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 …
Battleworld (2025-26) vs Secret Wars (1984-86)
The recently completed five-issue limited series Battleworld (2025-26) by Christos N. Gage and Marcus To was a great read. It is not an exaggeration to say Gage has an encyclopedic knowledge of Marvel comics characters and history – which he puts to great use in this series. To use his …
Powers Ethics
The launch of Powers 25 by Dark Horse Comics in 2025 gave me the idea to catch up on the earlier series that I had missed during my time away from comics. And so, I sought out all the earlier runs by comics powerhouses’ Brian Michael Bendis by Michael Avon …
Doctor Strange of Asgard Ethics
Well said. With the launch this week of the latest ongoing Doctor Strange comics series – Doctor Strange Vol 8, 2025, by Derek Landy and Ivan Fiorelli – I thought I’d fill in the background of what had happened since my Doctor Strange Ethics overview from the start of this …
Jeff the Land Shark Ethics
I have long been a fan of the adorable Marvel character Jeff the Land Shark, created by Kelly Thompson and Daniele Di Nicuolo in 2019. Although initially appearing as a comedic sidekick to a number of West Coast Avengers (and later Deadpool), he became famous through his own adventures in …
Fantastic Four Vol 8, issue #4, 2025
I don’t normally review single issues, but I couldn’t resist the opportunity presented by Ryan North and Humberto Ramos in their latest issue of Fantastic Four (Vol 8, issue #4, 2025, “Basic Obedience“). This is a stand-alone, single-issue story premised on a real neuropsychological condition – pareidolia. And it just …
Can Caring be Wrong?
I’ve previously introduced care ethics, and described how it came about from a feminist critique of a persistent masculine gender bias in traditional ethics. As is probably obvious in my writings here, I’m a fan of the care ethics perspective in general, and how it has been successfully applied in …
A.X.E.: Judgment Day Conclusion
I previously introduced A.X.E. Judgement Day – the major 2022 Marvel cross-over event – as an excellent example of ethics (moral philosophy) depicted through comic stories. The main series was written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Valerio Schiti, colors by Marte Gracia, letters by Clayton Cowles, and contributions by …
Moon Knight Ethics
Let me cut right to it. I know Khonshu is unworthy of my worship or anyone’s. I know he tried to take over the world. I know he deserves to be imprisoned wherever the Aesir are keeping him, off in Asgard. But unworthy or not, I am his fist. I …