Striped wisdom
When I was young, before I was able to fully appreciate the wisdom the pair conveyed in their panelled existence, I would flick through the…
March 2012
Yo Literature! Meet Pop Culture
I was never a big comic book fan. Of course I enjoyed an Archie comic every now and then, to see whether he was dating…
Bear Warlock 4 Life
Bear Warlock by Brendan Salakoh Bear Warlock ran from 2007 to 2009 in the Manitoban, and followed the random crazy adventures of a talking bear…
Worthy adaptation (Hunger Games double take!)
For most, Katniss Everdeen needs no introduction. Suzanna Collins’s bestselling novel The Hunger Games has moved out of Scholastic Book orders and into the mainstream….
Five things you may not know about comic books!
5. Million dollar investments Perhaps one of the most commonly known facts about comic books is that very old ones tend to be worth a…
The graphics: image styles I’ve loved so far
Sin City If the who-dunnit crime motif, dizzy dames and names like “the girls of old town” were not enough to let you know this…
Let the games begin (Hunger Games double take!)
If you’ve ever gone to see a movie based on a really good book, you’ll know what I mean when I talk about the feeling….
Betty or Veronica
If you happen to be an accident prone, red-headed 17 year old with an unexplainable crosshatch pattern in your hair, chances are you can identify…
Good questions
In the mid-1980s, there was a movement to make comic books a more serious medium. Titles like Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns were released,…
One-and-done
How the NBA’s age limit rule affects March Madness