Tag Archives: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

More comics that are COMICS

Posted on November 7, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

In case you need a break and to briefly take your mind off the news, for some reason, here is another post about scattered comics that I associate with just the kind of offbeat genre stuff this medium excels at. … Continue reading →

Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES | Tagged Absolution, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Can See, Black Widow, François Miville-Deschênes, Griz Grobus, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Jess Polard, John Paul Leon, Know Your Station, Lee Loughridge, Liana Kangas, Mark Russell, Mike Deodato Jr, Patrick Horvath, Paul Cornell, Peter Milligan, Richard Connell, Sarah Gailey, science fiction, Scott Hanna, Sergey Nazarov, Simon Roy, Stefano Cardoselli, Steve Pugh, Sylvain Runberg, Tom Raney, Van Jensen, World War II, Zaroff | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 August 2023)

Posted on August 21, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

Just another vibrant reminder that comics can be awesome… Chicken Devil #4 Aliens: Nightmare Asylum Reckless

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Alien, Brian Buccellato, Chicken Devil, Denis Beauvais, Ed Brubaker, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Hayden Sherman, Jacob Phillips, Mark Verheiden, Reckless, Sean Phillips | Leave a comment

Catching up with crime comics – Texas edition

Posted on November 3, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

As I’ve been catching up with crime comics from the past year or so, one thing that struck me is the fact that Texas is currently one of the main recurring settings in the genre. This may be … Continue reading →

Posted in HARDBOILED CRIME | Tagged Chris Condon, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, horror, Jacob Phillips, Jason Wordie, Joe Palmer, Lonnie Nadler, Rory McConville, Sami Kivelä, That Texas Blood, Undone by Blood, western, Write It In Blood, Zac Thompson | Leave a comment

Catching up with crime comics – part 1

Posted on April 7, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

In the past decade, the small screen has excelled in engrossingly dramatizing capitalism, from the inner workings of corporations in Mad Men, Succession, and Halt and Catch Fire to the parallels – and connections – to organized crime in Better … Continue reading →

Posted in HARDBOILED CRIME | Tagged Alfonso Font, André Lima Araújo, Bastien Vivès, Brian Buccellato, Casey Gilly, Chip Zdarsky, Chris O'Halloran, Elsa Charretier, Florent Ruppert, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Hayden Sherman, Jacob Phillips, Jerome Mulot, Kurt Ankeny, Matt Fraction, Matt Hollingsworth, Max Bertolini, Nadia Shammas, Olivier Schrauwen, politics, Rick Remender, Ricky Mammone, Rus Wooton, Soo Lee, Ziyed Yusuf | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 July 2021)

Posted on July 26, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Another Monday, another weekly reminder that comics can be awesome… Black Science #10 Cemetery Beach #7 Savage #3

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Black Science, Cemetery Beach, Dean White, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Jason Howard, Matteo Scalera, Max Bemis, Nathan Stockman, Rick Remender, Rus Wooton, Savage, Triona Farrell | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in WEBS OF FICTION | Tagged 300, Alan Moore, Alex Ross, Caspar Wijngaard, Damon Lindelof, Dave Gibbons, Eddie Campbell, Frank Miller, From Hell, Geoff Johns, Godland, Grant Morrison, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Joe Casey, Jonathan Lau, Jordie Bellaire, Kieron Gillen, Lynn Varley, Mary Safro, Pete Morisi, Peter Cannon, politics, Ryan Kelly, Simon Bowland, Steve Darnall, Thunderbolt, Tom Scioli, Ultimates, Vinicius Andrade, Warren Ellis, Watchmen | Leave a comment

2020’s books of the year – part 2

Posted on January 14, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

If you read last week’s post, you know I’m doing a countdown of the most Gotham Calling books of 2020. Enjoy! 16. UNDONE BY BLOOD Collected as Undone by Blood or The Shadow of a Wanted Man, the first … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOKS OF THE YEAR | Tagged Adam Hughes, Alex Toth, Allan Harvey, Atlas at War, Charlie Kirchoff, Chris Brunner, Chris Weston, Christian Alamy, Chuck Dixon, Cold War, Cully Hamner, Dan Spiegle, Daniel Hillyard, David Michelinie, DC Goes to War, Doug Dabbs, Doug Wagner, Drew Moore, Ed Herron, Eduardo Barreto, espionage, Garth Ennis, Gene Colan, Gerry Talaoc, Hank Chapman, Harvey Kurtzman, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Jack Davis, Jack Kirby, Jason Wordie, Jerry Grandenetti, Jerry Robinson, Joe Kubert, Joe Maneely, Joe Simon, Joe Sinnott, John Severin, Judith Hunt, Laura Martin, Lee Loughridge, Len Wein, Lonnie Nadler, Mark Evanier, Marv Wolfman, Michael Esposito, Michael J. Vassallo, Michael Kelleher, Michael Uslan, Paul Reinman, politics, Robert Kanigher, Russ Heath, Sam Glanzman, Sam Kweslin, Sami Kivelä, Scott Nybakken, Stan Lee, The Ride, Tomm Coker, Undone by Blood, Werner Roth, western, World War II, Zac Thompson | 2 Comments