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Issue 5, Fall 2013
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Spider-Man in the Alternative Era:
Reassessing McFarlane and Larsen / R. W. Watkins
Do the McFarlane-Larsen years represent the last grand gasp of Spider-Man as a viable print entity?
Did the comics tap into the Gen-X hipster zeitgeist of the day? Mr. Watkins thinks so...
A Reply to Watkins: Random Thoughts on
McFarlane, Larsen and Contemporary Mainstream Comics / Randy Kinden
Culled from a series of emails, a long-time friend and comics enthusiast weighs in on Mr. Watkins's assertions,
and attempts to defend the last twenty years of mainstream comics
Meanwhile, here in the present, Steve K. analyses two compelling collections by a new independent voice...
Review: Nathan Sorry Vols. One and Two by Rich Barrett / Steve K.
Rich Barrett: The Comics Decoder Interview / R. W. Watkins
The Nathan Sorry creator talks to Mr. Watkins about his influences, hopes and irritations
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle — A Review / Mark Gabrish Conlan
The long-time AIDS activist and comics fan shares his thoughts on the recent PBS mini series
Whoa! Whoa! Don't diss WoWo! / Michael French
Mr. French bemoans the increasingly sad treatment of Wonder Woman at the hands of DC and Warner Bros
And speaking of DC's bumbling ways,
Mr. K. also addresses the company's inexplicable prolific approach to Boy (and Girl) Wonders...
Too Many Robins ...And They All Lay Eggs / Steve K.
About this issue's contributors...
Brief bios with pics
ARCHIVES
The Funnies
Rich Barrett's Nathan Sorry (Chapter One),
Bill Harvey's The Odds (4 installments), Dennis Hyer's Inhuman Relations (5 installments),
Jessica Tremblay’s Old Pond Comics (5 installments), R. W. Watkins's A Dark Glimpse
Nathan Sorry by Rich Barrett
(To continue reading Nathan Sorry, click here.)
The Odds by Bill Harvey
Inhuman Relations by Dennis Hyer
The Odds by Bill Harvey
The Odds by Bill Harvey
A Dark Glimpse by R. W. Watkins
The Odds by Bill Harvey
