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Lurking everywhere
Posted by Ron Edwards
Steve Long and I are gearing up for our showdown to conclude the jointly-written series on comics vigilantes, or at least a particular cultural wave of them, but I decided I was just not feeling done. Here’s one more – that is, before the finale – for a brief look at other strong contributors, responses, and alternatives within the 80s-90s more-or-less mainstream comics vigilante scene.
Posted in Heroics
Tags: Alan Moore, Badger, bystander syndrome, cocaine, crack, crack baby, Eclipse Comics, First Comics, Ghost, Kitty Genovese, Mike Baron, Mike Grell, Oodles of titles, Prowler, Steven S. Long, The Crow, The Longbow Hunters, Tim Truman, V for Vendetta, vigilante, Whisper, X
The not so secret cabal
Posted by Ron Edwards
In the course of scribbling our vigilante posts and rejoinders therein, Steve and I realized something. Read the rest of this entry →
Spawn of Zap
Posted by Ron Edwards
September is Cosmic Zap month here at Doctor Xaos Comics Madness. I don’t think it’s hard to understand why it’s generally considered a 70s thing. What happened to it? Did anything happen to it? Was it just a 70s thing?
Posted in Commerce, The 80s me
Tags: Cerebus, cosmic zap, Deadbone Erotica, Dreadstar, First Comics, Godland, Grimjack, Heavy Metal 1981 film, Infinity Gauntlet, John Ostrander, Matt Howarth, Metal Hurlant, Mike Baron, Nexus, Philippe Druillet, Ron Post, Savage Henry, Starslayer, Steve Rude, Those Annoying Post Bros, Vaughn Bode