In the fourth adventure of Dog Man (a police officer who is a dog) we see Dog Man and his new sidekick, Cat Kid, fighting evil and trying to find a missing actress. While this book is partly a standalone title, it does help to have read the other books in the series. Therefore, while the adult should pick up enough to be okay with the lack of backstory, your child will probably need to have read all the others first. The other point is […]
The Man Who Laughs
Brubaker’s The Man Who Laughs is generally highly regarded as a great Joker story. I don’t get it. Maybe I don’t get the appeal of the Joker, because I also didn’t like Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum and people lose their minds over that one, as well. Well, it’s up to you. Just know that it wasn’t for me. Fortunately, Brubaker’s Joker story is only half of this particular collection. The back half of this trade paperback also includes Detective Comics #784-786, which is an awesome short run […]
Howl: A Graphic Novel
I first read Allen Ginsburg’s Howl: The Graphic Novel many years ago. I was familiar with the poem, of course, but every time I read it I find something else. I do not know how many times I have read it and even after all those readings, I still do not understand it. In fact, I think if you say you do understand Howl, you are not being truthful. There are too many references the modern reader would not get. However, you get the jest: […]
I feel a little lost here, but I still like it
Living in a pretty small, remote town, we make certain to take the kids (yeah…the kids) to a comic book store whenever we are in a bigger city. I walked in to one this winter, and all packaged up just like they knew I was coming, there were the six issues in the limited run World of Wakanda comic series. It hit all the right buttons: Black Panther, so hot right now! Roxane Gay and Yona Harvey, interesting feminist thinker and poet, first two black […]