Author Archives: I.M. Baytor

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 January 2023)

Posted on January 26, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

We’re back! To celebrate, here is a sexy reminder that comics can be awesome: Ian Fleming’s James Bond – Agent 007: Casino Royale Sin City: A Dame to Kill For The Grande Odalisque

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Bastien Vivès, Chris O'Halloran, Dennis Calero, Florent Ruppert, Frank Miller, Grande Odalisque, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jerome Mulot, Simon Bowland, Sin City, Van Jensen | 2 Comments

technical problem

Posted on January 25, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

Clearly, there is some technical problem with the blog, as most images are not displaying properly. It’s pretty fucked up. Integrating files into the text in order to discuss specific aesthetic choices or to effectively evoke a comic/film’s overall mood … Continue reading →

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Catching up with war comics

Posted on January 18, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

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 →

Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE | Tagged Garth Ennis, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Lion & the Eagle, Lions of Leningrad, Matt Milla, PJ Holden, politics, Reid Beaman, Rob Steen, Ryan Beaman, Stretcher Bearers, Thomas du Caju, World War II | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (16 January 2023)

Posted on January 16, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

Another reminder that comics can be awesome, Quino edition: Gente en su sitio Gente en su sitio Humano Se Nace

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More cool episodes of Mission: Impossible

Posted on January 11, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

This is Gotham Calling’s 600th post! As usual, I like to signal these benchmarks with longer listicles (a hundred posts ago I listed my favorite westerns), so today I’m doing a follow-up to the post from last September ranking the … Continue reading →

Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE | Tagged Cold War, espionage, Mission Impossible, movies, science fiction | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (9 January 2023)

Posted on January 9, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

This year’s second weekly reminder that comics can be awesome: Blue Note: v2 That Texas Blood #8 Ultramega #1

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Blue Note, Dave Stewart, Jacob Phillips, James Harren, Mikaël Bourgouin, That Texas Blood, Ultramega | Leave a comment

On Santa Prisca

Posted on January 5, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

I’ve long been obsessed with the DCU’s fictitious geography and the way it condenses, combines, and caricatures cultural stereotypes – just like Gotham does for New York and other urban centers of the USA (over time, the city has become … Continue reading →

Posted in POLITICS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Bane, Christopher Priest, Chuck Dixon, Cold War, Denny O'Neil, Gail Simone, Graham Nolan, James Owsley, James Tynion IV, Jo Duffy, politics, Santa Prisca, Tatjana Wood, Tom King | 1 Comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (2 January 2023)

Posted on January 2, 2023 by I.M. Baytor

The hiatus is over! The longer posts on Thursday will back later this week. Meanwhile, I want to move a bit away from covers in these Monday reminders of comic books’ potential for awesomeness… After all, covers are hardly the … Continue reading →

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Dogs of War, Florent Ruppert, Guy Major, Jerome Mulot, Kane & Able, Nathan Fox, Olivier Schrauwen, Portrait of a Drunk, Rico Renzi, Shaky Kane | Leave a comment

Have a Gotham 2023

Posted on December 31, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

2000 AD and Tornado #146

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE FUTURE | Tagged 2000 AD, Brendan McCarthy, John Wagner, Judge Dredd, New Year, Tom Frame | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 December 2022)

Posted on December 26, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

This year’s final reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to Batman covers since the New 52 reboot, from the creepy painted photorealism of Alex Ross to the playfully surreal cartooning of Chris Burnham:

Posted in COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Alex Ross, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Burnham, covers, Danny Miki, Darwyn Cooke, Dustin Nguyen, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Greg Capullo, Lee Weeks, Michael Golden, Nathan Fairbairn, Rafael Albuquerque | Leave a comment