The Graphic Fiction Appreciation Society will hold it’s first meeting of 2015 on Wednesday, January 7th at 6:30PM. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, the Graphic Novel Appreciation Society meets to discuss another classic from the world of comics. For the very first meeting of this new year, they’re covering the first volume of the insanely […]
Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series is a seminal work. The original run of seventy five issues has been collected into a ten volume set of graphic novels by DC and should be in every comic fan’s library. There are a couple of volumes outside the original ten volume run. the most notable being The Dream Hunters. […]
Jack Kirby was responsible for many of the most awe inspiring comic characters. While he created loads of Earthbound heroes, some of his best beloved creations were simply Cosmic! One overlooked Kirby creation is The Eternals. First created in the 70s, this group was composed of super beings that were thousands of years old, each […]
Originally serialized in 1996-97, Batman: The Long Halloween restored the Detective aspect to the Dark Knight and not only provided a sense of mystery that had been missing from the Bat-tales of the time, but also a neat gimmick that harkened back to the best stories of Batman’s glory days. The writing by Jeph […]
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock this past month or so, DC Comics is relaunching their universe with 52 number one issues in a major initiative loosely (and imaginatively) called “The New 52”. The uber-traditionalist among comic fans have cried that DC is ignoring their rich history by giving a face lift to […]