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EVERYTHING BUT IMAGINARY 2/18/04 -- MUSICAL CHAIRS BEHIND THE MASK

Musical chairs behind the mask

As I’ve said in this column before, one of my favorite things about DC Comics is their concept of the heroic legacy. I love how the mantle of the Flash has been passed down from Jay Garrick to Barry Allen to Wally West, and that there is a new Kid ( Read more... )

EVERYTHING BUT IMAGINARY 2/11/04 -- MAN OF TWO WORLDS

Man of Two Worlds

Not many people in any artform can really be said to help define the medium in which they work. Drama is measured against Shakespeare. Sculpture and painting is measured against Michelangelo. Comic books could have been measured against Julius Schwartz.

Some of you younger ( Read more... )

EVERYTHING BUT IMAGINARY 2/04/04 -- THOU SHALT NOT KILL

Thou Shalt Not Kill

So Iceman killed a guard, I’m told. I’m working on what I’ve picked up talking to various people who are still reading Uncanny X-Men, because it’s been some time since I tried that series, but from what I understand Iceman had been reduced to a few little ice chips (must ( Read more... )

Originally presented on December 17, 2003

Note: There is something particularly ironic about my statement at the end of this column, considering the events in comics since I originally wrote this. See if you can figure out what that is.

The revolving door in Heaven

When you go into your friendly neighborhood comic shop today (or tomorrow or ( Read more... )

EVERYTHING BUT IMAGINARY 12/10/03 -- MY SECRET IDENTITY

My secret identity

Superman may have been the first superhero in the modern context of the word, but the concept of a secret identity by no means began with him. Zorro, the Shadow, the Scarlet Pimpernel -- great characters from the radio, movies and literature had been carrying on double ( Read more... )

EVERYTHING BUT IMAGINARY 12/03/03 -- THE RIGHT TOOLS...

The Right Tools…

Written by Special (Ed) Guest Scott Williams!

Warning! We interrupt our regularly scheduled “EBI” to continue this ridiculous cross-pollination of columns known as “The Great ComiXtreme Column Switch 2003!” And that’s right, Scott Williams, of FNN fame (or infamy, take ( Read more... )

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EVERYTHING BUT IMAGINARY 10/01/03 -- "A WRETCHED HIVE OF SCUM AND VILLAINY"

“A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy”

Last week, for those of you who came in late or who have an MTV attention span, we thoroughly dissected that old chestnut, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” I think I quite brilliantly debunked that one. Another of those clichés ( Read more... )

EVERYTHING BUT IMAGINARY 9/24/03 -- JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER

Judging a book by its cover

One of those clichés that we’ve all heard so many times that it makes you want to pop the tongue out of the individual foolish enough to say it (or maybe that’s just me) is that “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”

Bunk.

With a comic book, if you can’t judge ( Read more... )