recapturing that kind of TV magic was The Deuce, … Continue reading →

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Another Watchmen sequel

Posted on June 10, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

The main reason The Ludocrats was Gotham Calling’s 2020 Book of the Year is that, by the time I did the list, I hadn’t yet read Portrait of a Drunk (a nihilistic piece of ribaldry that lives up to Seinfeld’s motto: … Continue reading →

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A month of Batman moments – Day 7

Posted on May 7, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Spawn / Batman

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15 superhero horror covers

Posted on February 25, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Just because the weekly COMICS CAN BE AWESOME section has moved back to focusing on splash pages, it doesn’t mean Gotham Calling won’t continue to spotlight cool covers every once in a while… Here is a selection of fifteen eerie … Continue reading →

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10 noir short stories

Posted on September 10, 2020 by I.M. Baytor

Given the ongoing heated discussion over police reform and how to rethink public safety, I guess this is an appropriate occasion to highlight one of my favorite genres: crime fiction. As far as comic books go, although there were precedents, … Continue reading →

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