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X-Men: The Birth of Phoenix - Chris Claremont & Dave Cockrum
After the final battle against the deadly X-Sentinels, Jean Grey decided to risk her life to save her teammates; her sacrifice is a heartbreaking moment, “you will agree with me that no one, but no one...
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December Comics / Cómics de diciembre
During the holidays I had the chance to read some amazing comics like Providence, 2000 AD or trade paperbacks like Captain Britain (which includes part of Alan Moore’s run) or the final two volumes of...
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Judge Dredd: The Forever Crimes - John Wagner & Brian Bolland
In the 40s and 50s, the images of the future would always involve shiny rockets, smiling women with nice skirts and green Martians. In the 70s and 80s, however, the future was no longer bright, and the...
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Hulk Visionaries - John Byrne
If in the 19th century Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde had been a metaphor for the duality of human nature, in the 20th century the Hulk was the emboadiment of this psychological excision, of the constant...
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January Films / películas de enero
I celebrated the beginning of the new year reading comics and going to the movie (not once but twice!). Let’s start with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), directed by Gareth Edwards. I had no idea...
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The X-Men: The M’Kraan Crystal - Chris Claremont & John Byrne
“No matter how thrilling a story may be, it needs artwork to match in order to create a comic book epic”, explains Stan Lee. He’s right, of course. Writing a comic book isn’t the same as writing a...
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January Comics / cómics de enero
I only read a handful of comics last month, but they were all good. Marvel’s new series are great, but my favorite issue of the month, and one of the best comics I’ve read in the past 12 months, is...
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Silver Surfer: Citizen of Earth - Dan Slott & Mike Allred
In the 60s, Stan Lee revolutionized the comics industry with the creation of the Marvel Universe, and after the original first wave of superheroes, the author tried new and different approaches to the...
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February Films / Películas de febrero
I only had time to watch one movie in February, and that was El laberinto del fauno (2006), directed by Guillermo del Toro. I had originally seen it over 10 years ago, and I was fascinated by del...
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Old Man Logan
Wolverine is one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Universe and simultaneously the most important member of the X-Men. There have been many interesting stories about Logan, the mutant with...
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Wolverine
I guess this week will revolve around Wolverine. So before talking about John Byrne's take on the emblematic mutant, I thought that it would be a good idea to share with you some very good stories...
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Wolverine: From Madripoor to Tierra Verde - Archie Goodwin & John Byrne
Nowadays, Wolverine is perhaps the most popular mutant in the entire Marvel Universe, but that wasn’t always the case. In fact, decades ago, when Wolverine was first introduced as a new X-Men member, a...
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February comics / Cómics de febrero
February may be the shortest month, but certainly there was no shortage of comics supply! It was great to finally receive Byrne’s Alpha Flight Omnibus as well as Alan Moore’s Another Suburban Romance....
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March films / películas de marzo
In March I finally had a chance to see the last Wolverine production: Logan (2017), directed by James Mangold. I was absolutely impressed by it. I watch a lot of superhero movies every year, and...
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The X-Men: The Triumph of Magneto - Chris Claremont & John Byrne
With the arrival of John Byrne, The X-Men entered into an unprecedented era of glory and excellence. As it usually happens, a great artist inspires the writer to make an extra effort and accomplish...
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March comics / cómics de marzo
In March I had the opportunity to get my hands on some classic material like New Mutants and James Robinson’s The Golden Age. I also enjoyed reading Silver Surfer, Jessica Jones, Doctor Strange and...
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Strange Fruit - Mark Waid & J. G. Jones
Racism is a strange cultural manifestation. Difficult to explain and sometimes even harder to define, racism as a concept has been a traditional stance (18th century), a scientific discourse (19th...
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April Films / películas de abril
I only saw one film last month: Into the Forest (2015), an extraordinary story about the fragility of civilization. Director Patricia Rozema adapts Jean Hegland’s novel about a massive power outage in...
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The X-Men in the Savage Land - Chris Claremont & John Byrne
When Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the X-Men they also proposed and developed a rich mythology that would be later re-elaborated and reinterpreted by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. In “Magneto...
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April Comics / cómics de abril
I received some extraordinary comics in April. Silver Surfer and Infamous Iron Man were very good, but the conclusion of Unworthy Thor was even more special, not only because Aaron and Coipel are a...
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