Tag Archives: Mark Waid

2025’s books of the year – part 3

Posted on January 21, 2026 by I.M. Baytor

Welcome to the third part of Gotham Calling’s best graphic novels of 2025! Not a lot of Batman in the countdown this year (although he does show up today). This may speak less for the dropping quality of the Caped … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOKS OF THE YEAR | Tagged Alex Lins, Brian K. Vaughan, Briar, Brrémaud, Chris Samnee, Christopher Cantwell, Dan Mora, espionage, Germán García, Gilt Frame, Gleb Melnikov, Havana Split, Luis NCT, Margie Kindt, Mark Waid, Matheus Lopes, Matt Kindt, Niko Henrichon, Sophia Hilmes, Spectators, Tamra Bonvillain, Vic Macioci | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (22 September 2025)

Posted on September 22, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

In these troubling times, can comics still be awesome? Yes, they can. Cosmic Detective Doom #1 Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #17

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Cosmic Detective, Dan Mora, David Rubín, Jeff Lemire, Jonathan Hickman, Mark Waid, Matt Kindt, Sanford Greene, Steve Wands, Tamra Bonvillain | Leave a comment

2000s’ Batman comics reading guide – part 1

Posted on September 17, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

Batman 80-Page Giant #3 By popular demand, I’ve decided to embark on another Batman comics reading guide, now focusing on the first decade of the 21st century. Since I’ve previously covered the late 1980s and the 1990s, by the time … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Bronwyn Carlton, Chuck Dixon, Denny O'Neil, Devin Grayson, Ed Brubaker, Gotham City, Grant Morrison, Greg Land, Greg Rucka, Larry Hama, Mark Chiarello, Mark Waid, Matt Idelson, Peter David, Scott McDaniel, Shawn Martinbrough, Todd Nauck | 2 Comments

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (20 January 2025)

Posted on January 20, 2025 by I.M. Baytor

A gizmo-centric reminder that comic books can look awesome… Strange Tales #143 Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #15 Superman: Space Age #2

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO AWESOMENESS | Tagged Artie Simek, Dan Mora, Dave Sharpe, Howard Purcell, Jack Kirby, Laura Allred, Mark Waid, Michael Allred, S.H.I.E.L.D., science fiction, Stan Lee, Steve Wands, Strange Tales, Superman, Tamra Bonvillain, World's Finest | Leave a comment

Explaining super-powers

Posted on September 26, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

One of the main joys in superhero narratives is, once a character’s power set has been established, to see it put to different uses. In a genre that’s often close to speculative sci-fi, there is something particularly gratifying when writers … Continue reading →

Posted in SUPER POWERS | Tagged Chris Moeller, Global Frequency, Irredeemable, Mark Waid, Ruins, science fiction, Stormwatch, Terese Nielsen, Warren Ellis | Leave a comment

Frank Miller’s objectivist Superman

Posted on February 22, 2024 by I.M. Baytor

As much as Frank Miller milked Superman’s symbolic potential, I also appreciate how much his comics simultaneously ‘humanized’ the character as well. Miller’s interpretation of the Man of Steel may be eccentric, but his Superman is an actual individual and … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITERS OF SUPERMAN COMICS | Tagged Andy Kubert, Frank Miller, Jim Lee, John Romita Jr, Mark Waid, politics | Leave a comment

Neat Marvel comics cashing in on movies

Posted on May 19, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

In the last decades superheroes have successfully broken into film and TV/streaming with impressive results, to the point where we’re now spoiled (i.e. overwhelmed) with productions for all tastes. From a comic book reader perspective, there have been … Continue reading →

Posted in SUPER POWERS | Tagged Ant-Man, Black Widow, Chris Bachalo, Doctor Strange, Elena Casagrande, Israel Silva, Jason Aaron, Javier Garrón, Jordie Bellaire, Kelly Thompson, Mark Waid, movies, science fiction, Wasp | Leave a comment

A month of Batman moments – Day 22

Posted on May 22, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

JLA #44

Posted in GOTHAM INTERLUDES | Tagged Drew Geraci, Howard Porter, Ken Lopez, Mark Waid, Pat Garrahy | Leave a comment

2020’s books of the year – part 3

Posted on January 21, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

If you read last weeks’ posts, you know what’s going on. Here are four more books of the year full of fantastic adventures, hardboiled crime, super powers, spycraft, warfare, and/or metafiction: 12. VISION Last year’s most affecting piece of gothic … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOKS OF THE YEAR | Tagged Chris Bachalo, David Barnett, Deadpool, Elena Casagrande, Eva de la Cruz, Eve Stranger, Gerardo Sandoval, horror, Irene Strychalski, Julia Gfrörer, Karla Pacheco, Kelly Thompson, Kev Walker, Kevin Libranda, Liz Prince, Mark Waid, Michel Fiffe, Panorama, Pere Pérez, Philip Bond, science fiction, Vision | Leave a comment

1990s’ Batman comics reading guide – part 5

Posted on July 30, 2020 by I.M. Baytor

Batman: Mr. Freeze By the late ‘90s, not only had the Batman family of books become a well-oiled machine, but three new awesome spin-offs joined the line: Nightwing, about Dick Grayson reinventing himself as a solo vigilante in the neighboring … Continue reading →

Posted in BATMAN COMICS FOR BEGINNERS | Tagged Alan Grant, Anthony Williams, Arthur Ranson, Brian Apthorp, Brian Augustyn, Chuck Dixon, Darick Robertson, Denny O'Neil, Devin K. Grayson, Doug Moench, Duncan Fegredo, Eduardo Barreto, Fabien Nicieza, Garth Ennis, Gotham City, Graham Nolan, Grant Morrison, Jeff Johnson, Joe Quesada, John Francis Moore, John McCrea, John Royle, Karl Kesel, Klaus Janson, Len Kaminski, Mark Buckingham, Mark Waid, Michael T. Gilbert, Paul Dini, Peter Milligan, reading order, Rick Burchett, Rodolfo Damaggio, Roger Robinson, Scott McDaniel, Staz Johnson, Tom Peyer, Yannick Paquette | Leave a comment