Deep in the 80s, this possibility never occurred to me. The foreshadows of the Captain Britain Corps who turned up in the Alan Moore Captain Britain run – Linda McQuillan herself, Captain England, Captain Albion – suggest that the sheer multitude of Captains just riff on the CB identity with minimal fuss. We’re just meantContinue reading “Is Captain UK Irish?”
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Did Captain Britain vote for Brexit?
Well? Did he? We’ve all been wondering since 2016, haven’t we? Let’s review the evidence. This guy – I’m not sure this guy even votes. Voting is beneath him. Voting is for the small folk, buffeted by the vagaries of destiny, sustained democracy’s necessary illusions, the pretence that just occasionally, just for the blink ofContinue reading “Did Captain Britain vote for Brexit?”
Frank Miller Writes Daredevil
Two panels drawn by the incomparable Mazzucchelli this time. But it’s Miller I want to talk about here. Sometimes I wonder if the reason Miller has become so hard to talk about is because he started to believe that the noir tropes he loves so much are actually real life. Noir undoubtedly made Miller theContinue reading “Frank Miller Writes Daredevil”
Rereading Mark Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme: 4. Shoot them with the bop gun
When Nighthawk says he is going to legalise guns again, what kind of guns is he talking about? We know that the police are now packing pacifier pistols (I alliterate to channel the spirit of Smilin’ Stan), which incapacitate by flooding the target with positive vibes. Now, when you think that Watchmen and Dark KnightContinue reading “Rereading Mark Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme: 4. Shoot them with the bop gun”
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