Comics done by the community
Journalist and cartoonist Joe Sacco used his appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about the unique strengths of graphic reportage, the importance of “honest journalism” and the power of outrage. His most famous works, the harrowing travelogue Palestine and the Bosnian war chronicle Safe Area Gorazde, have set the benchmark in comic book […]
They don’t seem to be making much of a fuss about it, but this year is in fact the 30th anniversary of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. That’s 30 years of bringing some of the world’s best writers to Scotland’s capital, a city awash with festivities during the summer months. Though they don’t shout as […]
This month sees the entirety of Grant Morrison’s classic run on Animal Man republished in a hardcover omnibus edition, so what better time to revisit this groundbreaking piece of superhero fiction, and remember just why it came to be regarded as a cult classic. Running from 1988 to 1990, Grant Morrison’s renovation of the forgotten, […]
The 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival starts in 4 days’ time (Geekzine coverage will begin shortly), and one of the themes of this year’s programme is ‘Stripped‘, a celebration of graphic novels (or comics, as they used to be called). It might seem unusual, given the traditional snobbery of the literary establishment, for comic books […]
At the San Diego Comic-Con last weekend, director Zack Snyder revealed that the upcoming sequel to his Superman reboot Man of Steel (reviewed here) will in fact be a Superman/Batman crossover. Predictably, such a huge announcement immediately triggered a deluge of blogs and articles speculating about the new film’s chances of success, ranging in tone […]
To watch Man of Steel is to see a wrestling match take place between producer Christopher Nolan and director Zack Snyder. It is, perhaps, a little too simplistic to attribute responsibility for different elements of the film to these two individuals (especially when writer David S. Goyer will also have had a good deal of […]