Comic Books
Vox’s coverage of all things comics, from comic books themselves to movies based on them.
The new season looks bloody good.
While raunchy humor and cynicism have become Deadpool’s trademark characteristics, he also represents something unique to comic books.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Flash aren’t as different as you think.
Fire up your streaming platform of choice and get comfy. You have TV to watch.
A ton of potential, a ton of problems.
Marvel has to figure out what it wants to do.
Including a Polynesian Disney princess and the latest indie horror flick with great reviews.
Check out all of our lists of the best 2015 stuff.
It and The Far Side both closed up shop in 1995. But their legacies live on.
Need recommendations? Last-second gift ideas? Head out to your local bookstore with these in mind.
It wasn’t easy to pick just 12, but here are the best comic books of 2015.
The comic strip is so much deeper than the cutesy characters you see on greeting cards.
Totally Awesome Hulk is a gorgeous, fun, new beginning for the character.
Lower stakes, better villains, and three other reasons.
Jessica Jones isn’t about being a superhero. Her story is about being human.
Monstress isn’t afraid to be political.
One of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel universe has come out as a gay man.
In an era of gloom and doom, Huck is a joyful throwback.
“A big part of the job is looking for the worst in people…”
Is [spoiler] really dead?
Also: new dates for Black Panther and Captain Marvel.
This show wants to make nerds giddy.
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang have created something magical.
Alphas was a great superhero show. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. could be even better.
Saying goodbye is hard to do.
Meet Lash, the mysterious, chest-busting villain in the season premiere of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Inhumans are a big part of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this season and are going to be a huge part of the Marvel Universe.
Jessica Jones debuts on Netflix in November.
Old favorites are back, and new series grab our attention
There’s also a new animated film from the Eternal Sunshine writer and a Michael Moore documentary to anticipate.
An incredible writer gets to fulfill his childhood dream.
They were always more fun, anyway.
From low-rated (but excellent) cable dramas to some of TV’s biggest hits, this fall has something for everyone
In July, I started teaching comics at Berlin’s Emergency Refugee Center. The work of Syrian refugees in my class has taught me things I never would have known about the crisis.
There’s something magical in Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox’s Plutona.
“Hop on the welfare wagon,” says the Last Son of Krypton.
Ike Perlmutter helped save Marvel. Now he’s seen as the man who’s holding it back.
Counter-programming still works, China loves The Terminator, and 7 other important things to know.
A huge part of Kirby’s legacy was diversity in comic books — a fight that’s still being fought today.