Issue 3, Summer 2012
The Comics Decoder
Panels Unravelled, Cartoons Exhumed
Issue 3, Summer 2012
The Pearl Age of Comics / R. W. Watkins
Mr. Watkins thinks it's high time we ditched the 'Modern Age' and proposes a new historical era
Objects of (No) Desire: Before Watchmen / Rob Wells
'Too much too late' best summarises Mr. Wells's take on a sequel to one of the Pearl Age's essential mini-series
Echoes of our Gen-X youth in the form of a new four-parter from Buddy Bradley's creator... Two genuine hipsters assess...
Peter Bagge's Reset No. 1 (and No. 2): Two Different Takes / Aaron Shunga, Rob Wells
Movie Review: The Avengers / Jason Ihle
A refreshingly objective assessment of the superteam blockbuster...and the context it's seen in
Oh, yeah—we almost forgot: there's that other little superhero picture out in theatres this summer...
Review: The Amazing Spider-Man / Christopher Lloyd
The Heroes of eBay Auctions / R. W. Watkins
A cross-section of original comic-art auctions examined, with input from Scott Eder
A brief tribute by contemporary sculptor Powers
About this issue's contributors...
Brief bios with pics
ARCHIVES
The Funnies
Jessica Tremblay’s Old Pond Comics (4 installments), Dennis Hyer's Inhuman Relations (7 installments),
Bill Harvey's The Odds (3 installments), Kurt Beaulieu's The Quiet Oppression of Museums (Part One), R. W. Watkins's A Dark Glimpse, Rob Wells's Captain America: A Man Out of Time and The Green Cock Ring's Final Crisis
Inhuman Relations by Dennis Hyer
The Odds by Bill Harvey
The Quiet Oppression of Museums by Kurt Beaulieu
(Read the conclusion in Issue 4)
A Dark Glimpse by R. W. Watkins
The Odds by Bill Harvey
Captain America: A Man Out of Time by Rob Wells
The Odds by Bill Harvey
The Green Cock Ring's Final Crisis by Rob Wells
