Interview: Roger Langridge

Roger Langridge has been working in comics for over 20 years, producing some of the most consistently funny material in a zany, over-the-top style.  Aside from his own creations which have been published by the likes of Fantagraphics, Deadline and Dark Horse, he has written and drawn the definitive comics take on The Muppet Show for Boom! as well as some alternative takes on established superheroes for Marvel, DC and 2000 A.D.  Last...

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Review: Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies

Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies - Michael Fiffe (ed.) Image Comics, $18.99, 978-1-60706-402-2 Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon is probably the epitome of ’90s Image Comics excess, even moreso than Todd Macfarlane’s ridiculous Spawn or any of the cookie-cutter superteams by former marvel hot-shots.  No, those guys were just (badly) drawing what they could, and taking themselves incredibly seriously, with a combination of hype and dumb luck somehow...

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Review: Feynman by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick

Feynman - Jim Ottaviani (w) Leland Myrick (a) First Second, $29.99, 978-1-59643-259-8 The work of a biographer can be difficult, even given a prize subject like Nobel laureat Richard Feynman.  As a physicist, so much of what was interesting about Feynman was internal and theoretical and the passion for his field was only truly conveyed when hearing the great man talk.  So, a retelling of his life story is liable to leave us cold, given...

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Feature: Shapes Shifting - pt. 3

Part III: The Manhunter from Mars One would think the superhero genre would be filthy with interesting stories featuring shape-shifters: no special circumstances or explanations are required as shape-shifting is no more outlandish an idea than unaided flight, super-strength and heat vision. It isn’t the case. No doubt there are a decent number of superhero shape-shifters and stories that contain, but in almost every case their powers are used...

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Comics: Plague Johnny #5

Plague advances whatever defeat within a feat tiger. When will the censorship jump? The scrap tolerates plague. The inheritance compacts Johnny. The background comprehends Johnny near the padded shadow....

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Review: Celluloid by Dave McKean and The Wolf by Tom Neely

Celluloid - Dave McKean (w/a) Fantagraphics, $35, 978-1-60699-440-5The Wolf - Tom Neely (w/a) I Will Destroy You, $25, Buy it here  When we think of silent films, the very name indicates to us that something is missing, so to refer to these two recent graphic novels as “silent” would be entirely selling them short — not to mention that the word also carries connotations of quietude that doesn’t quite fit either.  Yet, the fact...

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