Comics

The storytelling method of bringing word to picture is built on the idea that anything that can be drawn can be believed. It is one of the few places where the fantastical is expected, the envelope is begging to be pushed.

And, in its pompous self-seriousness, incoherent narrative and utter lack of depth, the film succeeds — in being tragically bad.

May's an exciting time for many reaons, one of them being Free Comic Book Day. Here's why you should go to a comic shop on the first Saturday of May!

Image Comics is easily the best publisher in the business (sorry, DC and Marvel), maintaining a consistently excellent output of independent, creator-owned titles.

As is to be expected of an arts journalist, I have never been one to quietly consume media. But it’s a different breed of fan altogether who invests time, money and often blood, sweat and tears into conventions.

There’s something incredibly powerful about watching a superheroine goddess be trained to save the world by a battalion of badass women.