I had always wanted custom artwork to go with the site, to match the design and color scheme I had chosen. Lacking any artistic skill, it took me a while to find an artist to collaborate with on these pieces – someone who understood what I was going for, and …
Drome Ethics
The graphic novel Drome, by Jesse Lonergan, has received a lot of attention and awards this year, including the 2026 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album and the 2026 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story. This graphic novel is described by the publisher (23rd Street, Macmillan publishers) as a “a …
The Power Cut, Issue #3
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 …