Evan Narcisse
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Chadwick Boseman Was Ready For History Every Time
The "Black Panther" star embodied the mythologies of Black superheroes both real and fictional. → Read More
Graphic Novel BTTM FDRS Digs Into the Horrors of Gentrification
Because they play host to millions of living, breathing things, cities become living, breathing things themselves. Some parts of a city can wither away to almost nothing, only to get revived when new blood pumps into it. The uncomfortable truth of where that blood comes from, and what it sustains, lies at the heart of Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore’s BTTM FDRS. → Read More
More Than a Decade Ago, Checkmate Gave Readers a Brilliant Fusion of Politics and Superheroes
In most mainstream superhero fiction, the United States of America has superheroes. Lots of them. When France, England, China, and other countries also have their own metahumans, things can get…tense. Over the decades, many comics projects have explored what it might look like for powerful nations and superpowered people to secretly work with and against each other, but the best in the… → Read More
What It’s Like to Turn Good Omens Into a TV Show, According to Neil Gaiman, a Guy Who Would Know
It's not simple to bring a very British novel published nearly three decades ago to 21st century screens. → Read More
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Is a New Kind of Superhero Movie
Its superpower is letting black people just be themselves. → Read More
Neil Gaiman and the Cast of American Gods Talk About Belief, Happy Endings, and Going to War
In the second season of Starz’ American Gods TV series, the motley deities and celestial beings dotting the landscape of the United States are getting ready for war. It’s a conflict that will change what we know about them and how Shadow and the show’s other characters perceive themselves. → Read More
Jordan Peele Reflects on the Cultural Relevancy of Us, The Twilight Zone, and Candyman
The Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke-starring Us had its worldwide premiere at SXSW in Austin, Texas and early reactions have been extremely positive. It’s safe to say that Jordan Peele’s next film is one that will have people talking. If they’re brave enough to see it, that is. → Read More
Little Monsters Is a Skeevy-Cute Parade of Zombie Comedy Clichés That Works Despite Itself
Almost nothing that happens in Little Monsters will surprise you. People die comically horrible deaths, kids say and do cute things, characters become better versions of themselves by the end. It’s a greasy cheeseburger of a movie, utterly predictable in every way. But, hey, sometimes you want a greasy cheeseburger. → Read More
Jordan Peele’s Us Goes Deeper and Darker Into America’s Collective Psyche
Us is both more intimate and more visceral than Get Out, and packs just as much of a punch. → Read More
Jordan Peele’s Us Goes Deeper and Darker Into America’s Collective Psyche
In his new movie Us, Jordan Peele shows the distance between everyday ordinary folks, and the dangerous fringe-dwellers who can upend their lives, can be as slim as a mirrored pane of glass. → Read More
David Walker Is Betting on the Power of Black History and a Bold New Self-Publishing Gamble
David Walker is busy. He’s co-writing Naomi, a new high-profile series from DC Comics, along with Brian Michael Bendis and artist Jamal Campbell. He’s also working on Image Comics’ enthusiastically received Bitter Root with co-writer Chuck Brown and artist Sanford Greene. But, despite the fact that the veteran writer has worked with one of the Big Two and the biggest outlet for creator-owned… → Read More
There Will Never Be Another George Perez
If superhero comics have anything like Michaelangelo’s painting in the Sistine Chapel—awe-inspiring work that communicates celestial grandeur and human drama on a grand scale—it’s probably something drawn by George Perez. → Read More
Brian Bendis and David Walker Talk About How Their Friendship Created DC Comics’ Newest Superhero
"That’s really what we do most of the time. Make sure we’re remaining true to ourselves." → Read More
The Creators of The Wicked + The Divine Talk About Making Beautiful Magic Together
"The pages where we get closest to creating as if we’re one person, those are my favourites. When a glance is as powerful as an explosion." → Read More
The Everyday Weirdness of Xombi, One of the Most Under-Appreciated Comics Ever Made
In the mid-1990s, David Kim lived in a world where bicycle piranha would secretly feast on chained-up two-wheelers. He fought against incarnations of misdirected rage and rode in elevators where you had to read stories aloud to get to the right floor. He was the main character of Xombi, a comic about an unkillable man, an experiment that died too soon. Twice. → Read More
The Joker Looks Sicker Than Ever, Thanks to a Hollywood Legend
The Joker has gone through dozens of different looks over the last 70-odd years, with artists making him more horrific or cartoony as they re-imagine him. With a new bust depicting the Clown Prince of Crime, special effects make-up master Rick Baker joins the roster of creators who’ve tackled the DC Comics villain. Of course, his Joker looks really sick, in all senses of the word. → Read More
Comics Legend Ed Brubaker Talks Superheroes, Drug Addicts, and How 'Westworld' Made Him a Better Writer
For the release of his new graphic novel, 'My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies,' we sit down with the former 'Westworld' writer to talk about his process. → Read More
Dakota North Became a Marvel Comics Cult Classic Because It Put Style Above Everything Else
Back in 1986, I subconsciously decided I liked a new Marvel Comics heroine without actually reading any of her books. Her name was Dakota North and, 32 years later, I’ve finally read her series. → Read More
Why Norm Breyfogle Was One of the Best Artists to Ever Draw Batman
The best Batman artists always do something cool with the Dark Knight’s cape. It’s a given. Norm Breyfogle did that and so much more, re-inventing almost every visual aspect of Batman’s mythos. → Read More
Concrete Hits Heavy at the Heart Without Ever Throwing a Punch
When Concrete first appeared in the mid-1980s, the discourse around comics’ artistic merit was undergoing a profound shift. Excitement around works like The Dark Knight Returns, Maus, and Watchmen expanded the public’s ideas about what comics could achieve. Concrete never became part of the shorthand list for “mature comics.” That’s a shame, because writer-artist Paul Chadwick’s signature… → Read More