Shelly Bond

Podcast: Matt Wagner’s Grendel, the early years

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We couldn’t help it. We weren’t going to read Grendel so soon, but irresistibly drawn to Matt Wagner’s masterpiece. Once he started reading, he couldn’t stop. Klint was soon sucked back into the world of Grendel too. In this episode, we look at: The first appearance of Grendel in Comico Primer issue 2 The original … Read more

Women of the Dark Age of Comic Books

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Jenette Kahn

Women have always played vital roles in the development of comic books. But in the first couple decades after World War II, their role was often in the overlooked aspects of mainstream North American comics, like color (colorists are the most underrated creators in comics!) and the business side (Flo Steinberg, for example). That trend … Read more