Adaptability is the theme for this week’s run. Let’s be proud of ourselves for making it to this point. It hasn’t been easy and even if it doesn’t seem like we have come very far, but we have. Things are slowly starting to open up but we still haven’t got …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 01/15/2020
I think I love Undiscovered Country for the same reason why I haven’t gotten rid of cable TV. Please don’t think my flippancy indicates any sort of disrespect to creators, Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, or to the talents of Giuseppe Camuncoli, Daniele Orlandini, Matt Wilson and Crank, so let me …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 08/27/2019
I’ve been talking comics all weekend … so why should the rest of the week be any different? I just finished moderating panels at Fan Expo Canada this weekend, and my particular vantage point gives me a lot of insight into the way that comic creators not only regard their …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 07/31/2019
The importance of hope. I’m taking this idea as the theme for this week’s overview of comics because I think it’s something that is undervalued as we think about how we make our ways through this series of challenges and obstacles we call life. People think hope is just a …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 05/29/2019
You know, when I talked to him last, Tom King told me that “he just wanted people to know how much he loved the comics medium”. I love the medium too. But I’ve been thinking about that conversation and it’s made me wonder, as a man leaving his forties, why …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 03/27/2019
Milestones are important in a person’s life. They are the historical markers that measure the passage of our lives, broken up into episodic achievements. We measure our lives by these achievements: the first kiss, the first job, whatever; these things help to shape our lives by punctuated moments of celebration …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 01/31/2018
I have a firmly established tradition of hating that non-essential, utterly insignificant placeholder of a day called Tuesday. Save me, comics. For instance, yesterday’s morning consisted of discovering that the water bottle in my laptop bag was unsecured and flooded it along with my students’ marked work. We had a …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/13/2017
Here we go again, folks. It’s another great week of comics and here’s a selection that you could look forward to reading to as we dwell in the dog days of summer. IDW Comics Real Science #6 I want to like this … but I can’t get past the art. …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 09/06/2017
There are some moments at comic conventions that completely go unappreciated and overlooked. Fan Expo Canada was like that. While there were some things that didn’t work out for me this past weekend, there were still some moments that were priceless and memorable and needed to recognized. I was actually …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 08/16/2017
I think the most worthwhile thing about writing this column is that I’m not restricted to reading one milieu. Variety really is the spice of life and it’s what makes life interesting. I read a variety of comics and while I enjoy the super-hero genre, I also enjoy comics that …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 06/07/2017
Sometimes, it’s a little scary how willing we are to surrender our sense of disbelief in return for a decent story. Reading comics is such a common and accessible form of escapism that in order for the experience to be a good one, we readily throw our support behind a …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Round Up – 12/14/2016
It’s hardly what I call a long list for this week, but the good thing about a short list is that you can take your time and savour the experience of reading a good comic. After all, now that winter is here, the best remedy for a cold evening is …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 10/12/2016
Too many titles and not enough time to wax philosophically! Let’s get to the list! DC Comics Batman Detective Comics #942 “The Night of the Monster Men” concludes in this issue. It was a pretty simple premise, but what I really liked about it is that we saw a return …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 04/27/2016
I’m teaching my students about the concept of transformative media. You know, when stories exist in one form of media and then get spun off into other forms? Well, you have to be selective about thematic elements when you transform media into other formats and, depending on the format, some …
Read More »Captain Kirk’s Weekly Comic Review – 03/23/2016
Despite my frequent hand-washing, vitamins and hydration, I have been struck by the dreaded “con-crud” illness that is a perpetual danger coming off a comic convention. Of course, with my luck, it soon graduated into the flu. Oh, comic conventions. In this case, I’m talking about Fan Expo’s Toronto Comic-con …
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