Posted by Ron Edwards
There’s a whole subculture of scholarship looking into comics and religion, very broadly, by nearly any imaginable definition of both “comics” and “religion” and how they might interact. Who knew?
Posted in Heroics
Tags: A. David Lewis, Action Comics, American monomyth, Christianity, Curse of the Superman, Fredric Wertham, Friedrich Nietzsche, Graven Images, Jesus Christ, Judaism, Marc Ellis, Maximortal, religion, Rick Veitch, Superman, The Incident, The Myth of the American Superhero, The Seduction of the Innocent
Posted by Ron Edwards
Meet the Plutonian. Kiss your ass goodbye.
It took a lot of working out the context in my mind, but I’m finally ready to look at a very interesting species of comics villain.
Posted in Lesser is still great, The great ultravillains
Tags: Alan Moore, Alpha One, beware the superman, Blue Marvel, Captain Ersatz, DC Comics, Eradicator, expy, George Perez, Hyperion, Maximortal, Miracleman, Mr. Majestic, Omni-Man, Oodles of titles, Plutonian, Public Spirit, Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, Sentry, Steve Bissette, Steve Englehart, Strong Female Protagonist, Superior, Superman, Supreme, Titan
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