Superhero comic books are just as popular as the blockbuster films they inspire. So when you enter a comic store, you’re guaranteed to be bombarded with a whole host of titles featuring the adventures of heroes, from mainstream companies like DC Comics and Marvel to independent publishers. Similar to their onscreen counterparts, comics are in…
October is upon us, which is the season where we celebrate ghosts, goblins, and all things scary. October is a great time to be a horror fan, but it’s also a pretty good time to be a crime fiction fan as well because tales about criminal and supernatural underworlds blend together like chocolate and peanut…
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Publisher William Gaines’s EC Comics began a new line of titles that included several different genres, most notably crime and horror. The comics featured stunning art and tightly plotted tales that often incorporated twist endings. They were violent, lurid, and fun, so naturally they incensed alarmist academics and…
Back in October, we told you about Image’s upcoming “sci-noirror” comic Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Today, it’s here! Of course, if you haven’t yet had the chance to slink to the comic shop, Warren Ellis already got a 5-page preview to share that looks fantastic. Provided you like your Cthulhu monsters…
What do you get when you mash up James M. Cain and H. P. Lovecraft? New York Comic Con 2011 may be over, but anticipation of noir fans over the latest collaborative project of legendary duo Ed Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips has only begun. Together, they defined the graphic noir genre with Incognito, Criminal,…
Normal people are boring, even in comics. For the last seventy years, comic books have been the playground of super-heroes and super-villains. Nearly all of theme wear colorful costumes and wreak havoc on the lives of normal people. There have been some notable titles where “normal” people interact with meta-humans, namely Marvels from Marvel Comics…
A supervillain walks into a bar and orders a drink. When the bartender says to him, “We don’t serve your kind,” the villain and his brother are cornered by government agents, one dies, and the other is severely injured and placed in witness protection. Or something like that. In Incognito, the brainchild of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, there…
