The Power Cut is a fanzine about The Power Fantasy, the ongoing Image Comics series from Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard. As described on The Power Cut Tumblr: The Power Cut #3 is a collection of essays, illustrations, charts, flash fiction and other metatextual responses to The Power Fantasy, a …
What Does It Mean To Be Worthy?
“Worthy” is a five-page comics story written by Kieron Gillen with art by Declan Shalvey. This one-off appeared in this week’s issue of The Mortal Thor (issue #14, 2026, by Al Ewing and Pasqual Ferry), as part of its celebration as the 800th issue of Thor (by the old Marvel …
Batman Ethics
Batman is a core character from DC comics that I have long been looking forward to profiling on this site. And dreading too, if I’m honest. Don’t get me wrong – Batman is a great character, and obviously very popular. Along with Superman and Wonder Woman they form the so-called …
Zander Cannon’s Sleep Ethics
Sleep is an 8-issue comic book series written and drawn by Zander Cannon, published at Image Comics. It ran from May 2025 to March 2026, with the trade paperback (collecting all 8 issues) published just last week. The series is accurately described by Image as “an unsettling, slow-burning atmospheric take …
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Ethics
With the release today of the new Supergirl film (2026) by DC Studios, I thought I would review the narrative structure and ethics of the source comics story that it is loosely based on – Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2021), written by Tom King with art by Bilquis Evely, colors …
DC’s Dream Girls Ethics: Dreamer and Galaxy
As part of DC’s Pride event this year, they are front-lining two of my favorite newer DC superheroes, Dreamer and Galaxy. Rather than the typical one-off issue, DC’s Justice League: Dream Girls Vol 1 is a four-issue limited series running each week this month (June, 2026), picking up from the …
The Power Fantasy – The End of History
One of the underlying premises of this site is that comics are a medium, not a genre. And in any artistic medium, there are higher concept pieces of art. The Power Fantasy (TPF) by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard (Image Comics) is one of those – while still dealing with …
Eisner-Inspired Reading List
In light of the recently announced Will Eisner 2026 nominations for comic book industry awards, I thought I would provide a quick reading list for newcomers to this site. Several of the nominees in key categories have been profiled here, and serve as great starting points for considering comics and …
Superman Ethics
Superman’s ethics are a particular challenge to describe succinctly – which is why I haven’t attempted it until now on the site! And it is not because the character’s ethics are unusually complex, or involve relatively niche areas of normative ethics (aka, moral philosophy). In fact, the evolution of Superman’s …