(I’m going to try my best to limit the use of superlatives here but in all likelihood, this write-up will seem biased. But then again, I’m the kind of Batman fan you’d stay away from - the kind that owns all the landmark graphic novels, books his ticket a month in advance, queues up at [...]

- From Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor

Christopher Nolan’s follow up to the brilliant Batman Begins, The Dark Knight is well over half a year away from hitting the cinemas but the first trailer (apart from the teaser) made it’s way online via one of the zillion viral sites promoting the film. The last time I watched a trailer so many times [...]

If you don’t like the story your culture is writing, it’s not enough to rail against it or say you don’t subscribe to it. You have the obligation to be writing your own story– To be a contributing author of your own culture.
This is exactly what David Mack seems to be doing through his groundbreaking [...]

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There comes a time when even gods must die.

I think I was in the 3rd grade when the front page of Malayala Manorama (yes, that one) carried the news of Superman being killed off in the comics. Years later I read the landmark The Death of Superman, World Without a Superman, and the [...]

Zodiac (2007): David Fincher

A masterpiece of mood. The film follows the aftermath of the Zodiac Killings of 1960 in North California and is based on the non fiction book, Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith (played by Jake Gyllenhall).
Technically outstanding, the film has a unique feel to it, thanks mainly to the fact that David Fincher [...]

Written by Darren Aronofsky
Illustrated by Kent Williams

Life isn’t life without death. 

In 2002, Darren Aronofsky wanted to make a film on immortality and love but ran into production problems. Unperturbed, he decided to go on but in a different medium; the graphic novel. (Yet, he would later be able to turn an altered version of his [...]

 
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This is the kind of cinema that needs to be made and seen more often; the kind that ellicits thought and emotion and incites debate.
A History of Violence is an intense and thought provoking study on the nature of violence. Tom Stall, the protagonist is thrown into a situation that forces him to unleash a [...]

Disclaimer: I enjoy reading both Sartre and Superman.
How exactly does one critique somebody’s work? Do you base it on what a large sample section of the public felt (or is bound to feel) or do you look for an intrinsic artistic value?
When the Da Vinci Code came out, it was acclaimed beyond comprehension. The literati [...]

There hasn’t really been a great Batman comic since 2005’s Hush which was mainly thanks to Jim Lee’s amazing artwork and there hasn’t been a powerful Batman story teller like Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns remains one of the best Batman books ever; say what you want).
 
What happens when you team up Jim Lee [...]