Why Super-Heroes Should Be More Political
Image from CartoonPolitics It’s time to really figure out if superheroes belong in the political arena. It can be difficult to find quality discussions on the role of politics in comic books. In the...
View ArticleTime and Tom Strong
Before he walked away from mainstream comics, Alan Moore seemed to be having a tremendous amount of fun at the end of the last century. He had brokered a deal (he thought) to give him freedom and...
View ArticleThinking about Alan Moore’s “Buster Brown at the Barricades”
courtesy of kings road merch UPDATE: WITH THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST OCCUPY COMICS ISSUE, THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE ESSAY BY ALAN MOORE IS LARGER THAN WHAT I ORIGINALLY COMMENTED ON. WHILE I STICK TO MY...
View ArticleADVANCE SCOUT: Books for the People (5/22/13)
WHAT IS ADVANCE SCOUT? Each week, the Capeless Crew picks out those books that we think are most worthy of your dollars and attention. These books are chosen based on a variety of qualities, including...
View Article“Swamp Thing #20″ is Intelligent and Haunting
(WARNING: This article contains Spoilers) Following their first issue since the end of Scott Snyder & Yannick Paquette’s ground-breaking Rotworld saga, issue #20 of the New 52′s Swamp Thing is...
View ArticleDC History: Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 1 (of 6)
Going back through comic book history, especially with DC, is always a magical and often surprising experience, and, boasting some of the most established and respected writers and artists in the...
View ArticleSWAMP THING SUNDAY: Saga of the Swamp Thing TPB 2
Venturing back out into the dark, dank depths of Louisiana’s swampland for (a late edition of… !) Swamp Thing Sundays, and back through the history of the medium of comics themselves has most...
View ArticleBlack Mask Studios Releases Excerpts Of Parts 3 And 4 Of Alan Moore “Buster...
ALAN MOORE ON SUPERMAN IN OCCUPY COMICS #2 This is a hectic week for the issue of creators’ rights in comics, between Marvel’s Ghost Rider copyright victory being overturned by the Second Circuit...
View ArticleIn “Swamp Thing #21″“The Murder Poet” Raps at the Chamber Door…
“Swamp Thing #21″ Cover Art by Jock Charles Soule’s latest edition of The Swamp Thing takes on the first steps of what promises to be an exciting and certainly action packed new story arc, meeting some...
View ArticleSwamp Thing Sundays: Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Three
This latest edition of Swamp Thing Sundays sees us reach that halfway point of the epic Saga as we read and review the third collected paperback edition of Alan Moore’s legendary run on the classic DC...
View ArticleSEQUENTIAL Releases Alan Moore Tribute Comic
Digital comics distributor SEQUENTIAL has released a biographical tribute comic of Alan Moore, in honor of the legendary comic book writer’s 60th birthday. Moore, who turns 60 on November 18, has...
View ArticleINFINITE CROSSOVER Episode XXXI: Virtual Roundtable Session
. This week it’s a family affair on Infinite Crossover as DW and Josh are joined by Capeless Crusaders Michael Stock and Jay Gabel for a fun filled feast! Gather round the table and join the fun as...
View ArticleLast Alan Moore Interview?
Reblogged from Pádraig Ó Méalóid AKA Slovobooks: A few words of explanation about this interview: On the 26th of November 2013 there was an event called An Evening with Alan Moore, where Moore was in...
View ArticleWhy Super-Heroes Should Be More Political
It’s time to really figure out if superheroes belong in the political arena. It can be difficult to find quality discussions on the role of politics in comic books. In the last year, there have been...
View ArticleTime and Tom Strong
Before he walked away from mainstream comics, Alan Moore seemed to be having a tremendous amount of fun at the end of the last century. He had brokered a deal (he thought) to give him freedom and...
View ArticleThinking about Alan Moore’s “Buster Brown at the Barricades”
UPDATE: WITH THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST OCCUPY COMICS ISSUE, THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE ESSAY BY ALAN MOORE IS LARGER THAN WHAT I ORIGINALLY COMMENTED ON. WHILE I STICK TO MY MAIN POINTS, MY CONCLUSION...
View ArticleAFTER WEDNESDAY: Starting to Fill in the Gaps with Miracleman, A Dream of Flying
(w) The Original Writer (i.e., Alan Moore), Mick Anglo, (a) Garry Leach, Don Lawrence, Alan Davis, Steve Dillion, Paul Neary, Marvel Comics, $20.96 collectively. I am of an age in which I can...
View ArticleVertigo Comics Ushers in the Beginning of the End: New Releases for 5/7
This is a bittersweet time for Fables fans. Last Fall, Eisner-award winner Bill Willingham announced that Fables would be ending at issue #150, and with it, the spinoff series, Fairest. Fables has...
View ArticleEditorial: The Future of Comics is… Webcomics?
Every few decades or so, there is a group of comics creators that come along and change the industry for good, or for ill. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s, there was the “British Invasion” of...
View ArticleAlan Moore Announces New Digital Comics App
The creator of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore has entered the world of digital comics with Electricomics. This will be a new showcase for Moore and other...
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