My most recent submission for Gimmick or Good? over at the Comics Should Be Good blog is a bit of a deeper cut. Crazyman #1, which was published by Continuity Comics (founded by Neal Adams) is die-cut into the shape of a man’s profile. Let me be clear here:

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For anyone who’s a fan of the fun anarchistic version of Venom that was a staple of early 90s Spider-Man comics, then Amazing Spider-Man #317 is the story for you. Insane Spider-Man vs. Venom battle that features a truly creative climax? Check. Crazy, rambling logic from Venom that actually

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It’s a special edition of the Superior Spider-Talk podcast featuring exclusive audio from the Superior Spider-Man and Friends panel at New York Comic Con! In this episode, Dan Gvozden and I talk about the big announcements from the panel, including the cryptic “Goblin Nation” arc next year, as well

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Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #4 had some interesting things to say socially and culturally, but I have some serious questions about whether or not it was actually a “good” Spider-Man comic. I tend not to get caught up in this idea that there’s a certain way for creators to “do

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Better late than never, the good people at Comics Should Be Good published my latest installment of “Gimmick or Good?” over New York Comic Con weekend, so for those of you who may have missed my column the first time around, may I present to you my thoughts on

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As good as Superior Foes of Spider-Man has been, after reading the fourth issue I now realize that the title is a serious misnomer. There are “foes” (plural) in terms of the existence of the (not quite) Sinister Six, but Superior Foes #4 demonstrates that the unquestionable star and

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Over the past few weeks, Marvel has been releasing a series of terse, one or two-word teasers for some of its new titles and storylines that were going to be announced at New York Comic Con. For Spider-Man fans, no teaser was more cryptic or tantalizing as “The End,”

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Between the immense crowds and just my general exhaustion of canvassing the Jacob Javits Center like a maniac the past two days, I cut short my Saturday session at New York Comic Con. But I come bearing news for Dan Slott fans, and also had an opportunity to speak

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My Friday session at New York Comic Con mainly consisted of me fighting through the ever-growing crowds (I’m really shuddering to think what the Saturday session is going to look like) to talk with more creators for Superior Spider-Talk. Fortunately, using interviews obtained as my metric, it ended up

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Monday afternoons after school were always a drag for me growing up. Born and raised in a Roman Catholic household, my parents enrolled and demanded I attend weekly “religious education” classes every Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 at the church that was just a few blocks away from my

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