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Tag Archives: World War II
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (22 May 2023)
This weeks’ reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to the long history of tank covers at DC:
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged covers, G.I. Combat, Ira Schnapp, Jack Adler, Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, World War II
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Catching up with war comics
Every once in a while, Dead Reckoning – an imprint of the U.S. Naval Institute’s book-publishing division – sends me graphic novels to review in Gotham Calling. Last year they sent me The Lions of Leningrad and The Stretcher Bearers, … Continue reading
If you like Barton Fink…
By 1991, Joel and Ethan Coen had done three very different pictures, but they all shared some connection to crime fiction, not to mention a fondness for labyrinthic plotting. With their next project, though, the Coen brothers truly defied everybody’s … Continue reading
Spotlight on The Unknown Soldier, 1988-1989 – part 2
As I started to discuss last week, 1988-9’s exhilarating The Unknown Soldier limited series is miles apart from Joe Kubert’s original iteration of the character. For one thing, instead of a fully-committed agent of an unquestionably righteous American war effort, … Continue reading
Spotlight on The Adventures of Tintin – part 1
Something I would like to do more this year is to write about Eurocomics – especially the old Franco-Belgian bande dessinée albums that were such a huge part of my childhood. Today, let’s have a closer look at just a … Continue reading
Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Hergé, politics, science fiction, Tintin, World War II
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Animal war comics – part 2
If you read last week’s post, you know I’ve been discussing war comics that prominently feature animals. This week, let’s start by looking at 2004’s science-gone-wrong mini-series We3, about a trio of weaponized animal cyborgs (a dog, a cat, and … Continue reading
Animal war comics – part 1
Once again, the folks at Dead Reckoning have sent me one of their graphic novels to review: Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat, in which Ben Towle spotlights the historical role of different creatures in various wars. Like last time, I … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged Art Spiegelman, Brian K. Vaughan, Cat Shit One, Cesar Lopez-Vera, Cold War, Dodderio, Enemy Ace, Joe Kubert, John Wagner, Juan Arancio, Motofumi Kobayashi, Niko Henrichon, Pat Mills, politics, Ramon Solá, Robert Kanigher, Shako, Vietnam, World War II
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Top 12 foreign-language film noirs
When I ranked my top 50 noir thrillers last month, I only included movies spoken in English. It was an easy way to curb the size of the list. However, this type of gritty, atmospheric crime stories has found an … Continue reading