Hugo Nominees Announced Last Week!
We’re especially proud to see some of our favorite books of 2018 on the list as well as the stiff competition they’ll face.
Read Moreby Aaron Heil | Apr 8, 2019 | Books
We’re especially proud to see some of our favorite books of 2018 on the list as well as the stiff competition they’ll face.
by J. Endress | Jul 4, 2018 | Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Wolverine
A school for gifted youngsters is a classic conceit in comic books, the most famous being Charles’ Xavier’s star-crossed institution of higher learning. Hogwart’s, a spin on the old classic escapist fantasy of a school where weird is normal, is another prime example, one which quickly seeped into the cultural lexicon. The school of wizardry is even referenced in Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, a time capsule of notable literary touchstones. The solicitation for Evan Dorkin’s Blackwood initially looked like a variation on a theme, which it is, but it’s one that has more in common with H.P. Lovecraft than J.K. Rowling.