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Captain America ignores its roots for easy money

Philadelphia Freedom

Thor is a bore

Blackman: Overtown comic-book hero saves Miami

"Blackman" to the Rescue: Comic Book Artist Re-imagines Overtown's History

Click to enlarge.​It's a comic about "Blackman," an Overtown superhero with powers inspired by African myth. The character's nickname: the Colored Crusader. And it's conceived and drawn by a white guy. Yeah, we cringed too.

Iron Man 2 will lead to 3 and probably 4, but that doesn't mean it's good

Click to enlarge.​It's a comic about "Blackman," an Overtown superhero with powers inspired by African myth. The character's nickname: the Colored Crusader. And it's conceived and drawn by a white guy. Yeah, we cringed too.

The Bloody Beetroots

Click to enlarge.​It's a comic about "Blackman," an Overtown superhero with powers inspired by African myth. The character's nickname: the Colored Crusader. And it's conceived and drawn by a white guy. Yeah, we cringed too.

Our Mickey Rourke Is an Oscar Nominee

The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

Remembrance of Demons Past

The Unborn raids the modern horror memory bank, from The Exorcist to Auschwitz

Capturing the Castle

Punisher: War Zone kicks ass. And then it kicks some more ass.

The Not Terrible Hulk

In the shadow of Iron Man, the latest from Marvel can't live up to its billing.

Art Capsules

Current shows.

Art Incinerated in Wynwood

A gallery burns and Lowbrow work is lost forever.

Hell on Wheels

Ghost Rider will drive you up the wall

Classic Coke

DVD releases for the week of January 23, 2007

Pet Sounds

Neil and Chris were never being boring

Deep Thoughts by Redford

DVD releases for the week of February 21, 2006

Bat Cave-In

The Dark Knight's origin story can't overcome its Baleful side

Excess Hollywood

Some interesting horror flicks, a couple of relationship movies, and plenty of action save summer from sequels

Dorkula

Blade confronts the ultimate vampire, and geeks everywhere rejoice

Run, Do Not Crawl

Spider-Man swings in this touching, thrilling, superior sequel

Punish This

The latest comic-book movie might just kill you

The Bleeding Edge

A decade ago, Vertigo started a revolution by making comics for adults

Dr. Strange

Grant Morrison's the best writer in comics--and maybe the oddest

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Pussy

Super she-dawgs Bitch and Animal rescue our favorite female parts

Flame On

Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more

Dark Victory

15 years later, Frank Miller once more dons Batman's cape and cowl

The Brave & the Bold

On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

Totally Bizarro

Can superheroes and alternative comic authors really get along?

Custody Battle

Marvel Comics isn't going to give up Captain America without a fight

Win, Lose, or Draw

Or: How do you bring a comic book to life without killing a superhero?

Revenge of the Fanboy

Alex Ross, painter of supermen and superwomen, makes it easy to believe in heroes

Fatal Femmes

Why do women in comics become Women in Refrigerators?

Stuff (New column. Online exclusive!)

Fatman and slobbin'

Bloodsucker

Fatman and slobbin'

Miami Movie Mayhem!

The works of B-movie moguls like Herschell Gordon Lewis and Doris Wishman are so bad they're good. And they've become a permanent part of Florida film lore.

Exile On Main Street

The works of B-movie moguls like Herschell Gordon Lewis and Doris Wishman are so bad they're good. And they've become a permanent part of Florida film lore.

Swelter

The works of B-movie moguls like Herschell Gordon Lewis and Doris Wishman are so bad they're good. And they've become a permanent part of Florida film lore.