by envisionmg | Jan 20, 2015 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew Buying comics for the library is a tricky thing. For one thing, we’re not buying for the collector. If you know Comics People, than I’m sure you have a friend who obsessively collects every Batman comic or possible X-Men tie-in. We don’t really...
by envisionmg | Aug 22, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew [Parts one and two] Of course, you can’t swing a cape near American comics without hitting a superhero, so here are three titles from The Big Two. Ms. Marvel. Issues # 1-7. Words: G. Willow Wilson. Art: Adrian Alphona. So, humblebrag time, but...
by envisionmg | Aug 15, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew [Read Part 1 here] Here are three comics set before today, back when the shadows were a bit deeper and the stakes a bit higher. Velvet Volume 1: Before the Living End Words: Ed Brubaker. Art: Steve Epting Imagine that it’s the Cold War and the...
by envisionmg | Aug 8, 2014 | Captions Column, Graphic Novels
Captions column by Drew Lately, I’ve been going through a bit of Protagonist Fatigue. For some reason, the normal wise-cracking, don’t count him out when he’s down hero hasn’t been doing it for me. Maybe this is part of a shift in taste away from capes or at least...
