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 …
The Power Fantasy Ethics – Introduction
As I explained on my About Me post, I saw the superhero comics of my youth as explicit moral philosophy primers. Much of the conflict, to my eyes, was between the various heroes, or internal to a given hero – as they debated the “right” or “best” course of action. …