comic books

"Watchmen" "Watchmen"

Could the most anticipated comic-book movie of the season turn out to be the most unsettling superhero spectacle ever made?
  • I feel like quitting writing

    I've had some success at 60, but it seems downhill from here.
  • The wizard of "Watchmen"

    Alan Moore talks about his career, his favorite characters and his bad influence on the comics world.
  • Alan Moore's environmental monster

    The genius behind "Watchmen" redefined both the audience and the narrative possibilities of comic books with his newly reissued "Saga of the Swamp Thing."
  • Joss Whedon just wants to be loved

    The creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" talks about his new series "Dollhouse," the perils of sex trafficking and life as a cult icon.
  • "The Spirit"

    Not even a masked superhero can save this stylized but spiritless movie based on a legendary comic book.
  • Cats behaving badly

    "Achewood," Chris Onstad's hilarious online comic strip, translates perfectly into a book about male friendship and testosterone overload.
  • A thousand and one knights

    There have been countless versions of Batman, from brooding crusader to gadget-loving detective. How does "The Dark Knight" measure up?
  • "The Dark Knight"

    The most anticipated movie of the summer has arrived -- and Heath Ledger's Joker is nothing to laugh at.
  • The end of men

    The cartoon epic "Y: The Last Man," the most entertaining satire about gender in recent memory, comes to its triumphant conclusion.
  • "Hellboy II: The Golden Army"

    The fanciful, witty follow-up to "Hellboy" is so beautiful, you may forget it's a "special-effects" movie.
  • How to be a comic book hero

    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.
  • "The Incredible Hulk"

    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?
  • "The Rabbi's Cat"

    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.
  • Panic in the pages

    Did comic books -- and the firestorm they touched off in the 1950s -- do more than rock 'n' roll to create the generation gap?
  • Graphic appeal

    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.
  • Who are those unmasked men?

    Alan Moore's latest "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic gleefully mixes up history, pulp fiction and some surprisingly familiar characters.
  • Harry Potter and the prediction pool

    Who will survive "The Deathly Hallows"? Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Steve Almond -- and Stephen Amidon's children -- join Salon staff and place their bets.
  • "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"

    Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing return in this ambitious second film in the "Fantastic Four" franchise.
  • "Spider-Man 3"

    Spidey comes back swingin'! The third installment in the beloved blockbuster series may be the biggest, splashiest and best one yet.
  • "300"

    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.
  • If Betty and Veronica were Latina punk lesbians

    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).
  • "In the Shadow of No Towers" by Art Spiegelman

    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.
  • Island of the cannibal Republicans

    One New York writer welcomes GOP delegates with a self-published Swiftian satire -- recipes included!
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