The trailer for the new Incredible Hulk movie is up over at mtv.com and it looks like Edward Norton was an excellent choice. I liked the Ang Lee movie, but I completely understand that people hated it. The Hulk is, after all a giant psychopath, giving him a “soul” was a pretty big mistake stylistically. [...]

I have yet to read any of Chabon’s novels, but The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is definitely on my shortlist of need-t0-read books. He has an interesting essay in the current issue of The New Yorker that examines the utility and origin (not just in comics, but in society) of the superhero costume. [...]

With just two posts under my belt it should be pretty obvious that I’m a fan of Jeff Smith and have been for quite some time. I was understandably excited when he announced that he was working on a new original series and this week it finally dropped. I picked up the inaugural issue of [...]

I understand that making a statement like that is something that could seriously get me into trouble and earn a strong rebuke from the internet and Kevin Smith, but it’s true, and I intend to fully lay out the reasons behind that assertion. So without further ado, “Flame On!”*

As the oldest member of the beerandcomics.com staff, and the only one with a child, it has fallen to me to cover golden age comics and also offer what insight I have on the comics my son is reading, and how he and I have decided what comics are both age and subject appropriate. My [...]