Glen Weldon

Which Comics Should I Get? Your Free Comic Book Day Cheat Sheet

Glen Weldon — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:07:29 +0000

This Saturday, May 4^th, is Free Comic Book Day, the comics industry's annual attempt to sail out past the shallow, overfished shoals where Nerds Like Me lazily and inexpertly spawn, to instead cast their line into the colder, deeper waters where Normals Like You swim free, blissfully unconcerned about the myriad nettlesome continuity issues surrounding Supergirl's underpants.

Yes, Free Comic Book Day is about you, O person who hasn't set foot in a comics shop in years, or ever.

Man Of Tomorrow: Superman, Orson Scott Card And Me

Glen Weldon — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:33:00 +0000

Let's make this perfectly clear at the outset: I don't work for NPR, and what I'm about to say doesn't represent NPR. I'm but a lowly freelancer they're dumb enough to publish a bunch, and what I say now I say as me, which is to say:

1. An inveterate Superman nerd, and

2. A gay dude.

DC Comics has hired Orson Scott Card to write the first two issues of a new digital-first Superman comic.

Man Of Tomorrow: Superman, Orson Scott Card And Me

Glen Weldon — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:45:00 +0000

Glen Weldon is a freelance writer and regular contributor to Monkey See.

1. An inveterate Superman nerd, and

2. A gay dude.

DC Comics has hired Orson Scott Card to write the first two issues of a new digital-first Superman comic.

2012 In Review: 4 Great Graphic Novels We Haven't Told You About Yet

Glen Weldon — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:02:29 +0000

Ok, same drill as last Friday's post about my favorite ongoing comics series of 2012: We've highlighted a lot of great graphic novels over the past year, many of which belong on "Best of 2012" lists.

Graphic Novels That Flew Under The Radar In 2012

Glen Weldon — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:41:33 +0000

In 2012, several high-profile comics creators added landmark works to their already impressive legacies. With Building Stories, Chris Ware offered 14 volumes of comics, each with its own meticulous, anagrammatic take on despair, and stuffed them into a box.

Spooky Puppets, Slow Pacing In 'Catechism'

Glen Weldon — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:19:23 +0000

Mike Mignola's occult adventure comics B.P.R.D. (that's short for Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense) and Hellboy (about a demon who fights for the side of Good) combine furious action set pieces on a literally biblical scale with a wry and nuanced understanding of very human emotions. The novelist Christopher Golden has written many popular works of dark fantasy.

A Supersized Slice Of Life In 'Telegraph Avenue'

Glen Weldon — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:27:42 +0000

Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue is an agreeable if ultimately frustrating shaggy-dog tale of a novel that slips its leash and lopes its discursive and distinctly unhurried way through the unkempt backyards of its characters' lives.

Jaime Hernandez Bridges The Indie-Vs.-Cape Divide

Glen Weldon — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:58:10 +0000

If only Nixon could go to China, only indie-comics master Jaime Hernandez could produce God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls, the brightest, purest, most quintessentially superheroic superhero yarn in years.

The exploits of garishly clad do-gooding mesomorphs have dominated American comics for three-fourths of a century.