My friend Brian Skelley recently e-mailed me a question that gave me some pause: what is the difference between an anti-hero and a villain? Having trafficked in anti-heroes for some time, you’d think I know but I had to parse it out. As I postulated it to Brian the basic answer was that the anti-hero…
Last weekend I was at the Geek’d Con in Rockford, Illinois. It was a small first time con and it had some things to work out, but over all it went okay. I really enjoyed the fans but, for me, the big moment was when my niece, Julie Adams, showed up with her husband Rob…
As I mentioned in a previous column, I’ve been on a Rex Stout/Nero Wolfe reading/re-reading jag as of late and have been enjoying it greatly. As other commentators have noted, the pleasure in the Nero Wolfe novels is not so much the plots, which have been noted as serviceable, but in the characters, especially the…
Warning: spoilers below. “Look at the flowers.” A seemingly innocuous line that should set shivers through regular fans of the TV series, The Walking Dead.
A week or so ago I was talking about how in the Man of Steel movie they had Superman kill someone. No spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen the movie yet, it’s your own damn fault. It did violate one of the traditional tenets that marked Superman as Superman – he doesn’t kill. Lots of…
John Gaunt’s astral journey to the medieval Cynosure of his past leaps out to its penultimate issue. As he fights the Manx Cat, GrimJack’s choices place his friends in jeopardy as he must encounter more truth than even he can handle. It’s a race through time and reality – as Bob the Watchlizard disappears from…
The continuing printed adventures of John Gaunt and friends. Available at finer comic book stores nationwide.
Cynosure is famous as the city at the crossroads of all the dimensions. In this all-new, full-length graphic novel by John Ostrander and Timothy Truman, John Gaunt not only spans universes but the very fabric of time itself. As he is compelled to track down the mysterious Manx Cat, he learns the dirty secrets about…
In today’s brand-new episode of GrimJack: The Manx Cat, by John Ostrander and Timothy Truman, John Gaunt is back in his own body, and he’s in a hurry. He needs the St. Johns knives to save his friend. Can he persuade Munden (of Munden’s Bar) to hand them over? Credits: John Ostrander (Writer), John Workman…
What happens when you throw the Miller Medallion at a giant demon cat? ÃÂ FInd out in today’s brand new episode of GrimJack: The Manx Cat, by John Ostrander and Timothy Truman. John Gaunt thinks the big kitty is afraid of the amulet’s hoodoo. ÃÂ Is she? Credits: John Ostrander (Writer), John Workman (Letterer), Lovern…
In today’s brand-new episode of GrimJack: The Manx Cat, by John Ostrander and Timothy Truman, Ben Marsh faces his inner demon. And his inner demon is John Gaunt. ÃÂÃÂ Will they fight? ÃÂÃÂ Will they win? Credits:John Ostrander (Writer), John Workman (Letterer), Lovern Kindzierski (Colorist), Mike Gold (Editor), Timothy Truman (Artist) More: GrimJack: The Manx…
Yes, we’ve hit the point where reprints of medium-level ‘80s comics can run to eight volumes – and, since the comic in question is GrimJack, that is perfectly dandy with me. Since GrimJack was gone for a good decade (before the recent Killer Instinct miniseries, and, of course, these trade paperback reprints), I suspect that…
