Why I Love Superheroes

I welled up when I saw this cover by Skottie Young. This was actually released last week (and the image has been available for a while), but I missed it then. This is why I love superheroes: their ability to inspire people to stand up for themselves and others; to refuse to accept bad events as inevitable and unchangeable. (And yeah, there's the obvious standing up against tyrranny and oppression that's pretty defining for Captain America, but I see more here.) I especially love the “nerdy” boy, wide-eyed, looking at his Captain America book on the ground. This other boy has already been inspired directly by Cap, and now this boy — who's probably delegated comics and superheroes in the realm of pure fantasy and escapism — is inspired by him being a hero and standing up for the little guy. Such a powerful image.

Weekly Previews for July 6, 2011

I guess not getting into the summer events (though I'm still a bit on the fence with Flashpoint) means there are hardly any interesting books to look at. There's absolutely nothing coming out this week that I'd been keeping my eye on (since Jonathan Hickman's new Image book The Red Wing seems to be delayed — it's not in my shops new releases listing for this week, anyway). Still, there are a few books of interest that slipped under my radar (partly because almost all are from smaller publishers and two are more kid-oriented). Read on and see what they are.

Weekly Previews for March 23, 2011

It's Tuesday — Previews time! Quite a batch of books this week: the penultimate issue of Angel, the second issue of Batman Incorporated this month, and the première issue of FF. Read on and enjoy.