Alan Moore’s Psychogeographical Unearthing
“We all grow out of the environment and times which we are born into.”
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Alan Moore Gives Watchmen the Gas Face
“They offered me the rights to Watchmen back, if I would agree to some dopey prequels and sequels.”
Neil Young’s Enviropocalyptic Comic, Greendale
Neil Young’s stirring Greendale started life in 2003 as a crunchy concept album about the enviropocalypse, and quickly became an indie film. The inevitable graphic novel arrives…
Gina Torres: No Skinny Bitches in Superhero Land
“What I love about superheroes, and Superwoman in particular,” Torres said, “is that in that comics world they’re all curvaceous. They’re strong.”
Give Thanks For Colbert, Superman, Batman
Stephen Colbert’s nightly merge of news, hilarity, social commentary, wit and shameless plugs for everything from his painting in the Smithsonian to his marketable man-seed have fully turned the pop-culture’s self-obsessed mirror upon itself.
Superman + Batman = Public Enemies
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies packs more heroes, action and political satire into a couple hours of entertainment than either icon’s animated series did in the course of several seasons.
Motion Comic Or Illustrated Film?
Comics are coming to life these days, on screens big and small. They’re pwning box offices in Hollywood and Flash-animated versions are ruling downloads in iTunes. So what to call […]
Who’s The Greatest Lex Luthor Ever?
From Buckaroo Banzai to SpongeBob SquarePants, veteran actor Clancy Brown has brought a long string of compelling characters to life on TV and movie screens.
Covered Blog Remixes Memorable Comics
Comics fans are a motivated bunch, as are comics artists. Both come together on the Covered blog to revise their favorite covers of all time, often in strange and interesting […]
After Watchmen, What’s Unfilmable?
This list of five books and comics that may now inherit Watchmen‘s mantle as what Alan Moore called the most “unfilmable” texts around was a popular read.
Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody Takes Invisible Man To Twin Peaks
But like Lynch’s Peaks before it, The Nobody‘s impressive science lies not in the mad experiments of the Invisible Man, or the Nobody, but in its subtle dissection of psychology and interpersonal relationships.
Anthrax + Lobo = Comics Hilarity
Back at it, after a week fighting off a fucked up stomach flu. I sure could have used a murderous lunatic to help me kill it off. Hey, why not […]
Gimme Some (Superman) Truth
Ruled as a suicide, Reeves’ death inspires a series of conspiracy theories and the interpretive biopic Hollywoodland, as well as a persistent urban legend, itself famously known as the Superman curse.
Neil Gaiman’s Final Love Letter to Batman
“I wanted it to have that love in there. I wanted to write the last Batman with honor and love.”
Grant Morrison Gets Deep On Superman, Batman, Cosmology, Crisis
From mind-warping revisions of comic book heroes in All-Star Superman, Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis, to pop-cultural and philosophical exegeses like The Invisibles, The Filth and We3, brainiac graphic novelist Grant Morrison is a master of the Gordian-knot narrative.
Wolverine Celebrates 35th Anniversary With Art, Animation, Controversy
Whether he’s mashed through the art filters of Dali, Warhol or that dude who painted the dogs playing poker or kicking much ass on the new animated series Wolverine and […]
Watchmen Box Office Still Looks Solid
But the dystopian comic blockbuster isn’t dead yet. Far from it.
Cult Status, Comic Sales Could Boost Watchmen Box Office
But there is one wild card working in the Watchmen film’s favor, and it is a glaring one: The comic.
Watchmen Film Straddles Fine Line Between Loyalty, Heresy, Hope
If only it were that simple.
Wonder Woman Plays The Sex Card
Wonder Woman is an ancient goddess with a sexualized back story.
Archaeologizing Watchmen: An Interview With Dave Gibbons
When acclaimed artist Dave Gibbons sat down to create epochal comic book series Watchmen with writer Alan Moore, neither had any idea what was to come.
Wired! X-Men Noir Goes Dark, Sells Out
Back on the Wired beat at last, with a heads-up on Marvel Comics’ cool new series soaked in noir. Who’s firing first? The mutants, of course.
Post Up! Batman and Captain America’s Ed Brubaker’s Brings the Ultraviolence
Some heavy Wired action on the way, Morphizm pals. First up, is a tight interview with Marvel and DC Comics scribe Ed Brubaker, the man tried to kill Captain America […]
Kyle Baker Takes Alice Through The Glass
Classics Illustrated still makes sweet comics, especially when its narratives nab compatible visuals. Rick Geary’s dispassionate pen has blessed the new Papercutz series, a pairing that has been explored before […]
Comix: Andy Singer’s Microclimate Foreplay
An introduction. Comic artist Andy Singer is a pal of Morphizm’s, and hits us with comics all the time. We’ve talked before about the state of the world and visual […]