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Gotham Calling’s top 50 westerns
This is Gotham Calling’s 500th post! I like to mark these round numbers with humorous tours of Batman’s quirkiest villains but, since I’ve already done one of those earlier this year, this time around I’ll go for something more original … Continue reading
Posted in WILD WEST
Tagged Cold War, David Lapham, horror, movies, politics, Quentin Tarantino, western
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (8 November 2021)
This weekend, I too went to see Dune: Part One, Denis Villeneuve’s majestic – if largely monochromatic and, despite the heat, coldly assembled – adaptation of the first half of the first book of Frank Herbert’s heady space opera. Given … Continue reading
Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
Tagged Boy Commandos, Cold War, Dune, horror, Jack Kirby, Louis Cazeneuve, movies, politics, science fiction
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (25 October 2021)
With Halloween just around the corner, this is usually the time of the year to share some thoughts about horror… When it comes to cinema and television, one of the most vibrant trends in recent years has been labelled Prestige … Continue reading
Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS
Tagged Alien Worlds, Artie Simek, Astonishing, Baffling Mysteries, Bill Everett, Black Cat, Bob Brown, Chamber of Chills, Charles Sultan, covers, Crypt of Shadows, Danny Crespi, Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion, Frank Giacoia, Frank Robbins, Fred Kida, George Tuska, Ghostly Tales, Ghosts, Gus Ricca, Haunted Love, horror, House of Secrets, Jack Davis, Jim McLaughlin, Joe Maneely, Larry Lieber, Lee Elias, Marvel Tales, Mike Esposito, movies, My Greatest Adventure, Mystic, Mystical Tales, Nick Cardy, Nicola Cuti, Out of This World, politics, Ron Wilson, Russ Heath, Stan Goldberg, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Strange Tales, Tales from the Crypt, Tatjana Wood, The Beyond, Tom Sutton, Warren Kremer, Weird Horrors, William G. Stout
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Top 12 foreign-language film noirs
When I ranked my top 50 noir thrillers last month, I only included movies spoken in English. It was an easy way to curb the size of the list. However, this type of gritty, atmospheric crime stories has found an … Continue reading
On Dynamite’s James Bond – part 2
If you read last week’s post, you know I’ve been looking back at the James Bond comics published by Dynamite in these last few years. By securing some of the industry’s top talent, this publisher has been able to churn … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged Aaron Campbell, Ales Kot, Antonio Fuso, Chris O'Halloran, Dennis Calero, Eoin Marron, espionage, Fay Dalton, Greg Pak, Hayden Sherman, Ibrahim Moustafa, James Bond, James Robinson, Javier Pulido, Jeff Parker, Kewber Baal, Luca Casalanguida, Mission Impossible, movies, Ninjak, Rapha Lobosco, Salvatore Aiala, Shimerys Baal, Simon Bowland, Van Jensen
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On Dynamite’s James Bond – part 1
After much delay, the latest James Bond movie is finally coming out next week. Hopefully, No Time to Die will bring the kind of super-spy thrills Black Widow kept threatening to deliver but never really did. In fact, aside from … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged Ales Kot, Andy Diggle, Benjamin Percy, Black Widow, Brent Peeples, Chris Blythe, Christos Gage, Danny Lore, Declan Shalvey, Eric Gapstur, Erica D'Urso, espionage, Heather Moore, James Bond, Jason Masters, Jody Houser, Kieron Gillen, Luca Casalanguida, movies, politics, Vita Ayala, Warren Ellis
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Gotham Calling’s top 50 film noir
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
Posted in HARDBOILED CRIME
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Cold War, Frank Miller, Graham Greene, movies, noir, politics, The Spirit, World War II
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Batman movies without Batman – part 2
If you’ve read last week’s post, you know I’ve been listing films that somehow feel like Batman movies, even though the Caped Crusader is nowhere to be found… Knives Out Many classic Batman comics used to be about fun mysteries … Continue reading
Posted in WEBS OF FICTION
Tagged Chuck Dixon, horror, movies, politics, science fiction, Sheldon Moldoff
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Batman movies without Batman – part 1
The Dark Knight has starred in over a dozen theatrical films – plus a string of direct-to-video projects – and, in fact, his filmography has become a fascinating object in its own right. Not only are there extremely disparate takes … Continue reading
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (18 January 2021)
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