Tag Archives: The Spirit

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 October 2023)

October’s first reminder that comic books can be awesome is a tribute to the voluptuous femmes fatales who were all over the covers of Golden Age comics:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (14 August 2023)

A reminder that comics can be awesome, Spirit-shaped panels edition: The Spirit (v4) #1 The Spirit (v3) #8 The Spirit (v4) #13

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (14 November 2022)

Your reminder that old-school adventure covers can be awesome:

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 September 2022)

A two-fisted reminder that comic book covers can be awesome:

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Gotham Calling’s top 50 film noir

Today is Gotham Calling’s seventh anniversary! I usually mark these occasions with a compilation of fifty images from Batman comics, showcasing the Dark Knight kicking people in the head or breaking through windows. Since the blog’s identity has been shifting … Continue reading

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Another 12 cool sci-fi short stories

This year there was no entry into Gotham Calling’s winter tradition of spotlighting sci-fi war comics. I’ll compensate with yet another list of short stories that similarly treat science fiction, not so much as a challenging, head-scratching experience, but as … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (15 March 2021)

Your Eisneresque reminder that comics can be awesome… The Spirit: August 10, 1947

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Have a Gotham 2021

The Spirit (31 December 1950)

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 October 2020)

After a summer of protests and with the electoral chaos looming in the horizon, it’s hard not to see in each new pop cultural release a contribution to the conversation about the current political moment. With its flashes of police … Continue reading

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (19 October 2020)

One of the games going around since the beginning of the pandemic involves people recommending old movies that have acquired renewed resonance in these Covid-19 times – not necessarily because they presciently captured today’s reality, but because some of their … Continue reading

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