Tag Archives: politics

Batman comics on drugs – part 2

Posted on June 18, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

If you read the last post, you know I’ve been looking at Batman comics about drugs. Today I want to briefly discuss two stories from the early 1990s that approached this topic in extreme ways. In his many adventures, the … Continue reading →

Posted in POLITICS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Adrienne Roy, Alan Grant, Batman's personality, Denny O'Neil, drugs, Ernie Chua, Gerry Conway, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Norm Breyfogle, politics, Russel Braun, Steve Oliff, Todd Klein, Trevor von Eeden | Leave a comment

Batman comics on drugs – part 1

Posted on June 11, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Drugs have traditionally played a substantial role in Batman comics (hell, in the whole medium). The Dark Knight has put away his share of drug dealers – from run-of-the-mill villains (your prototypical crime fiction trope) to the kind of outlandish … Continue reading →

Posted in POLITICS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Adrienne Roy, Alan Grant, Batman's personality, Bob Smith, Dave Taylor, Doug Moench, drugs, Gene Colan, Pamela Rambo, politics, Ricardo Villagran, Robin, Stan Woch | Leave a comment

Two-fisted cyberpunk comics

Posted on April 25, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

Every once in a while, the zeitgeist hits the world of cinema with just the right creative force for it to spit out a bunch of simultaneous gems with a similar mood. For example, 1981 was clearly one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES | Tagged B. Clay Moore, Bloodshot, Christos Gage, Cory Smith, Daniel Kibblesmith, Duane Swierczynski, Emanuela Lupacchino, Fred van Lente, Guillermo Ortego, Jeff Lemire, Joe Harris, Johnnie Christmas, Joseph Cooper, Joshua Dysart, Magnus Robot Fighter, Matt Hollingsworth, movies, politics, Rick Remender, Roberto Castro, Rus Wooton, science fiction, Sean Murphy, Tokyo Ghost, Trevor Hairsine, Will Rosado | Leave a comment

John Ostrander’s expanded Batman

Posted on April 11, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

John Ostrander has written more cool comics than most of his peers. Some of them feature Batman and other Gotham citizens, although those projects don’t always play to his strengths, since they tend to be short fill-ins or mini-series. Ostrander … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITERS OF BATMAN COMICS | Tagged Charles Paris, Denny O'Neil, Flint Henry, Gotham City, Jenette Kahn, John Ostrander, Kim Yale, Mary Mitchell, Paul Levitz, politics, Tom Mandrake, Vince Giarrano | Leave a comment

Brilliant sci-fi short stories

Posted on February 21, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

As much as I enjoy sci-fi epics, I’m also a huge sucker for a tauter brand of science fiction. Short stories are an ideal form for this genre: since sci-fi often revolves more around ideas than characters, it can be … Continue reading →

Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES | Tagged 2000 AD, Al Feldstein, Al Williamson, Alan Moore, Bernie Wrightson, Bill Gaines, Carmine Infantino, Cold War, Colleen Doran, David Lloyd, Del Close, Frank Frazetta, Gardner Fox, Gaspar Saladino, Gerry Conway, Horacio Lalia, Jack Kamen, Jerry Serpe, Jim Wroten, Joe Orlando, John Aldrich, John Ostrander, John Smith, Marie Severin, Nicola Cuti, politics, Rick Veitch, Roy Krenkel, science fiction, Steve Craddock, Tom Yeates, Warren Ellis | 3 Comments

Weird futuristic war comics

Posted on January 17, 2019 by I.M. Baytor

It has become a kind of winter tradition here at the blog to do a post spotlighting cool sci-fi comics about warfare. This started out years ago, as a one-idea post prompted by Rogue One, but there is an endless … Continue reading →

Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES | Tagged 2000 AD, Cary Nord, Cold War, D'Israeli, Doug Moench, Ed Hannigan, Hilary Barta, Janice Cohen, Jim Mooney, Joe O'Brien, John Ostrander, Keenan Marshall Keller, Lenin Delson, Mark Nelson, Mike Gold, Mike Grell, Mike Gustovitch, Mike Ploog, movies, Paul Cornell, Planet of the Apes, politics, Rob Prior, Robert Venditti, science fiction, space opera, Starslayer, Steve Oliff, Timothy Truman, Tom Neely, Tom Sutton, Ty Templeton, Xtnct | Leave a comment

2018’s book of the year

Posted on December 26, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

This is the time of the year when bloggers share their best-of-the-year lists. I don’t usually play along because I mostly read old stuff and don’t have enough of a grip on current publications to make any authoritative claim about … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOKS OF THE YEAR | Tagged Al Feldstein, Bernard Krigstein, Bernie Krigstein, Bill Gaines, Cold War, Greg Sadowski, horror, Nick Drnaso, noir, Otto Binder, politics, Ray Bradbury, science fiction | Leave a comment

On Mission: Impossible, the original TV series

Posted on August 11, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

After a whole month looking at spy fiction, it’s only fair I give you my take on the latest summer blockbuster, the spy thriller Mission: Impossible – Fallout. I’ll do that in the next post, though. First, some words about … Continue reading →

Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Cold War, espionage, Mission Impossible, movies, politics | Leave a comment

Spotlight on Jimmy’s Bastards

Posted on July 24, 2018 by I.M. Baytor

In the fourth week of this year’s Gotham Calling spy month, we’re looking at Jimmy’s Bastards, a recently completed mini-series about a thinly-veiled version of James Bond, called Jimmy Regent (because Bond and Regent are both London tube stations, get … Continue reading →

Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE | Tagged Dave Gibbons, espionage, Garth Ennis, James Bond, Jimmy's Bastards, John Kalisz, Mark Millar, movies, politics, Rob Steen, Russ Braun | 1 Comment