Category Archives: Comics

David Lasky’s Ultimate Superman Saga

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Coinciding with Superman’s 75th birthday last week, David Lasky posted this recent comic on his Facebook feed. I love how he weaves the history of the comic with the mythos into one big lament of its creators’ fate. (comic © … Continue reading →

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Luke Pearson for the New Yorker

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Luke Pearson seems to have grown beyond his fame as contributor to various Nobrow publications (not in the least his own Everything We Miss and Hildafolk comics).  Next week’s New Yorker magazine features a cover by his hand, which shows a … Continue reading →

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Iron Man Drives an Audi

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

According to the new interactive comic book, Steer The Story, that Audi Of America and Marvel launched, Tony Stark currently drives an slick rag top Audi R8.  Who knew? Incidentally, this campaign is a nice mix of a crowdsourced affair and … Continue reading →

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Comic Book Sounds On The Streets Of Vancouver

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Even though they are the “finest and oldest Comics Speciality Store in Western Canada”, the good people at the Vancouver Comics Store figured that being even more first in mind never hurts.  And what better way to do this than by introducing … Continue reading →

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Thatcher by Simmonds

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Over in the Guardian newspaper, Posy Simmonds created a Margaret Thatcher fairy tale that is not only very funny and (to put it mildly) only slightly skewed; it also manages to invoke a type of satire that seems to be … Continue reading →

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Don’t blame a dog for its owner’s sins

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Remember that one scene in Watchmen, when Rorschach is looking for a child that’s disappeared and he sees two dogs gnawing on what seems to be a human bone? Well, you may want to look at that scene from the … Continue reading →

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With Superman, only change is a constant

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

From Action Comics to Man Of Steel, Superman has gone through change after change. Seasoned fanboys will probably have kept up to date, but for those of us with little more than a sideways interest in Clark Kent’s alter ego, … Continue reading →

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