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The Avengers: Superheroes Bump Superegos

The Hip-Hop/Comic Book Connection by Ed Piskor

Ed Piskor​American comic book artist Ed Piskor has a keen eye pop culture. His 2009 collaboration with Harvey "American Splendor" Pekar, The Beats: A Graphic History, turned its eye to the Beat poets, and his Brain Rot series for Boing Boing touched on vintage Nintendo Entertainment Systems, ... More >>

Ace Frehley on KISS and His New Memoir, No Regrets

​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

Captain America Ignores Its Roots for Easy Money

​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

Thor's a Bore, and His Brother from Another Mother Really Steals the Hero's Thunder

​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

Stone: Edward Norton, Master of the Dual Role, Talks About His New Movie

​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

Costume Party: Phoenix Comicon Is Here

​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

Iron Man 2 Will Lead to 3 and Probably 4, But That Doesn't Mean It's Good

​No Regrets: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir is the new book by legendary KISS guitarist Ace Frehley. Assisted by Joe Layden and John Ostrosky, Space Ace pretty much hits it all: his young years in a gang, his audition to be in KISS (there was a job application), the band's rise, his drug abuse, leavin ... More >>

Captain Marvel

Comic-book kingpin makes a pit stop in Chandler

The Unborn Raids the Modern Horror Memory Bank, from The Exorcist to Auschwitz

Comic-book kingpin makes a pit stop in Chandler

In the shadow of Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk can’t live up to its billing

Comic-book kingpin makes a pit stop in Chandler

After Image

Comic-book rebels revisit the past in Mesa

Mural Superiority

Graf artist SuchStyle recaptures the beauty of the form

The Popcorn King

Why you should take Brett Ratner seriously

Bloody Good

No guts hanging out, no glory

Hell on Wheels

Ghost Rider will drive you up the wall

Religious Knives

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Classic Coke

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Deep Thoughts by Redford

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Comic Relief

Not quite Fantastic, but it'll do

Bat Cave-In

Origin story has Baleful side

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise

Dorkula

Third Blade delivers close shaves

Dead Heads

Ten bucks to pay your respects

Run, Do Not Crawl

Spiderman 2 spins a superior sequel

Punish This

The latest comic-book movie might just kill you

Beyond Good and Evil

Rapper MF Doom's new works of hip-hop fiction reinvent the hero principle for the modern age

Still Smilin'?

Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee

Bloody Hell

Daredevil is a grown-up adaptation, but still too two-dimensional

The Bleeding Edge

A decade ago, Vertigo started a revolution by making comics for adults

Comic Relief

Convention makes Valley safe for comic bookworms

Dr. Strange

Grant Morrison's the best writer in comics—and maybe the nuttiest

Dream Weaver

Spider-Man slings pop mythology for the masses

Flame On

Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more

Dark Victory

15 years later, Frank Miller once more dons Batman's cape and cowl

The Brave & the Bold

On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

Totally Bizarro

Can superheroes and alternative comic authors really get along?

Custody Battle

Marvel Comics isn't going to give Joe Simon his son, Captain America, without a fight

Win, Lose or Draw

Or: How do you bring a comic book to life without killing a superhero?

Revenge of The Fanboy

Alex Ross, painter of supermen and superwomen, makes it easy to believe in heroes

Fatal femmes

Why do women in comics become Women in Refrigerators?

Fatman and slobbin'

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds

Mahfood for Thought

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds

The Devil and Todd McFarlane

Spawn's creator revolutionized the comic-book industry. But did he survive Hollywood with his soul intact?

Marvel Fudge

Live-action Spawn never jumps off the page

Pic Hits for the week

Live-action Spawn never jumps off the page

Pic Hits for the week

Live-action Spawn never jumps off the page

Slack's Fifth Avenue

Live-action Spawn never jumps off the page