Comics and more on the cheap at Stories Super Spooky Sale
Stock up on Tales from the Crypt or Weird Tales comics for Halloween.
Archives: comic books
The Wolverine: Darren Aronofsky didn’t direct this film
We’re living in the Dark and Serious(ly boring) Age of comic book movies.
Atomic Robo: A comic book without the T&A
Female characters in comic books are often props for gratuitous T&A, but one local comic writer has found success by doing something radical…depicting women as real people.
Man of Steel: Steely like an emotionless, boring piece of steel
One of the complaints against Superman is that he’s boring and unrelatable. After watching Man of Steel this is still a complaint I have against Superman.
Talking Man of Steel with novelist, VCU professor Tom De Haven
VCU creative writing professor Tom De Haven’s talks about Superman’s history, why he wrote the 2005 novel, It’s Superman!, and how the Man of Tomorrow fits into the world of today.
Iron Man 3: Less iron, more man
Iron Man 3 takes Tony Stark (and more importantly Robert Downey, Jr.) out of the Iron Man suit for the majority of the film–which is great because that’s what you’re there to see anyway.
The Dark Knight Rises: Not high enough
The Dark Knight Rises is disappointing, and you can’t cut directory Christopher Nolan any slack, because he’s done it before using all of the same pieces.
