Published Wednesdays, this is Steven Grant's second column at CBR following the conclusion of MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS. Steven takes a decidedly different approach to this column, commenting not only on comics, but also the world around us.
RECENT COLUMNS
Wed, July 16th
The pre-San Diego special edition as Steven defines what really separates DC and Marvel and reveals what William Faulkner has to say about it, plus San Diego schedules, pilot previews and other alliterative amusements.
Wed, July 9th
The problems with superhero comics and the final solution to those problems, and why the hardcore fans really want it after all, plus the Odyssey, Journey To The Center Of The 3D SFX, possible good news for San Diego and other flights of fancy.
Wed, July 2nd
This week: the Declaration of Independents; what's new in superhero comics, and the dark, unexpected secret between two major rival series; and lots of notes, including "What If?" tales, "Wanted," the unproven RIAA, a new Comics Cover Challenge and more.
Wed, June 25th
This week: the strange and premature Internet death of Dan Didio and other fan pipe dreams; more adventures in the Old West; an end to mentors; and gobs of cultural and comics notes in Steven Grant's PERMANENT DAMAGE.
Wed, June 18th
This week: in memory of underground comics, with who should be remembered and how; an apology; what really happened at the Little Big Horn, anyway? ; nations against freedom, and none of them are the USA for a change; and tons of brief notes.
Wed, June 11th
This week: the top warning signs for freelancers of companies on their way out; more cowboys; more reviews; and a slew of cultural and political notes from the onslaught of San Diego to the dumbest idea France has had in a long time.
Wed, June 4th
This week: a look at what's good and bad about alt comics and where they should be heading; mystery artists from the 1950s; and Bo Diddley, artificial scarcity, primordial disease and a slew of other notes in this week's PERMANENT DAMAGE.
Thu, May 29th
This week: San Diego's on the horizon again - and Steven tells you why you can't go, and why going this year is a good idea. Plus the difference between Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, an "Iron Man" movie review and much more in PERMANENT DAMAGE.
Wed, May 21st
This week: Crisis on infinite crossovers, a barrage of fan mail, and lots of notes
from the death of Rory Root to the new return of Napster in Steven Grant's
PERMANENT DAMAGE.
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Wed, May 14th
Reminiscing about a screw-up project and what can and can't be done about them; Williamson/Frazetta comics plus ads of the 1950s; why the candidate pickings are slim; plus Gene Colan, "Speed Racer" and other notes. UPDATED
Wed, May 7th
This week: How audacious should comics be, anyway? Plus reviews, inside the new Clinton energy plan, the Grant graphic novel report, Internet comics radio, red meat and tons more in Steven Grant's PERMANENT DAMAGE.
Wed, April 30th
A potpourri, including the problem with late comics, the real status of creators in the new indie comics, assessing "Countdown," suffering through remakes, plus comics reviews, "Southland Tales," on the road with John McCain and other culture notes.
Wed, April 23rd
This week: independent comics and where the business is going; more vintage Wally Wood comics; your salvation from Squaresville, Daddy-O!; plus the heat death of the Internet and gobs of other notes in Steven Grant's PERMANENT DAMAGE.
Wed, April 16th
This week: demolishing the icon; the end of Fu Manchu; what's so funny 'bout peace, love & the graphic novel; even the Bedouins hate their phone company; and gobs and gobs of short notes in Steven Grant's PERMANENT DAMAGE.
Wed, April 9th
This week: the graphic novel vs the serialized comic, round 2 - why one is one step forward and the other is two steps back. Plus mail, what's new in war, where to find Ed Brubaker this week, movie reviews and more.
Wed, April 2nd
What the Siegel Estate victory on Superman means to us, plus why writers (and other creators) don't have the same rules as other working stiffs, more Wally Wood, strange apparitions in Superhero Movie and much more!
Wed, March 26th
This week: where comics retailers are today (or were last weekend) and what new problems face them in the coming decade, plus Wally Wood and much more.
Wed, March 19th
This week: Alter Ego and the birth of modern comics, and how we're still paying for it today. Plus Alex Toth comics, a fistful of reviews, mad secrets of the Comics Cover Challenge and more.
Wed, March 12th
This week: navigating the new world of comics and the importance of experience; letters, clubs and Yubiwaza; Steve Ditko does crime; tales from the campaign front; and lots of notes from under the floorboards, including the rock group all Watchmen fans should hear
Wed, March 5th
This week: the care and feeding of captions (AKA "Captions - Threat Or Menace?"), plus funky Irish western comics, the myth of fingerprints, film reviews, lights out for HBO and much more.
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