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DC Vertigo Writer Joshua Dysart Talks Politics, Comics, and The Unknown Soldier

Bryan Young | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Bryan Young

The new Unknown Soldier books paint a vivid picture of a civilization coming undone by the indignities of war.

Stephen Colbert to Play The Riddler? The Momentum Builds!

2morrowknight | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


2morrowknight

Deep in your heart, you know Colbert's got the complete package of comic timing, creativity, audacity, and that indefinable "it" to pull off a portrayal of such a multi-layered villain.

Riddle Me This: Why Not Let Stephen Colbert Play the Riddler?

2morrowknight | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment


2morrowknight

The Riddler is intellectually curious, wickedly funny, and relentlessly creative -- all of the things I would associate with Stephen Colbert. Add in the usual debauchery, mischief and shenanigans and Colbert could really pull it off.

Huff Post Review: Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

The newest DC Animated Universe feature, Green Lantern: First Flight, is a well-acted and crisply directed science fiction action adventure.

Review: Watchmen (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 04.04.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

The production is handsome, the acting is exceptional, and the special effects are mostly effective. But, at the end of the day, Watchmen is not an exciting story.

Blu Ray Review: Wonder Woman (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

Exciting, funny, violent as hell, and displaying an almost angry feminist streak, Wonder Woman succeeds so well as a definitive origin story that it almost renders the eventual live-action movie a moot point.

Watchmen: Who's Watching The Watchmen?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Based on one of the most collected and memorable comic book runs in history, the movie Watchmen tries to be all things cosmic and ambiguously moral to all of us.

Exclusive: MAD Magazine's Dumbest Person of 2008

Bryan Young | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment


Bryan Young

As promised in my revelation last week, the usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine have allowed me to exclusively unveil to Huffington Post readers...

An Exclusive Look at MAD Magazine's Worst of 2008 List

Bryan Young | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media


Bryan Young

Now that the election is over and all of the other more reputable magazines are having a stab at their 10, 20, 50, 100 or 1000 best and worst of 2008 lists, MAD just had to follow suit.

Batman R.I.P.? I Doubt it.

Bryan Young | Posted 12.31.2008 | Entertainment


Bryan Young

Bruce Wayne is part of the formula that makes the Batman franchise successful. Yes, he's had people fill in under the cape and cowl with mixed results, but he was always back in the mantle soon enough.

Review: Jonathan Ames' The Alcoholic (Plus a Huffington Post Exclusive Look at Monica Lewinsky's Cameo)

Bryan Young | Posted 10.23.2008 | Entertainment


Bryan Young

This is a graphic novel of a literary caliber and tells a very sad, sweet story of a writer finding himself.

Exclusive: MAD Magazine's Election Coverage, Sarah Palin Edition

Bryan Young | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media


Bryan Young

The usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine have once again offered Huffington Post readers the first look at some of their political coverage from the new issue.

Tom Cruise Eyes Comic Book "Sleeper"

Reuters | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment


As Tom Cruise writes the next chapter in his career, he's developing an interest in comic-book movies. With filmmaker Sam Raimi, the actor is setting...

Robert Downey Jr On "The Dark Knight": "Fuck DC Comics"

Moviehole.com | Posted 09.17.2008 | Entertainment


Robert Downey Jr gave a lengthy interview, promoting his hilarious turn in "Tropic Thunder," to moviehole.net. Later in the interview, via a discussio...

Rainbow Flags at Comic-Con

Jonathan Handel | Posted 09.06.2008 | Entertainment


Jonathan Handel

Although Prism's "only" five years old, it's an outgrowth of a group founded about 20 years ago, at the time of the first Comic-Con panel on gays and comics.

Did This Knight Have To Be So Dark?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.01.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

With The Dark Knight, we get such a boundary-breaking piece of pulp whose noir is so effective that, we most likely will see comic books and their relative movie and TV franchises adopt an even darker tone.

My First Comic Con

Michelle Kung | Posted 04.28.2008 | Entertainment


Michelle Kung

This past weekend, I experienced my first New York Comic Con and am a better geek for it.