Charles started the new week at The Panelists with a reflection on the superhero comics seminar he taught last semester at CSU Northridge (complete with a list of ten realizations).
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THE PANELISTS: Teaching a Superhero Seminar (A Reflection)
Posted by Alex Boney on February 2nd, 2011 at 7:38 AMTHE PANELISTS: The Continuity Shuffle
Posted by Alex Boney on January 25th, 2011 at 6:52 PM
Today at The Panelists, Charles Hatfield takes a look at continuity-heavy superhero crossovers/events/crises through the lens of Kurt Busiek and George Perez’s JLA/Avengers. Excerpt: “Okay, so prelapsarian innocence (think DC in the early sixties) can comfortably coexist with angst, moral ambiguity, and post-direct market revisionism. And stories can poach freely from various eras, resulting in complexity and irony. Sure, why not?”
“Somebody with an Insect’s Head Passed Out on the Couch”
Posted by Tom Crippen on December 12th, 2010 at 9:12 AMReadings: Choice bits from a fine-lit superhero novel
A Weisinger Resources List Part Three (of Three): Websites and Blog Posts
Posted by Tom Crippen on October 21st, 2010 at 12:01 AMThe Weisinger Resources List concludes with Internet materials concerning Mort Weisinger, the self-hating mastermind behind the baby boomers’ Superman.
A Weisinger Resources List Part Two (of Three): Books
Posted by Tom Crippen on October 20th, 2010 at 12:01 AMThe Weisinger Resources List continues, this time with books by or about Mort Weisinger, the most feared and renowned editor of the Silver Age.
A Weisinger Resources List Part One (of Three): Alter Ego
Posted by Tom Crippen on October 19th, 2010 at 12:01 AMThe Weisinger Resources List will run in three parts. We start with fanmag articles about Mort Weisinger, the man who reinvented Superman for the baby boomers.
Mac Raboy’s Other Superhero
Posted by Tom Crippen on September 30th, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Golden Age Friday: You know who Hitler was really worried about? The Green Lama
Golden Age Friday: Alex Schomburg
Posted by Tom Crippen on July 30th, 2010 at 9:00 AMFire, chaos and frenzy with the most fearsome illustrator of the Golden Age
American Son #1
Posted by Tom Crippen on July 27th, 2010 at 12:01 AMA decent cover followed by a whole lot of nothing. On display this issue: civilians with pointlessly dynamic postures, a black kid getting helped, unremarkable moments splashed across the page bigger than they should be.
Golden Age Friday: Alex Schomburg
Posted by Tom Crippen on July 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 AMMore of the most flamboyant covers you’ll ever see
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