Tag Archives: George Pérez

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (10 January 2022)

Posted on January 10, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

A psychedelic reminder that comics can be awesome…

Posted in AWESOME COVERS | Tagged Alex Ziritt, Baffling Mysteries, covers, Department of Truth, Dick Giordano, Gaspar Saladino, George Pérez, Ghostly Tales, Jon D'Agostino, Laura Allred, Louis Zansky, Madman, Mike Allred, Mike Kaluta, Norman Saunders, Out of This World, Secrets of Haunted House, Space Riders, Steve Ditko, The Unexpected, Todd Klein, Tom Sutton, Tradd Moore, Wonder Woman, Worlds of Fear | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (18 January 2021)

Posted on January 18, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

2017’s Wonder Woman film was a bit of a mess, though not without redeeming features. It had a hackneyed, ill-knitted script (or one whose coherence was botched in the editing table) that introduced a bunch of characters and then did … Continue reading →

Posted in SUPER POWERS | Tagged Bruce Patterson, Daniel Warren Johnson, Geoff Johns, George Pérez, Jared K. Fletcher, John Costanza, Matthew Wilson, Mike Spicer, movies, politics, Tatjana Wood, Tony Akins, Wonder Woman | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 November 2020)

Posted on November 2, 2020 by I.M. Baytor

Your weekly reminder that comics can be awesome, free-for-all edition…

Posted in AWESOME COVERS | Tagged Archer & Armstrong, Black Science, covers, Danny Crespi, Frank Teran, George Pérez, Matteo Scalera, Michael Golden, Pere Pérez, Punisher, Rick Hoberg, Star Wars, Tom Palmer, Wonder Woman | 1 Comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (May 2019)

Posted on May 3, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

While I hope superheroes don’t become as hegemonic in film as they did in comic books, Anthony and Joe Russo’s Avengers: Endgame is further proof that this genre can make for great cinema that is both fun to watch and … Continue reading →

Posted in SUPER POWERS | Tagged Adam Gorham, Black Widow, Brett Breeding, Dave Sharpe, Dead Drop, Ex Machina, George Pérez, JD Mettler, Jim Clark, Marvel Fanfare, Michael Spicer, movies, Petra Scotese, Ralph Macchio, Tom Orzechowski, Tony Harris | Leave a comment

Spotlight on Vigilante

Posted on July 21, 2015 by I.M. Baytor

Vigilante #8 Vigilante was a train wreck of a comic – a baffling, mesmerizing, kamikaze train wreck of a comic. Published between 1983 and 1988, this was DC’s answer to the Punisher, only grittier and more depressing, spiraling as it … Continue reading →

Posted in HARDBOILED CRIME | Tagged Alan Moore, Denys Cowan, George Pérez, Marv Wolfman, Mike Gold, Paul Kupperberg, Steve Erwin, Tod Smith, Trevor von Eeden, Vigilante | 1 Comment

On Dick Grayson, the Teen Wonder

Posted on June 2, 2015 by I.M. Baytor

If Dick Grayson’s childhood was pretty unusual, his adolescence was totally out there. While Detective Comics didn’t promote him from Boy Wonder to Teen Wonder until 1970, in the mid-60s Robin became a founding member of the Teen Titans: … Continue reading →

Posted in GOTHAM CITIZENS | Tagged Bob Haney, Cold War, Denny O'Neil, Dick Grayson, Elliot S! Maggin, Frank Robbins, George Pérez, Marv Wolfman, Mike Friedrich, politics, Robin | Leave a comment