Day: August 5, 2011

I Wonder What Glenn Beck Will Say

Posted By: Peter DavidPosted On:

When someone points out to him that a new video game later this year, “Spider-Man: Edge of Time” features a future Spider-Man who is ALSO half Latino. I wonder if he’ll try to hang that on either the Obamas or some evil liberal mindset. One can only guess what the reception to Miguel O’Hara would have been if guys like Beck had had the sorts of audiences they have now back in the early 90s.

You remember Miguel. The guy who had organic webshooters a decade before fans started screaming that organic webshooters in the then-upcoming movie version was the most stupid thing they’d ever heard of.

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Comics review: Sandman

Posted By: Peter DavidPosted On:

digresssmlOriginally published September 15, 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1139

At a recent convention, a fan asked me what comics I like to read. I mentioned the usual: Sandman, Cerebus, The Maxx, Sin City, Bone…

But I don’t think he heard me past the first one, because he said, “Sandman?”

I said, “Yeah.”

And he asked, “What’s that about?”

Which actually prompts an interesting meditation, particularly as arguably one of the best comic series that’s ever been published winds to a close. Just what is Sandman about?

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