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James Gunn’s DC Studios cast its first character with major ties to the Flash in the new DC Universe. The Flash has had a complicated run in media over the last few decades, with Grant Gustin’s The Flash on The CW becoming a big hit in the Arrowverse before Ezra Miller’s The Flash turned out…

Oftentimes, when creating works of semi-autobiographical (and even autobiographical) comics, there’s an air of melancholy to them. Be it Eddie Campbell’sAlec, Tillie Walden’sSpinning, or Alison Bechdell’sFun Home, there’s a sense of yearning for a time long since passed, even if it was but moments ago. Even more acerbic works like Harvey Pekar’sAmerican Splendor still have…

Superheroes are, more often not, aspirational figures. Designed to reflect the best part of us and to inspire us to do better. But heroes don’t always fit this mold. Some, like young Ruthye in this summer’s Supergirlmovie, are traumatized by forces beyond their control and seek a path of vengeance. Not all succeed in their…

It looks like C.B. Cebulski prefers Tokyo to Los Angeles. Marvel Comics is moving its editorial offices from New York, after around ninety years, to Burbank in Los Angeles, alongside owners Disney and Marvel Studios. This will mean a hundred staffers will have to switch coasts if they want to stay at Marvel. C.B. Cebulski…