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The Scent of a Superhero (Getting Under the Skin of Superheroes)

What would it be like to meet a superhero in real life? How would they smell, what would a handshake feel like, what kind of person would they be? What would your first impressions be, and how would that change over time?

Return to Stack Week, Part VII: Stockpiling Entertainment

In real danger of suffering comic crapulence, Sonia revels in her total inability to say “no” to a comic. (N.B. She learned that word from the Simpsons.)

Quality vs. Quantity: Walking Away From Comics Which Don’t Deliver

If a book you pay money for, a book you spend time on, is not delivering, that’s not okay.

The Best Reprints of 2008: Leonard Starr’s Mary Perkins on Stage

Looking at the unique charm of Mary; a small town girl moving to the big city to find stardom. How does Starr manage to weave such a rich, vibrant story from such tired seeds?

The Best Reprints of 2008: Heavy Liquid

In 2000, Paul Pope created Heavy Liquid. If Dashiell Hamnet had written Bladerunner, then hired Kirby and Moebius illustrate it, it might be a little like this.

The Best Reprints of 2008: Signal to Noise

Sonia reviews the best books reprinted in 2008 (i.e. the best books she bought in 2008, that weren’t actually published in 2008).

The iFanboy staff go superpowered for the holidays!

Ever wondered what the iFanboy staff would look like if they were heroes? Check them out, in all of their buff, shiny, glory.

Massage, with a Happy Ending

Wouldn’t it be relaxing to talk about comics for an hour or so? Now pair that with a massage and you’ve got something.

The Lost Ten Commandments of Comics

First there were comics, and Sonia saw that they were good. Then she got all perfectionist about it, and lo verily, she handed down some rules…

Alphabet Soup Nazi: Categorizing for a Better World

Which came first; the obsessive compulsive disorder, or the comic book collection organizing fetish?