Sidekicked: How Superhero Publishers Are Failing Kids
Comic readers are often annoyed by the outdated assertion, “but comic books are for kids!” As those of us within this culture know, comics today are usually made for and marketed to adults, especially...
View ArticleOne Multiverse Under A Groove: Kenny Keil Draws Superheroes' Favorite Dance...
Kenny Keil is one of our long-time favorite artists here at ComicsAlliance. He first grabbed our attention a few years ago, when he published a series of drawings mashing up superheroes and classic...
View ArticleGive 'Em Elle: Worlds Full of Superheroes
Welcome to Give ‘Em Elle, a weekly column that hopes to bridge the gap between old school comics fandom and the progressive edge of comics culture. This week I’ve been thinking about superheroes...
View ArticleSuperheroes are Bad for Boys. Or, Possibly Good for Boys.
It looks like the ultimate goal of psychology it to let parents know there is no way to be sure they're bringing up their kids right. On the heels of two much-talked-about studies about how modern...
View ArticleMore Charlie Sheen Quotes Presented By Superheroes
Earlier this week, we decided that the only way to deal with the exploding celebrity Death Star that is Charlie Sheen was to take his spectacularly hubristic comments and put them in the mouths of...
View ArticleFabian Gonzalez Makes a Mightier Alphabet With ‘ABC Superheroes’ [Art]
We see relevant pop culture alphabet redecos on a pretty regular basis around these parts. Why, who could forget Sean Murphy's awesome Wolverine ABC's or Brandon and Emma Peat's "A is for Ackbar"...
View ArticleNew Era Adorns Heads With Marvel, DC, Transformers and G.I. Joe Characters In...
New Era is no stranger to superhero and pop culture hats, but there's some extra iconography going on in the recent Cabesa series, which pops the embroidered faces of everyone from Spider-Man,...
View ArticleItalian Artist Igor Scalisi Palminteri Imagines Saints As Superheroes [Art]
Ordinary men and women blessed with extraordinary abilities who fight for what they believe in no matter the consequences aren't exclusive to superhero comics. Catholic saints also possessed such...
View ArticleOlympians: Superhero Bodies and What Real Athletes Look Like
There are certain phrases that have a special resonance for a Marvel kid like me. "Pocket dimension." "Lift (press)." "Marital status: unrevealed."...
View ArticleSuperhero Body Diversity: Female Artists Offer Their Take
Two weeks ago we ran an article on ComicsAlliance looking at body diversity and superheroes. We asked four artists to rank male and female superheroes by size and describe which athletic types they...
View ArticleWhen Superheroes Let Themselves Go
As America's comic book audience ages, you may be wondering what some of our favorite superheroes would look like if they were aging as well. The good news is you don't have to wonder any longer. Bam...
View ArticleBatman to Be Replaced by Lesbian Counterpart
Crime-fighters come in many shapes and sizes, but until now they didn't come in the woman-seeking-woman variety. DC Comics, however, is spotlighting a red-headed lesbian to take over for erstwhile...
View ArticleLink Ink — Kids Break Superhero World Record, U.S. Army Graphic Novel
-- A school in Berwick, Maine has unofficially broken the Guinness Book of World Record's record for having the most people dressed up as superheroes in a room for at least 10 minutes, with a grand...
View ArticleWebcomic Inserts Superheroes in the First ‘Peanuts’ Strip
The webcomic "Let's Be Friends Again" -- not be confused with the adorable animal friendship site "Let's Be Friends" -- recently posted an homage to...
View ArticleWhere Are All the New Superhero Comic Book Ideas?
Mania has a great interview up with comics writer Alan Moore, which discusses his work on books like "Marvelman" and "Watchmen," and quickly becomes an indictment of the lack of new ideas in modern...
View ArticleSuperhero Predictive Text: What Google Thinks About Comics
There's a lot of fun to be had with Google predictive text, where you start typing something into the Google search bar, and it tries to guess the full phrase the searches of millions of other people....
View ArticleSuperhero Facebook Status Updates — Super-Social Networking
These days, everyone in the world seems to be on Facebook, including our bosses, parents, and the people we hated in high school. So what would it be like if superheroes like Batman, Spider-Man and...
View Article5 Comic Book Halloween Costumes That Won’t Objectify Women (And 5 That Will...
Halloween is less than a month away now, meaning that those of you who've yet to start thinking about a costume are getting ever closer to achieving that dreaded status of "waiting until the...
View ArticleShopping for Superhero Swag on Etsy
Warren Ellis recently solicited a list of awesome Etsy stuff from his readers, and while it was hella fun to browse, it was also as diverse as you'd imagine from Ellis fans -- running the gamut from...
View ArticleSuperhero War Photos: Where Comics and History Collide
Yes, superheroes have a rich history in the of wars own invented universes (Secret, Civil) as well as real-life conflicts like WWII and Vietnam, where heroes like Captain America and the Punisher...
View ArticleRoasting Old Chestnuts: Our Favorite Comic Book Cliches
Like every other form of entertainment, comic books are full of cliches. The key difference? Spending a few decades as a marginalized art form has lent super-hero comics its own unique blend of old...
View ArticleThe Most Bizarre Superpowers In Comics
This week, the first volume of "Chew," the current indie darling from writer John Layman and artist Rob Guillory, comes out in trade paperback, and we can't recommend it highly enough! If you haven't...
View ArticleGarfield Fights Crime With Sloth, Gluttony and Cuteness
Even though I take my share of shots at the graveyard that is the newspaper funnies page, thanks to the lively wit of The Comics Curmudgeon, I'm often reminded that a few cute strips defy logic by...
View ArticleHulk Conan Fights Superman Jay Leno in Bizarre Taiwanese Animation
His days as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" may be drawing to a rapid, $45 million close, but Conan O'Brien's legacy as a comic book fan shows no signs of slowing down. Granted, Conan didn't make this...
View ArticleMariann Asanuma’s ‘Mini-Scale’ LEGO Super-Heroes Are Awesome
As ComicsAlliance readers are probably well aware at this point, I could basically look at awesome comics-inspired LEGO creations all day long, but today I saw some in a style I was completely...
View ArticleCosplayers Attempt To Break ‘Most Heroes’ World Record In Hollywood
If you notice a large gathering of costumed superheroes in Los Angeles tomorrow, don't worry -- Galactus isn't about to attack. On Friday, August 27th, fans will don their spandex and capes in...
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