In 1971, Bernie Wrightson was riding a train to Len Wein’s house for a weekly meeting about House of Secrets, the horror serial, a popular format for the time, which

Rick Veitch was not a particularly cheery guy. He burst into comics as a small artist full of fury, seemingly unhappy with the direction in which the comics industry had

Comic books were initially intended for immature audiences, but eventually, they developed beyond the simplistic villains and themes, and branched out into new areas. Religion being one of them. The

Tony Stark, an arms dealer turned altruist, the paranoid hero who selfishly wants to defend the entire world in whatever way he sees fit. Steve Rogers would eventually be the

This past Tuesday I went to see the new Hellboy film, starring David Harbour. The movie was based on the first story-arc I had ever read, which means a lot

Comic books weren’t always books.   It’s a fact that just about everyone knows, but for some reason to state that fact seems to have an impact not unlike hearing

Some of my favorite comics feature unlikely or unprepared heroes in real-world situations, caped crusaders facing rapists instead of mad scientists, or monsters, questioning what makes all of normal humanity