The theme this week? Recognizing what’s good when we see it. Too often, we see what’s right for us and we pass it up for a variety of reasons that seem to make sense. I’m adopting a different format for this week’s post. Instead of surveying a variety of titles …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 12/26/2019
I was teaching about what resonates in communicating a message to an audience to my students this week and one of the points they glommed onto was emotion. At this time of year, emotions run high. Eliciting an emotional response from a viewer, reader – whatever the medium, is the …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/25/2019
If there’s anything that brings me a sense of relief in the world, it’s a sense of trust. The knowledge that I can rely on someone who’s “got my back” fortifies my resolve to push on. I mean, we all need friends, right? But more importantly, we need to know …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 05/17/2018
Commitment is such a chore. That’s what we’re looking at this time around. Why? Well, a lot of reasons. First, it’s the driving force behind super-heroes. Second, without commitment, how would we learn responsibility? Finally, it’s also getting close to the end of the school year and with the improving …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 05/31/2017
I spent the weekend moderating comic panels at MegaCon. The two things that came out moderating both new creators and old were: the power of a solidly written story and how much comics have declined in terms of readership. I hosted creators from the days when comics published 300,000 copies …
Read More »‘The Black Dragon’: a timeless tale of swords and sorcery by two masters of the medium
An inspired tale of sorcery set in Medieval England created by two legendary masters of their craft: artist John Bolton and writer Chris Claremont.
Read More »Marada the She-Wolf | Review
If you haven’t encountered "Marada the She-Wolf" before, this is your chance to discover this lost treasure. It amazes me that it has taken this long for this wonderful, timeless collection to see the light of day again and to be presented to a new generation of readers.
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