Frank Miller

Death of a Superhero: The Portrait of an Angry Young Artist

Reading and Singing

The Bushwick Book Club turns homework assignments into music.

The Spirit: Like Sin City, Without the Sin or the City

The Bushwick Book Club turns homework assignments into music.

Beautiful People Fight Beautiful Narnians in Beautiful Blu-ray

  Thanks to the giant leaps and strides in computer animation over the last two decades, nerds can see their greatest lit loves come to life--Peter Jackson made Middle Earth a reality and we were willing to wear flowly elf robes at midnight in December to watch it. Robert Rodriguez, with help f ... More >>

Comixtravaganza

The final panel of a monthlong examination

New on DVD: Billy Wilder Invents the Media Circus. And more!

The final panel of a monthlong examination

300

Comic book Spartans are both homophobic and homoerotic.

Sin City

Buena Vista Home Ent., $39.99.

A World Without Gray

For purists, this comic-book adaptation is a marvel of hard-boiled fidelity. For outsiders, the bloodshed may be too black-and-white.

This Week's Cartoons

David B., Shel Silverstein, Posy Simmonds, Jaime Hernandez, Bob Callahan, and Ho Che Anderson

Saved by the Beagle

A year ago, Seattle's Fantagraphics was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now it's in the black, thanks to good ol' Charlie Brown—and a pair of dogged believers who turned a cranky fanzine into the most widely respected comics publisher in America.

This Summer's Cartoon Books

A year ago, Seattle's Fantagraphics was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now it's in the black, thanks to good ol' Charlie Brown—and a pair of dogged believers who turned a cranky fanzine into the most widely respected comics publisher in America.

Breaking the Silence

Queensrche return after a six-year absence.

Hot Dish

Queensrche return after a six-year absence.

The Hot Sheet

What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

Un-caped crusaders

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a spoof of superheroes.

The Culture Bunker

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a spoof of superheroes.