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Spotlights are essays, columns, editorials and feature articles on comic books covering a variety of topics and opinions.
The spotlight section of ComicBookBin was an original feature at the site from the beginning before news and reviews took over. I refer to this section as comic-related punditry. Punditry is quite frequent and popular in comics with anyone having something to say about the comics we enjoy. The advent of blogs in the early 2000s also fed this kind of news feature which is different than other types of news.
In journalism, there are three main types of news (Ross 2005). There is reported news, that is news reports that focuses on sharing facts with the public. That would be a news article reporting on a new comic book project. Then, there is explained news.
Explained news goes into greater depth and does not have the same time restraint that reported news has. These are features and analysis about topics, or investigative journalism projects, like an in-depth article studying the office politics at a comic book publisher over several months.
Finally, there commented news. Commented news ads the subjective voice of the journalist to a news article. Blogs and reviews are part of commented news. At the Bin, commented news has dominated, followed by reported news, and then, explained news.
The Spotlight feature at ComicBookBin corresponds mostly with explained news with a large helping of commented news which appears in the various columns that Bin writers have had over the years.
Hervé St-Louis, PhD, March 12, 2022
Last Updated: July 2, 2026 - 07:01
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December 31, 2025 - 10:36
This is another example of a comic taking a back seat to other media in the cultural zeitgeist.
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December 2, 2025 - 21:48
This is a response to @angelmanson's video's, "Superheroes are kinda gay."
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June 14, 2025 - 14:07
Three gay friends become roommates. They are platonic friends living in a vibrant gay town with lots of adventure in the gay community.
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February 6, 2025 - 00:28
Introduction to games, toys, & the articulated action figure.
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August 28, 2024 - 09:48
Que peut-on dire de la langue et de la société kryptoniennes ? Article rédigé pour mes étudiants du 7CMM110 Histoire des médias
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August 28, 2024 - 09:46
Bref article écrit pour mes étudiants du 7CMM110 de l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi pour leurs notes de révision.
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June 25, 2022 - 19:15
König has explored homosexuality in many previous comics using a style closer to classic cartooning and parody than realism.
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April 2, 2022 - 18:15
There came a time when seven of the best gunslingers in the West banded together to rescue the Earp brothers captive of the evil Cristo, the Rawhide Kid’s arch nemesis.
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March 20, 2022 - 17:24
Cartoons are not supposed to be complimentary, nice, proper, wholesome, and deferential. @CartoonKayfabe @edpiskor @jimruggart
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February 4, 2022 - 16:49
Maus joins an illustrious list of banned books such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice and Men, A Farewell to Arms, On the Origin of Species, and many more.
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December 23, 2021 - 18:41
Not reloaded, not revolutionary, and not a reboot, but oh so good.
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March 31, 2021 - 00:36
In this article, I attempt to map and rank the most important North American comics of the 1980s
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July 11, 2020 - 14:20
Any excuse to bring #GodLovesManKills back into print is a worthy one, especially now. Even if the expansion is a story frame rather than an expansion.
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June 13, 2020 - 21:10
Writer Dennis O’Neil born on May 3, 1939, died on June 11th, 2020 of natural causes.
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May 9, 2020 - 12:49
I feel no attachment to the pre-pandemic world of comics.
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March 9, 2020 - 15:11
The Purple Smurfs story teaches us that the infection can be stalled when hygienic measures are taken to kill the infecting pathogen.
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January 5, 2020 - 01:25
Are Feitherans and Manhawks the same specie? And what about Bird-Boy?
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September 2, 2019 - 18:44
What do you do when the local venue shuts?
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March 14, 2019 - 20:25
It's because of Milton Caniff, Alex Toth, and Hugo Pratt
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July 7, 2018 - 16:22
I questioned the utility of writing this article, as to best commemorate Ditko, little should be said about his passing and his work.
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February 19, 2018 - 09:52
@disney @BlackGirlNerds @Lupita_Nyongo @theblackpanther @Kevfeige @chadwickboseman @BlackComicsChat why won't @marvel speak to this Black-owned comic news site?
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September 27, 2017 - 02:35
Brief article written for my University of Toronto CCT109 students for their review notes.
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September 1, 2017 - 18:16
A monologue that I started on Twitter on August 28, 2017 after having exchanged with another Twitter user with different views
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August 7, 2017 - 18:23
Minus the well meant, but creepy, ending..."Independence Day" is a good story despite what your liberal friends might think.
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May 9, 2017 - 22:20
Is social justice back or is Marvel bi-polar politically, or is all this just a brilliant re-branding?
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April 8, 2017 - 18:37
The progressive era is over at Marvel Comics.
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March 15, 2017 - 23:14
A moving, violent, and poignant film.
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November 9, 2016 - 23:20
Enough Americans still believe we are stronger together and in the audacity of hope to truly make America great.
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October 5, 2016 - 18:09
@blackmaskstudio @brettgurewitz @steveniles @pizzolo tell the story of a world where only Blacks have powers
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September 6, 2016 - 11:11
Hey @augiedb ! Comics journalism is not dead. It is changing.
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June 5, 2016 - 19:35
The Post-Crisis (or Gen X, as I call him) Returns.
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May 24, 2016 - 14:08
A critical analysis of ComiXology unlimited #comicmarket
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May 23, 2016 - 00:20
Cult favorite Vertigo Comics series Preacher finally makes it debut, but does it do the original comic book series justice?
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May 19, 2016 - 09:15
The reaction transgressing Transformers have is closer to the hardship felt by transgender folks in our society
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April 6, 2016 - 15:49
Which one is better or is more valuable or legitimate for comic book art? #makingcomics #makecomics
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April 5, 2016 - 15:30
RSS feeds are the easiest way to keep abreast of updates from a Web comic, a blog or a news site like ComicBookBin
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March 13, 2016 - 04:45
Should you quit your day job to make comics?
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March 1, 2016 - 12:20
Should I go to art school to learn comics or not?
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February 20, 2016 - 09:45
Should I redraw older comics?
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February 19, 2016 - 22:36
Am I in trouble if my comic has the name of an existing record store?
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