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The modern era of comic book movies has seen them grow into one of the most dominant forces in cinema, but that wasn’t always the case. In the years prior to the MCU’s success, comic book movies were usually considered a pretty niche interest, and they rarely achieved any major recognition. The comic book movies…

The Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival is back for its 18th year Saturday, taking over the Clark County Library at 1401 E. Flamingo Road with a Batman-themed celebration built around panels, workshops, a vendor marketplace and guest appearances from nearly a dozen local and national comic writers and industry figures. The daylong event is free…

Can a graphic novel help us understand the dark decade of the 1940s? In Spain, Carlos Gimenez’s “Paracuellos,” as early as the 1970s, brought to light the silenced experiences of the postwar Francoist era. More recently, Jose Pablo Garcia has adapted the works of historian Paul Preston on the Spanish Civil War and Franco into…