Just what in the forgotten wastelands of Comic-dom am I going to write about this week? If you’ve been following my weekly column, I decide upon a theme and select Wednesday comics that fit that theme as my pull list for the week. This week, it’s a bit of a …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 10/03/2018
Life can be so complicated sometimes. If anyone ever asks you about the secret of life, it’s prioritization. In order to do the things we want to do, we have to finish what we have to do first. It seems overly simple, but you’d be surprised how easy it is …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Tom King, student of life, master of comics
Pop Mythology contributor John Kirk interviews one of the most popular comic book writers today, Tom King, former CIA officer and family man extraordinaire.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘The Magic Order’ #4 is a deliciously gloomy Halloween treat
'The Magic Order' #4 arrives just in time to get the Halloween season off to a deliciously gloomy start.
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/26/2018
I’m into mindless, blind rage this week. It’s been a bad week at work and I’ve lost my favourite fountain pen. So, I’m hoping there will be some stories for me to sink my teeth into and vicariously enjoy as I desperately need some vicious payback. Sometimes, I’m a petty, …
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Champions’ #24 takes on more than just supervillains
'Champions' #24 has as strong a portrayal of a school shooting as you are likely to see in a comic.
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/19/2018
We’re all creatures of habit in one way or another. Why should comic readers be any different? I’m back to my own habits now, settling into a familiar routine. But Wednesdays are forever though. New comic books come and go, but I find myself drawn to the same old patterns, …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/12/2018
As in real life, it is in comics. A misconception of learning among students these days is that learning is a process that involves simply knowing something that they didn’t know five minutes ago. Immediate gratification reveals its ugly self in yet another domain as we continue our catapulted journey through …
Read More »REVIEW: Eddie Brock and the Symbiote share a special bond in ‘Venom: First Host’ #2
'Venom: First Host' #2 is a good issue and explores an interesting, special bond shared between shared between the Venom Symbiote and host Eddie Brock.
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/05/2018
The first day of school is a day of anxiety and discomfort; new routines, names, faces, a cessation of an extra couple hours of sleep in the morning and the feeling that the person in that desk sitting across from you doesn’t like you. … now imagine how the students …
Read More »REVIEW: Get stoked for the movie with ‘Venom: First Host #1’
Before Eddie Brock, before Peter Parker, before even the Secret Wars, there was the First Host! 'Venom: First Host' #1 is a lot of fun, and this is coming from a non-Venom fan.
Read More »INTERVIEW: Bill Sienkiewicz’s success has nothing to do with “blind luck”
Pop Mythology's John K. Kirk got the chance to speak with one of the foremost names in comics art, Bill Sienkiewicz, about his distinctive work and career.
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 08/22/2018
The best thing I get to do in the convention season is sit on panels with some of the creators I write about, and there’s plenty more opportunities coming up. Last week in Boston (at Fan Expo Boston) I hosted a panel of indy creators featuring Andy Belanger, Rob Guillory …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 08/15/2018
It’s after Fan Expo Boston 2018 and I’m exhausted. Moderating talents like Terry Moore, David Finch, Ed McGuinness, Chad Hardin and Jonboy Meyers definitely takes it out of you. But Hosting Brent Spiner on stage and hanging out with the legendary John Byrne and William Shatner put it over the …
Read More »REVIEW: ‘The Magic Order’ #3 promises more tricks up this series’ sleeve
In just a couple dozen pages 'The Magic Order' #3 manages to pack in a truly epic showdown, a 'Game of Thrones'-level shocker, and the most moving scene thus far in the series. And, like any good magician, it promises more tricks up this series' sleeve.
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