Beaton combines a relentlessly nerdy interest in historical figures and literary characters with a flowing but precise pen-and-ink style.

Initially part of the brash wave of young British writers (along with Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman) who turned American comics upside down in the late 1980s, Morrison has played both sides of the comics game during his 30-year career.

Writer Ed Brubaker has wrapped up five years of complex storylines—from the Civil War crossover series that pitted Cap against Iron Man to the return of Cap’s World War II-era sidekick Bucky Barnes to Cap’s apparent death and resurrection—to prepare ...

Most readers seem to regard FF writer Jonathan Hickman’s first major bombshell on the book as at best a brief interruption on the way to the team’s 50th anniversary and at worst yet another craven cash-in.

Few genres are as well-suited to the comic book medium as crime noir. Its emphasis on mood over action, its trademark stylistic flair, even its broad-stroke characters translate seamlessly to the panel—which is probably why gangsters and gun molls are ...

DC’s new Justice League series has missed the mark, but Gail Simone’s Birds of Prey is off to a good start.

In many ways, Dodgem Logic is exactly what you’d expect from a magazine edited by Alan Moore: an energetic and occasionally puzzling amalgam of high- and lowbrow curiosities interspersed with lots of penis jokes.

It’s probably not much of a coincidence that three of the pulp era’s most iconic characters are getting affectionate reboots in a time that bears marked similarities to the age that created them in the first place.

After gathering dust on Warner Bros.’ shelves for two years, Mike Dougherty’s Trick ’r Treat finally found its way to DVD earlier this month. Though inexplicably denied a theatrical release, screenings at festivals and conventions helped the film earn an ...

When comic-book scribe Ivan Brandon pitched his Viking noir crime saga to DC Comics, he probably wasn’t surprised to learn that a similar project was already on the table.

It’s shaping up to be a big year for Mike Mignola’s Hellboy universe. The Wild Hunt, possibly the most important story arc in the character’s 15-year history, continues next month, and the first issue of B.P.R.D. 1947 drops this week. ...

In spite of a recent and well-received marketing campaign to the contrary, the prolific writer is actually a very nice guy. Since leaving his gig as an editor at DC Comics in 1990 to pursue a career as a freelance ...

For a dead guy, H.P. Lovecraft certainly stays busy. Having created one of the richest and most enduring mythologies of the 20th century, he continues to influence storytellers in virtually every medium. A few enterprising novelists have even cast him ...