The smaller humans who saw the preview were delighted, and their parents didn’t seem to be suffering.
Tag: DC Comics
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Still ghoulin’ after all these years
A sven-tillating conversation with Chicago’s legendary horror host, Rich Koz, on 40 years of Svengoolie, celebrity fans, and BERWYN!
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Deadpool 2: Not enough orgies
Marvel’s wisecracking antihero returns in a sequel that lacks the original’s agreeable excess.
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A comics legend teams up with Three Floyds to brew some beer-fueled superhero mayhem
With the brewery collaboration and the ongoing series Moonshine, Brian Azzarello has made himself the official Alpha King of booze comics.
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The new Wonder Woman is OK with men
A blockbuster vehicle for the venerable superhero plays down her radical feminist roots.
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The Red Turtle swims against the tide of children’s animation
Dutch artist Michael Dudok de Wit tells the simple story of a castaway humbled by nature.
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Y: The Last Man is given the Absolute Edition treatment—is it worth $125?
Brian K. Vaughan’s dystopian masterpiece is given DC’s highest honor.
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What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival 2013
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival: Robots, pigs, Bambi, and more
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Superman returns (again) in Man of Steel
With Man of Steel, the screenwriters of the “Dark Knight” trilogy take a crack at the original superhero.
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Before he became a voice of the American right, Orson Scott Card wrote a really good book
The author of Ender’s Game holds some unfortunate ideas.
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The boy who wasn’t there, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Throwing down in Gotham City
Chicago Dance Crash presents an evening-length piece, Gotham City
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Tom Stillwell, comic book creator: “He’s more of a fighter, a Batman-type guy, but he uses toys as weapons, like rubber chickens that are filled with lead or water guns that shoot acid.”
This week’s Chicagoan: Tom Stillwell, comic book creator.