Back after a lengthy hiatus, Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos discusses being ‘outed' as a comics fan and his take on the fan favorite Scott Pilgrim series.

With an impending TV series that follows real pirate hunters hunting real pirates, Gabe Bullard ponders Terry and the Pirates and the need to redefine our fictional swashbucklers.

Eddie Argos attempts to survive a transatlantic flight armed with nothing but a couple issues of Radical Comics' futuristic racing epic Freedom Formula: Ghost of the Wasteland. The results aren't pretty.

The recording of Art Brut's new album kept Eddie Argos a bit too busy to read comics over the last few months, but he's back with a new favorite: Emmanuel Guibert's unique soldier's memoir, Alan's War.

This week's best bets include Jeff Smith's latest, a Warren Ellis finale, and one of Marvel's most under-rated titles.

Three works to check out this week include a new work by David Lapham, a classic by John Byrne, and the return of an indie stalwart after more than a decade.

Comics Editor Jason Green takes a look at the three most interesting releases due in stores this week. This time out: Phonogram 2: The Singles Club #1, One Pound Gospel Vol. 4, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1.

Art Brut singer Eddie Argos turns the tables on a fellow rocker with a look at My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way's Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, plus a look at the DC Comics Encyclopedia.

Life as a rock star doesn't leave much time for readin', so this time out, Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos has time for just one comic book: Booster Gold #13. (Yeah, him again.)

Better late than never, Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos returns with another dispatch, this time tackling DC's new Mexican hero Blue Beetle and the "indescribably good" Y: The Last Man.

Facing the lengthy international flight to the States, this week Eddie Argos digs into Frank Miller and Jim Lee's controversial All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder and the classic Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire run on Justice League International.

This week, Eddie Argos takes a look at a batch of titles from indie publisher Top Shelf: Alex Robinson's Too Cool to be Forgotten and Jeff Lemire's Essex County series. Who knew comics about farming, hockey, and high school could have such appeal to an unabashed superhero fan?

Fresh from seeing The Dark Knight, Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos turns his eye to Batman with a look at three very different takes on Gotham's caped crusader.

Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos returns to chat comics once again, this week covering a comic he's embarrassed to buy (the TV spin-off Angel: After the Fall) and a pleasant surprise (Ed Brubaker's Captain America).

Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! Eddie Argos, frontman for the British band Art Brut, joins the PLAYBACK:stl staff to talk comics in this new regular column. His first time out, Argos takes aim at Wanted and discusses one of his current favourites, DC's Booster Gold.

In the final essay in our celebration of the 70th anniversary of Action Comics #1, Comics Editor Jason Green explores Superman's mild-mannered alter ego Clark Kent, and how a storyline revolving around the human side of the Last Son of Krypton forever changed his view of the character.

A special Saturday treat in our celebration of the Man of Steel's birthday, as Byron Kerman writes a poem from the perspective of Superman's twisted, backwards doppelganger, Bizarro.

As our celebration of the Man of Steel's 70th continues, Jared Vandergriff explores the stories that take place outside of the world of Superman's monthly comic, featuring alternate futures, "what if?" scenarios, and tales that strip the character back to basics.

Continuing our tribute to the Man of Steel, Greg O'Driscoll ponders Superman's many illegitimate offspring: the knock-offs, parodies, and imitators inspired by the original superhero.

In our next feature celebrating the 70th birthday of the Man of Tomorrow, Steve Higgins tells how Alan Moore's historic Superman swansong started him on a quest and changed the way he looked at comic books.