-
Recent Posts
Categories
- ART OF BATMAN COMICS (35)
- ART OF HORROR COMICS (26)
- AWESOME COVERS (100)
- BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS (34)
- BOOKS OF THE YEAR (16)
- COLD WAR CINEMA (12)
- COVERS OF BATMAN COMICS (49)
- FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (48)
- GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS (96)
- GOTHAM CITIZENS (35)
- GOTHAM INTERLUDES (79)
- HARDBOILED CRIME (35)
- MANIFESTO (2)
- POLITICS OF BATMAN COMICS (21)
- SPYCRAFT & WARFARE (39)
- SUPER POWERS (14)
- WEBS OF FICTION (47)
- WILD WEST (6)
- WRITERS OF BATMAN COMICS (20)
- WRITERS OF SUPERMAN COMICS (4)
Drop me a line at
imbaytor@yahoo.com
Tag Archives: Brian Bolland
Batman comics and gun control
The Batman Adventures #28 While gun control has certainly been a running theme in Batman comics throughout the ages, their relationship with this issue is not as straightforward as some seem to think. I don’t mean Batman’s relationship with gun … Continue reading
Posted in POLITICS OF BATMAN COMICS
Tagged Ann Nocenti, Batman's personality, Brian Bolland, Chuck Dixon, Darwyn Cooke, Devin Grayson, Doug Moench, Ed Brubaker, Ethan van Sciver, Frank Miller, Geoff Johns, guns, John Floyd, John Ostrander, Kim Yale, Norm Breyfogle, politics, Roger Robinson, Scott McDaniel, Ty Templeton, Vince Giarrano
Leave a comment
COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (January 2020)
This year, Gotham Calling will continue to celebrate comics’ potential for awesomeness at the beginning of every month. To shake things up, however, instead of three jaw-dropping splash pages at a time, we’ll spotlight five kickass covers. To be sure, … Continue reading
On the Joker’s broken reflection
If you read the last posts, you know what’s going on. Each day this week I’m focusing on a specific aspect of Batman comics that really appeals to me. As any fan of this blog can tell, I love finding … Continue reading
Posted in WEBS OF FICTION
Tagged Alan Moore, Bret Blevins, Brian Bolland, Denny O'Neil, Frank Miller, John Higgins, Joker
Leave a comment
Spotlight on Aquaman / Batman team-ups
I tend to give DC’s live-action movies a lot of crap in this blog, so I guess it’s only fair to admit I had a great time watching James Wan’s Aquaman. It’s a fun slice of schlock that manages to … Continue reading
Posted in GOTHAM CITIZENS
Tagged Aquaman, Bob Haney, Brian Bolland, Cold War, Dan Davis, Devin Grayson, Jim Aparo, John Calnan, movies, Neal Adams, Rick Burchett, Sholly Fisch
2 Comments
Minor but cool sci-fi comics
After the remarkable Ex Machina, Alex Garland has now put together another tense, intelligent science fiction film in the form of Annihilation. The movie feels like a welcome reminder that, even though cinema tends to simplify the dense, heady tales … Continue reading
Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
Tagged 7 Against Chaos, Alan Moore, Alex Toth, Bernard Devillers, Brian Bolland, Bruno Gazzotti, Caliban, Carmine Infantino, Clear Blue Tomorrows, Daniel Clowes, Dick Sprang, Fabien Vehlmann, Facundo Percio, Fatima: The Blood Spinners, Frank Frazetta, Gardner Fox, Garth Ennis, Gerry Conway, Gil Kane, Gilbert Hernandez, Harlan Ellison, Heartburst, Hernan Cabrera, horror, Jack Kirby, Jim Mooney, Joe Kubert, Ken Steacy, Larry Niven, Len Wein, movies, Murphy Anderson, Mystery in Space, Otto Binder, Paul Chadwick, Ralph Meyer, Rick Veitch, Robert Kanigher, science fiction, Sebastian Cabrol, space opera, Stuart Moore, Tom Yeates, Virgil Finlay
Leave a comment
Collections of Batman stories – part 1
Among the countless Batman books out there – old and new, classic or disposable – there is a whole subsection that strikes me as an ideal gateway for those who have heard of this Bruce Wayne fella but are still … Continue reading
Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS
Tagged Alan Brennert, Andrew Helfer, Archie Goodwin, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman's personality, Bill Finger, Brad Rader, Brian Bolland, Bruce Timm, Chris Sprouse, Chuck Dixon, Gardner Fox, Grant Morrison, Greg Wright, horror, Jeph Loeb, Kelley Puckett, Kevin Nowlan, Lee Bermejo, Martin Pasko, Matt Wagner, Mike Parobeck, Neil Gaiman, noir, Rick Burchett, Rick Taylor, Ted McKeever, Teddy Kristiansen, Tim Harkins, Tim Sale, Todd Klein, Ty Templeton, Walt Simonson
Leave a comment
Alan Moore’s mundane Batman
Although he has fallen from grace somewhat in recent years, I think it’s not controversial to say that Alan Moore is a strong contender for the title of greatest comics’ writer of all time, and possibly God. Watchmen alone would … Continue reading
Posted in WRITERS OF BATMAN COMICS
Tagged Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, Garry Leach, Rick Veitch
2 Comments