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Perhaps no comic book writer has been more influential and highly venerated as British author Alan Moore. Widely considered to be one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, comic book authors in history, Moore has redefined the limits and expectations of the medium. He began working in underground British magazines like 2000AD and Warrior where he [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Everyone has secrets. But while they may be terribly embarrassing or humiliating to the people who keep them buried year after year, their exposure rarely makes a ripple beyond the outer boundaries of their lives. But people aren’t the only ones who carry secrets. Powerful institutions like governments and business also sometimes have information they [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Originally popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, the term “MacGuffin” refers to the object in a movie that drives the action. In most cases, what the MacGuffin actually is irrelevant. It exists solely to get the characters moving and drive the plot forward. The only real requirement is that it must be something people are willing to [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
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What is film noir? Are they films about hard boiled detectives and seductive femme fatales? Are they about troubled heroes with soiled pasts that keep catching up with them? Are they all about black and white chiaroscuro lighting, dark offices with light shining in through the blinds, and cigarette smoke that takes on a life [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 12:01 am
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As one of the most influential directors of all time, many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films have become permanent classics of the cinema. Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and The Birds are just some of his most popular titles. Audiences all over the world know his movies, but few people know just how many [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
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I have been fascinated with the concept of antiheroes since I was ten years old and Han Solo shot first. Good guys are not supposed to do bad things, good guys are supposed to be just and noble and always do what is right, yet Han Solo far and away was the much cooler character [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Comics · Tagged alan moore, anti hero, anti-heroes, Antihero, Batman, Bolan, Bruce Banner, comic book characters, comic books, comics, D.C., Dave Gibbon, dc comics, Deadpool, Detective, Dungeons & Dragons, Executioner, Fiction, Frank Castle, Frank Miller, Garth Ennis, Gotham City, graphic novel, Hulk, Illuminati, Iron Man, James Rhodes, John Constantine, Las Vegas, Luke Skywalker, marvel comics, Marvel Universe, Namor, Nevada, Norman Osborn, prison psychiatrist, Punisher, Rob Liefeld, Rorschach, Salvation Run, super heroes, super villains, Superhero, superhero uniform, The Rings, Thomas Stockel, Tony Stark, top 10 antiheroes, TopTenz, United States, villains, Wade Wilson, Walter Kovacs, Wolverine, x-men
