As longtime readers know, my two great loves in my creative career have been comics and crosswords, so when Flo proposed I do a crossword in this newspaper segment, I leapt at the opportunity. Crosswords and war have a curious […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As Flo pointed out to me several times over the course of the series, Superman vs. bank robbers is not usually an interesting fight. Assigned to do that scene, most people would have Superman relax and have fun, smirking as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whoof, that sure is chilling foreshadowing in panel 2 with the benefit of hindsight. I didn’t know exactly what fate awaited Braggadocio, but we knew that Chapter 36 was going to be a meat grinder in general. The rest is… […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tobias’ backer, James Hines, gave us less backstory to work with than Astoria’s, which meant a freer hand. In his text, Tobias “followed in his father’s footsteps and took up the path of adventuring and seeing the world. He loves […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tobias gets a better scene later, but this is probably peak Astoria Troy, so let’s focus on her for a bit. She certainly deserves a little focus, and she rarely gets it! She’s described by her backer as “a tagalong, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
