What Comics Like Alpha Flight Have Taught Us About Canada
Canada, frozen paradise beyond the safety of America's northern borders. Once more comics fans are invited to visit this land of wonders and mysteries with the latest Alpha Flight series, which...
View ArticleDon't Ask! Just Buy It! – June 15, 2011: Alpha Delta
Reading Comics author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY: * Life after death ^ Up in the North % Construction equipment ¢ Fright night * ^ ¢ ALPHA...
View ArticleMarvel Fan Expo Canada Roundup: 'Alpha Flight' Ongoing, 'Destroyers' And...
Marvel Comics let loose a few key announcements at Fan Expo Canada this weekend, including the news that Fred Van Lente and Kyle Hotz were teaming for the five-issue Destroyers series, that Brian Wood...
View ArticleLink Ink: Phoenix Wright's Live Action 'Ace Attorney' Look, 'Alpha Flight'...
Movies: The first image of Hiroki Narimiya as Phoenix Wright in Japan's upcoming Ace Attorney live action film from Otona Fami magazine doesn't merit any objection from me. Auctions: The Comic Bo...
View ArticleExclusive Alpha Flight Minimates Box Set Coming to Comic-Con
Northstar has been a big name in the news of late, what with the hero getting married to his boyfriend Kyle in this week's Astonishing X-Men #50, and now the rest of his Alpha Flight teammates can...
View ArticleComics Pride: 50 Comics and Characters That Resonate with LGBT Readers
We are not the mainstream. That's a truth understood by anyone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or in any other way queer. We are not the audience. We are not the market. We are...
View ArticleAlpha Flight Series 2 Minimates Box Set Coming Exclusively To NYCC 2012
Fans who scored the first Alpha Flight Minimates box set at San Diego Comic-Con this past summer from Art Asylum, Diamond Select Toys and Action Figure Xpress will have a chance to double the ranks of...
View ArticleThe X-Men Episode Guide 2×05: Repo Man
The early ’90s were spoiled for choice when it came to comic book adaptations. Not only was Batman: The Animated Series on the air, but X-Men led Marvel’s push to get on the small screen, diving right...
View ArticleAlpha Flight Of Fancy: When Will Canada's Great Creators Get A Crack At...
Canada is comics’ secret super-power. As far back as 1938, when Toronto-born Joe Shuster created Superman with Cleveland’s Jerry Siegel, Canada has been a vital partner -- a Wild Child to America's...
View ArticleFrom Shaman to Equinox: The Challenges and Failures of Indigenous...
DC's recent announcement of a new post-Convergence lineup of titles offered promising signs of diversification at the publisher, with Gene Luen Yang, securing a high profile assignment on Superman with...
View ArticleTrans Formation: Remembering Comics' Fantastical Gender-Fluid Characters
My earliest encounters with transgender characters came in Vertigo comics in the mid-90’s, especially Wanda in Sandman and Coagula in Doom Patrol. Wanda dresses a bit like a drag queen (and dies a...
View ArticleCarol Takes (Alpha) Flight in 'Captain Marvel' #1 [Review]
Let's be real about something for a second: This is the third Captain Marvel #1 in 3.5 years (fourth if you count Secret Wars: Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps), and that can feel a little tiring....
View ArticleLooking Back At The Great Comics Works of John Byrne
John Byrne is a controversial figure in comics, all the more so as he's moved to disavow his work with mainstream publishers, yet his legacy within the industry is undeniable, and his contributions to...
View ArticleLink Ink: Phoenix Wright's Live Action 'Ace Attorney' Look, 'Alpha Flight'...
Movies: The first image of Hiroki Narimiya as Phoenix Wright in Japan's upcoming Ace Attorney live action film from Otona Fami magazine doesn't merit any objection from me. Auctions: The Comic Book...
View ArticleExclusive Alpha Flight Minimates Box Set Coming to Comic-Con
Northstar has been a big name in the news of late, what with the hero getting married to his boyfriend Kyle in this week's Astonishing X-Men #50, and now the rest of his Alpha Flight teammates can...
View ArticleComics Pride: 50 Comics and Characters That Resonate with LGBT Readers
We are not the mainstream. That's a truth understood by anyone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or in any other way queer. We are not the audience. We are not the market. We are...
View ArticleAlpha Flight Series 2 Minimates Box Set Coming Exclusively To NYCC 2012
Fans who scored the first Alpha Flight Minimates box set at San Diego Comic-Con this past summer from Art Asylum, Diamond Select Toys and Action Figure Xpress will have a chance to double the ranks of...
View ArticleThe X-Men Episode Guide 2×05: Repo Man
The early ’90s were spoiled for choice when it came to comic book adaptations. Not only was Batman: The Animated Series on the air, but X-Men led Marvel’s push to get on the small screen, diving right...
View ArticleAlpha Flight Of Fancy: When Will Canada's Great Creators Get A Crack At...
Canada is comics’ secret super-power. As far back as 1938, when Toronto-born Joe Shuster created Superman with Cleveland’s Jerry Siegel, Canada has been a vital partner -- a Wild Child to America's...
View ArticleFrom Shaman to Equinox: The Challenges and Failures of Indigenous...
DC's recent announcement of a new post-Convergence lineup of titles offered promising signs of diversification at the publisher, with Gene Luen Yang, securing a high profile assignment on Superman with...
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