For some reason, the Washington Times' Culture page keeps going back to quoting bits of a Wall Street Journal (of all places) article by...

A discussion on the comix-scholars list generated a note from Bart Beaty, author of Fredric Wertham And The Critique Of Mass Culture. Just f...

The question was "Do you think Hollywood is making too many movies based on comic books?" The answer in Monday's paper was No:...

Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight History Channel Wednesday, July 16 09:00 PM Thursday, July 17 01:00 AM Monday, July 21 10...

Earlier today Bob Harvey sent this out to his email list: After a brief solstician interlude, we hop right back, bringing you a continuation...

Michael Barrier, the animation historian, tells of stopping into the Library of Congress to see Frederic Wertham's archive in "Wert...

Tom Spurgeon dug this blog post from Scott Edelman up - "Tom Toles, Superhero." What's that it says on the National Archives?...

On the Trail - "'Tasteless and Offensive' New Yorker Cover Riles Obama Camp," By Perry Bacon Jr. One should read this for...

Jason just wrote in: Tomorrow I hit the road. I'm driving 2,700 miles from Washington DC to San Diego ComicCon. I'm taking 9 days to...

"After 'I Do,' a Time for Separation From Too Much Stuff," By Jenny Rough, Special to The Washington Post Monday, July 14...

Today's Family Circus is Bil Keane's goodbye to his wife, who died earlier this year. It ran in the physical Post and not their webs...

QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 07-16-08 “Why so serious?” By John Judy AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #566 by Marc Gugenheim and Phil Jimenez. Spidey ne...

Michael Cavna's new blog started today - "Calling All Comics Fans... ," July 14 2008 - with a Mark Trail story and a promise o...

See "Disney Taps Into Blu-ray's Interactive Technology," By BROOKS BARNES and ERIC A. TAUB, New York Times July 14, 2008. The...

Besides environmental and consumer messages, some are finding second thoughts about music - "WALL E, 'Dolly!' And the Universe ...

Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker sent along this article about Barry Blitt's cover of the New Yorker showing the Obamas as radicals and ...

I put the story up last week , and so did Alan Gardener at his Daily Cartoonist site. The difference between his site and mine is that he g...

Michael Cavna, who's done some nice editorial cartoons for the Post, under the guise of illustrating stories, has got a new comics blog,...

This is the "other" regular comic show in the DC area (besides the Capital Associates one in Tyson's Corner). Sez the flyer:...

"The Joker's Onto Us: What Does It All Mean When Batman's Enemy Is More Interesting Than the Dark Knight Himself?" By Han...