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April Films / Películas de abril
I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I went to see Captain Marvel (2019), directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Although the history of Captain...
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Die - Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans
I’ve explained a few times that I consider myself lucky for having had access to a lot of very old comics as a child, and also a lot of old TV shows and cartoons. For reasons too complex to explain...
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Streets of Glory - Garth Ennis & Mike Wolfer
Streets of Glory is a western soaked in blood but also in nostalgic tears. Irish writer Garth Ennis has an amazing ability to reconstruct the American past, more specifically the last years of the 19th...
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April comics / Cómics de abril
I read a lot of amazing comics in April. After 80 years of uninterrupted publication, Detective Comics finally reached the milestone 1000th issue, and I’m glad to see that DC put together the best...
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The Originals - Dave Gibbons
I’d say it’s relatively easy to guess what are the political inclinations of our favorite writers, their main concerns and interests, but it’s often harder to know what’s going on inside the head of...
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May Films / películas de mayo
It's hard to believe that I was able to travel from California to Wisconsin and to see Avengers: Endgame (2019) with the same group of friends I used to watch all Marvel movies with. Directors Anthony...
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Prez - Ed Brubaker & Eric Shanower
In 1973, DC Comics published Prez, a short-lived title described as the adventures of the “first teen president of the U.S.A.”. The writer was Joe Simon, the creator of Captain America. And just in the...
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May Comics / cómics de mayo
In May I celebrated Free Comic Book Day in the Turning Page, the comic book shop I used to go to when I was living in Milwaukee. Out of the 5 FCBD titles I got, my favorite was Deadly Class, in fact, I...
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The Eaters - Peter Milligan & Dean Ormston
Cannibalism and horror are usually parts of the same equation. And I would dare say there is a certain fascination towards cannibalism, and perhaps that explains the success of films like “Silence of...
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This blog is now almost as old as BleedingCool...
This month Rich Johnston celebrated the 10th anniversary of BleedingCool, a webpage I used to visit daily years ago. In 2012 I bestowed upon BleedingCool the prestigious Arion’s Achievement Award for...
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June Films / películas de junio
In June I only saw two movies, but I’m sure I’ll have a chance to watch more in July. Let’s start with Dark Phoenix (2019), directed by Simon Kinberg. This is the end of the X-Men franchise and the...
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June comics / cómics de junio
Only a handful of comics in June, but I’m sure that in a few days I’ll be celebrating my birthday (July 11) with more comics than last month! I enjoyed reading Fantastic Four, Invaders and Thor (and my...
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Faker - Mike Carey & Jock
A couple of years before the extraordinary The Unwritten, British author Mike Carey had already achieved an impressive reputation with his Lucifer series. The first issue of Faker was released in...
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Batman: Mask - Bryan Talbot
Since the beginning of this blog, I have talked about the most important British writers in the comics industry, but for some reason, at least until today, the list wasn't really complete. Because no...
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July films / películas de julio
I celebrated my birthday reading comics and watching 3 impressive films: Marc Meyers directs My Friend Dahmer (2017), based on Derf Backderf's autobiographical comic book. Also known as the Milwaukee...
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July Comics / cómics de julio
My birthday was in July and the best present I could possibly ask for is the magnificent selection of comics I read: the conclusion of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Tempest is, in a way, a...
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Censoring Art (part 1 of 3)
Only 4 months ago I wrote a post about the magnificent edition of Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus, which is far superior to the trade paperbacks published by Dark Horse almost 20...
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Pride and Joy - Garth Ennis & John Higgins
“He was born and raised in Ireland in a place called Castlemaine, he was his father's only son, his mother's pride and joy, and dearly did his parents love the wild colonial boy” goes a well-known song...
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Batman: Damned # 3 - Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo
When Batman: Damned was originally solicited, I immediately became interested in the project because of Lee Bermejo, but not necessarily by Brian Azzarello. Bermejo is an outstanding artist and one of...
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August films / películas de agosto
Unlike other months, I actually managed to go to the Regal Cinema in Davis and I saw Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019), and I really enjoyed it. Tarantino envisioned...
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