I first met Batman battling villains from the Hall of Justice with the other Super Friends, part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup of the 1970s, and soon afterward I caught the campy reruns of the 1960s live-action TV show. This led me to scour my brother Aaron’s Bronze Age collection of DC Comics, the […]
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The last idiot standing
Cartoonist Johnny Sampson finally got his dream job at MAD magazine. Now he’s one of the only artists keeping the legendary publication going.
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Nerd alert: Geek culture gets its own clip show
Wil Wheaton weeds through TV and the Internet on his promising new SyFy show, The Wil Wheaton Project.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/25: C2E2, Sean Flannery, and Behemoth
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 25
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Weekly Top Five: The best unrealized films
Notable films that never made it to screen
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Daniel Clowes under glass
A Daniel Clowes showcase at the MCA demonstrates the uneasy relationship between art and comics.
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Calling all fanboys, geeks, and cosplayers
Chicago Comic con convenes in Rosemont