I think it can be said without the ruffling of many feathers that “comics are art.” Still, one of the biggest philosophical issues we as a society tend to run into, much like Wile E. Coyote when he crashes headfirst into a stone slab he thought was a tunnel, is the question “what is art…
The Comics Classroom: Re-Birth Part 2
Perhaps one of the most interesting facets of the human mind is our ability to twist one thing into another, i.e. we tend to misunderstand what we think will be a desired trait until we actually get it. Thus, we twist said gift into a curse. One of the overriding things man has sought to…
The Comics Classroom: Re-Birth Part 1
One of the beauties about the human species is that, regardless of our beliefs in the next world, we tend to universally understand that once we die… we are gone. With the exception of the x/zombie idea, almost no mythological system has existed that predicates a way for us to return as we were. Humans,…
A Letter from The Comics Classroom
This article might seem different from the ones posted previously. My hope as the creator of the content that fills this space on the Comicosity website is that you, dear reader, have material to think about while you read of colorful people in underwear with their varied powers. Comics have changed so much from when…
The Comics Classroom: Heart of Steel
At Comic-Con this year, which wrapped up its last geek-laden booth of treasures two weeks ago, it was announced by Joss Whedon what villain would be appearing in the Avengers 2 film. The villain will be so vital, in fact, that its name will be a part of the new film’s title. This villain is…
The Comics Classroom: The Power of Continuity
As a comic reading community, we are now approximately two years into the launch of the ‘New 52’ initiative. For those who might now know, the New 52 design idea was a series of steps taken by DC Comics in August/September of 2011. The re-launch of 52 comics in the DC line was aimed to…