Category: Comics

‘A Study in Scarlet’ is the debut Sherlock Holmes story. It is a good reminder of several truths… The plot of…

I like most of Edward Monkton’s stuff, but he got this one wrong… Being Zenny is not about not knowing where…

From ‘Paying For It’ by Chester Brown: Chester: I’m not in any way suffering… Friend 1: You’re repressing. On a subconscious…

Watching the TV version of ‘The Walking Dead’, I’m reminded again of why zombie flicks are important for humanity… really!…

From Adrian Tomine’s ‘Scenes from an Impending Marriage’ is this dialogue: Guy: (About whether to invite someone just because one…

Wolverine’s adamantium claws are at times extensions of his heroism, of the fight for justice. But at other times extensions…

In ‘All Star Superman: Volume 1’ by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Superman tries to convince Lois Lane that he…

From ‘Grimmer Tales: A Wicked Collection of Happily Never After Stories’ by Erik Bergstrom, is ‘The Ugly Truth’, which I think…

Q: Does a meat-seller (not a butcher), say a chicken rice hawker break the First Precept of not killing? He…

The easiest way for a masked vigilante to hide his or her identity in open sight is to secretly shed…

From ‘The Mighty Avengers: Secret Invasion Book 1’ by Brian Michael Bendis is this diialogue, Journalist: Doctor, why did the…

One who easily loses one’s mindfulness easily loses one’s temper. – Stonepeace The Hulk never intentionally hurts the innocent. But…

To know if a masked vigilante is really who he is supposed to be, he needs to unmask regularly, for…

‘Hulk not monster!’ So yells the Hulk, as he slams stuff… monstrously… In ‘Hulk: Gray’ by Jeph Loeb and Tim…

In ‘Secret Invasion’ by Brian Michael Bendis, it is realised that the alien Skrull race, which is capable of shape-shifting…

The maniacal Joker in ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland tries to make Commissioner Gordon snap…

In ‘Green Hulk/Red Hulk’ by Jeph Loeb, one of the most mysterious yet useless characters in the Marvel comics universe,…

In ‘Made of Wood’ by Ed Brubaker, Batman says this – ‘There’s a moment… right before my grapple cable goes…

Friend: Maybe he’s watching you and thinking you’re raising the bar. Man: Maybe. With God, you never can tell. Friend:…

Why is it that the noblest people are the ones most troubled by conscience? – Lois Lane (‘Superman: Whatever Happened…