Issue 5, Fall 2013

The Comics Decoder

Panels Unravelled, Cartoons Exhumed

Issue 5, Fall 2013

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...

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

The long-time AIDS activist and comics fan shares his thoughts on the recent PBS mini series

Speaking of reviews, we couldn't ignore the God of Thunder the second time around, now, could we...

A Review of Thor: The Dark World / Gavin Burrows

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...

Brief bios with pics

ARCHIVES

Issue 1, Summer 2009

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

A Dark Glimpse by R. W. Watkins

The Odds by Bill Harvey

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