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More cool film noir thrillers – part 1
The times are dark, so I suppose it makes sense to go back to my favorite type of cinema: film noir. Cinema Purgatorio #18 Aesthetically and ideologically, those stark, moody postwar thrillers about chain-smoking anti-heroes, doomed lovers, dirty cops, femmes … Continue reading
Posted in HARDBOILED CRIME
Tagged Cold War, movies, noir, Peter Milligan, politics, World War II
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (23 June 2025)
comics = awesome Vanguard Illustrated #1
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE FUTURE
Tagged Brendan McCarthy, Freak Wave, Peter Milligan, Vanguard Illustrated
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (16 June 2025)
A material reminder that comics can be awesome… Babs #6
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS
Tagged Andy Troy, Babs, Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows, Rob Steen, sword & sorcery
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (9 June 2025)
Just an elegant reminder that comics can be awesome: Doctor Rigby: Tales from the Deep
More alternative Batmen
The Batman of Arkham This is Gotham Calling’s 800th post! Like a proper comic book nerd, I’m a sucker for these mini-benchmarks, so I can’t resist interrupting the blog’s (quasi-)hiatus and return to an old obsession: alternative Batmen. Basically, we’ve … Continue reading
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (26 May 2025)
In another desperate attempt to keep things light in (increasingly) dark times, this week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to X-Men covers with prominent butts. (Yes, it has come to this!)
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Brandon Peterson, covers, Dan Adkins, Dan Panosian, Frank Giacoia, Gil Kane, Morrie Kuramoto, Sam Rosen, Stan Goldberg, X-Men
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (19 May 2025)
For this Monday’s reminder that comics can be awesome, here as tribute to Sheena the Jungle Queen’s covers from the 1940s:
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (5 May 2025)
Gotham Calling is going back to comic book covers for a month… Let’s start with a trio of Secret Hearts issues from the 1950s and 1960s whose design includes both some neat mise-en-scène and even neater clothing:
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Bernard Sachs, covers, Dick Giordano, Gaspar Saladino, Gil Kane, Ira Schnapp, Jay Scott Pike, Secret Hearts
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