In the comics community there has always been the age old question: D.C. or marvel? If you don’t manage to pick a side in this war waged in online forums and Reddit threads you might be confused why this conflict exists in the first place. Everyone has their own favorite characters, storylines, series, etc. For various reasons comic book… Read more →
Author: gkearns
Why Alan moore is Less Important Than His Work
On Tuesday we looked at two scholarly articles that deconstructed Watchmen as a literary work. During that discussion we touched on the topic of Alan Moore as a person and author. How he receives no money from the profits of Watchmen, his most successful work. The most important thing to know about Moore is that he wrote Watchmen. Other than… Read more →
Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel: Superman’s Rise to Relevance in 21st Century Film
Up until last year Superman was an antiquated hero. His morality and characterization trapped in the zeitgeist of the late 1970s. Superman was a campy hero who rescued cats out of trees and was able to fly so fast around the Earth that he could turn back time. I’m referring of course to Richard Donner’s Superman: The movie which… Read more →