Could the most anticipated comic-book movie of the season turn out to be the most unsettling superhero spectacle ever made?
By Andrew O'Hehir Mar 6, 2009
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I've had some success at 60, but it seems downhill from here.
By Cary Tennis
May 19, 2009
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Alan Moore talks about his career, his favorite characters and his bad influence on the comics world.
By Andrew Firestone
March 5, 2009
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The genius behind "Watchmen" redefined both the audience and the narrative possibilities of comic books with his newly reissued "Saga of the Swamp Thing."
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 4, 2009
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The creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" talks about his new series "Dollhouse," the perils of sex trafficking and life as a cult icon.
By Joy Press
February 11, 2009
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Not even a masked superhero can save this stylized but spiritless movie based on a legendary comic book.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 25, 2008
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"Achewood," Chris Onstad's hilarious online comic strip, translates perfectly into a book about male friendship and testosterone overload.
By Douglas Wolk
October 3, 2008
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There have been countless versions of Batman, from brooding crusader to gadget-loving detective. How does "The Dark Knight" measure up?
By Douglas Wolk
July 19, 2008
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The most anticipated movie of the summer has arrived -- and Heath Ledger's Joker is nothing to laugh at.
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 17, 2008
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The cartoon epic "Y: The Last Man," the most entertaining satire about gender in recent memory, comes to its triumphant conclusion.
By Douglas Wolk
July 14, 2008
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The fanciful, witty follow-up to "Hellboy" is so beautiful, you may forget it's a "special-effects" movie.
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 11, 2008
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Like graphic novels, manga or superhero tales? New books by Lynda Barry, Jessica Abel and Matt Madden may inspire you to turn your stories and doodles into real cartoons.
By Douglas Wolk
June 19, 2008
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The big, angry green guy is back in this booming picture. Sure, it's a fantasy -- but is it too much to hope for a little believability?
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 13, 2008
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A graphic novel celebrates a lost Algerian-Jewish way of life and wonders what it means to live as a person of faith in a world that doesn't share it.
By Douglas Wolk
May 7, 2008
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Did comic books -- and the firestorm they touched off in the 1950s -- do more than rock 'n' roll to create the generation gap?
By Laura Miller
March 24, 2008
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From a girl's travel diary to a newly revved-up Superman, we spotlight a dozen of 2007's most notable comics and graphic novels.
By Douglas Wolk
December 17, 2007
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Alan Moore's latest "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic gleefully mixes up history, pulp fiction and some surprisingly familiar characters.
By Douglas Wolk
November 24, 2007
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Who will survive "The Deathly Hallows"? Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Steve Almond -- and Stephen Amidon's children -- join Salon staff and place their bets.
By Thomas Rogers and Matthew Fishbane
July 6, 2007
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Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing return in this ambitious second film in the "Fantastic Four" franchise.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 15, 2007
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Spidey comes back swingin'! The third installment in the beloved blockbuster series may be the biggest, splashiest and best one yet.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 4, 2007
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The world may wonder which character in this computer-generated extravaganza is President Bush's stand-in -- but that's the wrong question to ask.
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 9, 2007
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Jaime Hernandez talks about his massive new comics collection "Locas," the 20-year odyssey of two L.A. rock 'n' roll chicks looking for love (and rockets).
By Scott Thill
December 16, 2004
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This dark, troubling and sometimes hilarious 9/11 comic, created in a jumpy city uneasily balanced between Bush and Osama, may be the finest and most personal work of art to emerge from the tragedy.
By Scott Thill
September 10, 2004
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One New York writer welcomes GOP delegates with a self-published Swiftian satire -- recipes included!
By David Womack
August 30, 2004
"Watchmen"
I feel like quitting writing 
The wizard of "Watchmen"
Alan Moore's environmental monster
Joss Whedon just wants to be loved
"The Spirit"
Cats behaving badly
A thousand and one knights
"The Dark Knight"
The end of men
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
How to be a comic book hero
"The Incredible Hulk"
"The Rabbi's Cat"
Panic in the pages
Graphic appeal
Who are those unmasked men?
Harry Potter and the prediction pool
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"
"Spider-Man 3"
"300"
If Betty and Veronica were Latina punk lesbians
"In the Shadow of No Towers" by Art Spiegelman
Island of the cannibal Republicans
War Room
Broadsheet
How the World Works