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'Comics in Context'

Comics in Context #170: Miller’s Next Move

Posted Friday, March 23rd, 2007 at 23:23pm

Peter’s coverage of this year’s New York Comic-Con continues, this time looking at Frank Miller’s big screen plans for Will Eisner’s THE SPIRIT…

Comics in Context #169: New York 2007 – The King Of Creation

Posted Saturday, March 17th, 2007 at 18:18pm

It’s Saturday coverage of this year’s New York Comic-Con, with BUFFY, Stephen King, Frank Miller, THE SPIRIT, Walt Simonson, and more…

Comics in Context #168: O Captain! My Captain!

Posted Friday, March 9th, 2007 at 4:17am

Peter takes a look at Marvel’s decision to murder Captain America, and wonders just how cold the body will become before the icon returns. He then jumps back into his NYCC coverage with notes on the Stan Lee panel, as well as that evening’s Stan Lee exhibit at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art…

Comics in Context #167: New York 2007 – Blogs, Bone, and Billy

Posted Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 22:43pm

Peter was at last week’s New York Comicon, and here’s the first part of his coverage – focusing on Jeff Smith, blogging comics, and more…

Comics in Context #166: Megahero Vs. Megavillain

Posted Saturday, February 24th, 2007 at 20:30pm

Peter continues his commentary on Peter Coogan’s book chronicling the origins of the superhero genre, returning to the subject of supervillainy…

Comics in Context #165: The Supervillain Defined

Posted Saturday, February 17th, 2007 at 0:49am

Peter continues his commentary on Peter Coogan’s book chronicling the origins of the superhero genre, this week focusing on supervillainy…

Comics in Context #165: Super Slayer

Posted Saturday, February 10th, 2007 at 2:27am

Peter continues his commentary on Peter Coogan’s book chronicling the origins of the superhero genre, this time focusing on Joss Whedon’s stab-happy heroine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer…

Comics in Context #163: Are They On The List?

Posted Friday, February 2nd, 2007 at 21:06pm

Peter continues his commentary on Peter Coogan’s origins of the superheroe genre, from Superman and Batman to The Fantastic Four (and even Zatanna)…

Comics in Context #162: The Superhero Defined

Posted Monday, January 29th, 2007 at 0:06am

Peter tries to pin down the prickly problem of how exactly to define the term “superhero” in this day and age…

Comics in Context #161: Walt The Auteur

Posted Sunday, January 21st, 2007 at 5:48am

Peter continues his in-depth look into Mary Poppins, this time with a focus on a man named Disney…

Comics in Context #160: Banks’ Holiday

Posted Friday, January 12th, 2007 at 5:06am

Peter continues his in-depth look at Mary Poppins – from book to screen to stage – this time with a special look at the character of Mr. Banks…

Comics in Context #159: The Da Vinci Comics Code

Posted Friday, January 5th, 2007 at 2:12am

This week, Peter continued his in-depth look at the Library of Congress’ “Cartoon America” exhibition…

Comics in Context #158: Jolly Holiday

Posted Saturday, December 16th, 2006 at 3:55am

Peter takes an in-depth look at Mary Poppins – from book to screen to stage – and tries to pin down one of literature’s more perplexing forces of nature…

Comics in Context #157: Our Nation’s Cartoons

Posted Friday, December 8th, 2006 at 22:50pm

This week, Peter goes in-depth on the “Cartoon America” exhibition at the Library of Congress…

Comics in Context #156: Canon Fodder

Posted Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 18:46pm

Peter talks Scott McCloud’s MAKING COMICS tour, plus the likes of Kurtzman, Kirby, Eisner, Crumb, Panter, Ware, and more…

Comics in Context #155: Two American Masters

Posted Friday, November 17th, 2006 at 20:49pm

This week, Peter talks about Will Eisner and Jack Kirby at the “Masters of American Comics” show at the Jewish Museum in NYC.

Comics in Context #154: Master Class

Posted Saturday, November 11th, 2006 at 22:17pm

Milt Caniff and Charles Schulz come to the fore as Peter continues his discussion of comics masters…

Comics in Context #153: Top Drawers

Posted Friday, November 3rd, 2006 at 16:44pm

More “Masters of American Comics” with Frank King’s GASOLINE ALLEY and Chester Gould’s DICK TRACY, plus Roy Lichtenstein, swipe artist.

Comics in Context #152: “Ott Krittik” At Work

Posted Friday, October 27th, 2006 at 14:51pm

Peter continues his in-depth look at the “Masters of American Comics” exhibition…

Comics in Context #151: The New Old Masters

Posted Friday, October 20th, 2006 at 20:30pm

Peter ooks at the recent explosion of comics as fine art, as cartoon art and cartoonists exhibitions begin popping up all over the place, from the museums of New York to the halls of the U.N. and even the Library of Congress.

Comics in Context #150: Remarkable

Posted Saturday, October 14th, 2006 at 1:39am

Peter celebrates his 150th column with a remembrance of a good friend and comics legend, Mark Gruenwald…

Comics in Context #149: Forty Years In Shadows

Posted Saturday, October 7th, 2006 at 2:45am

Taking a cue from Fred Hembeck, Peter celebrates the 40th anniversary of one of his favorite gothic soap operas, DARK SHADOWS.

Comics in Context #148: Radio City Rowling

Posted Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at 23:55pm

This week, Peter gives a blow-by-blow account of the big Stephen King-John Irving-J. K. Rowling
benefit in NYC.

Comics in Context #147: San Diego 2006 – Is This Trip Really Necessary?

Posted Friday, September 22nd, 2006 at 3:05am

Peter wraps up his in-depth coverage of Comic-Con 2006 with Kevin Smith, Mark Evanier, Billy West, supervillains, signings, and the enigma that is Quick Stop editor Ken Plume…

Comics in Context #146: San Diego 2006 – A Hall Too Small

Posted Friday, September 15th, 2006 at 0:27am

Peter’s in-depth Comic-Con coverage continues with Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, and the hell that is Hall H.