It’s been a long time since a Spider-Man comic has brought me such sheer unbridled joy that I just want to climb to the top of every mountain and make sure anybody who calls themselves...
Mark Ginocchio
Mark Ginocchio is a professional writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. He's been collecting Amazing Spider-Man comic books since the late-1980s and launched Chasing Amazing in 2011 as a way to tell his story about Spider-Man, comics, collecting and everything else in-between. You also find Mark's writing at Comics Should Be Good at Comic Book Resources, WhatCulture.com and Longbox Graveyard. Follow him on Twitter for comic book chat @ChasingASMBlog.
Posts By Mark Ginocchio
The second part of my Walking Dead series has been posted on the fantastic Sequart Research & Literacy's Organization's web site today ( aka, Sequart.org ). In this piece I focus on Walking Dead's second...
In honor of Independence Day, I thought it was appropriate to discuss Amazing Spider-Man #325, a David Michelinie/Todd McFarlane issue that was one of the few instances I can think of where Spider-Man’s patriotism and...
Today's "Gimmick or Good" column for CBR's Comics Should Be Good focuses on what many consider to be one of the worst comics of all-time: Rob Liefeld's Youngblood #1 . This comic was the flagship...
Finally, after more than six months of not having a single new comic book featuring Peter Parker as Spider-Man, I have to dip into a Wolverine title of all places to find flesh-and-blood, old-school, wise-cracking...
Since its inception, the Superior Spider-Man reading experience can best be compared with reading the Amazing Spider-Man series while wearing darkly-tinted glasses. Despite lifelong supervillain Doctor Octopus serving as the titular “hero,” the series still...
For my Gimmick or Good column at CBR's Comics Should Be Good blog, I've already talked about the "Death of Superman" and the "Breaking of the Bat" arcs, that saw the (temporary) ends of two...
Origin stories have long been the bread and butter of superhero comics. Traditionally, a character’s origins are explained in the issue where he makes his first appearance (Spider-Man/Peter Parker’s in Amazing Fantasy #15, Doctor Octopus...
I'm thrilled to announce that my most recent post for the fantastic comic book site, Longbox Graveyard , "Best Frenemies Forever" about the love/hate relationship between Spider-Man and the Human Torch, has been "Freshly Pressed"...
The first in a series of posts I'm working on about the Walking Dead comic book series was published on Sequart Research & Literacy Organization's site today . In these posts, I look at individual...