Movies You Didn’t Know Came From Comics
Brian Isaacs - Executive Editor / Publisher Not all comic book movies wear capes. When people hear “comic book movie,” they think superheroes. But comics have always told every kind of story — crime, romance, horror, history…
Editorial
Why Hollywood Keeps Returning to Superheroes
Superhero fatigue isn’t new—so why does the industry keep going back? https://youtu.be/SVwFCO8dJeM?si=PhrZCCzwdL4NuNmx Every few years, the same conversation comes back—are audiences tired of superheroes? But this isn’t a new phenomenon.…
There Were Stories: The Evolution of Comic Books: Contemporary Age
The twenty-first century changed how the world moved — and comics changed with it. As life became faster, more connected, and increasingly digital, comics followed. The medium fractured and expanded…
There Were Stories: The Evolution of Comic Books: The Dark Age
By the mid-1980s, comics had grown darker. As optimism faded and moral certainty collapsed, stories turned inward. Heroes were questioned, authority was distrusted, and the old myths that once defined…
Will Eisner’s The Plot and the Enduring Power of Antisemitic Propaganda
Lies don’t disappear when they’re exposed—they evolve. In The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Will Eisner traced the life cycle of one of…
There Were Stories: The Evolution of Comic Books: The Bronze Age
By the 1970s, the world felt different — and comic books felt it too. As trust in institutions eroded and certainty gave way to doubt, comics turned away from bright…
There Were Stories: The Evolution of Comic Books: The Silver Age
In 1956, the comic book world was reborn. As science reshaped everyday life and the future felt newly possible, comic books followed. Stories turned outward—toward imagination, invention, and worlds larger…
There Were Stories: The Evolution of Comic Books: The Golden Age
Before superheroes became legends, comic books were cheap, fast, and everywhere. Printed on pulp paper and sold for a dime, they flooded newsstands in a world already on edge. What…
“The Lion King” director Roger Allers official obit, photos, tribute quotes from Disney/animation luminaries
Newsdesk SIR TIM RICE, BOB IGER, FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES REMEMBER ROGER ALLERS, ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR OF DISNEY’S 1994 ANIMATED CLASSIC “THE LION KING,” WRITER OF THE TONY AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY STAGE MUSICAL, AND…
Who Is Wonder Man?
Before he became a powerhouse Avenger, before his Hollywood fame—Wonder Man had a dark and complex beginning! From his shocking connection to Baron Zemo to his evolution into one of…