Dennis Hopeless Archive

Spider-Woman #7 is a great example of how it’s easy to forgive a comic for moments of mediocrity when it’s been otherwise consistently delivering a riveting action-packed, character-driven story alongside stunning visuals that match the mood and vibe of the narrative perfectly. In other words, I’m politely saying that

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Readers looking to fill the void  of the recently-cancelled, smartly funny, character-centric Superior Foes of Spider-Man should look no further than what Dennis Hopeless and Javier Rodriguez are putting forward with Spider-Woman. I haven’t touched upon Spider-Woman on Chasing Amazing since the third issue – one that was mainly filled with recycled

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The greatest Spider-Man podcast on the internet is back with one of its interview episodes. Please check out the latest Amazing Spider-Talk and Our Amazing Friends episode and hear the interview Dan Gvozden and I conducted with Dennis Hopeless, writer of the hit new series, Spider-Woman. http://media.blubrry.com/amazingspidertalk/www.dangvozden.com/Podcast/DennisHopelessfixed.m4a Here are

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As pleasantly surprised as I was by the first issue of Robbie Thompson and Stacey Lee’s Silk, I still managed to lob a fairly serious criticism about the series when I mentioned that for all of its nice characterization and quirky art, the book was in serious need of

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Let me pose a philosophical question for you: if Spider-Woman #3 was published and no one read it, would it make any difference on the larger narrative for “Spider-Verse?” Yes boys and girls, cranky Mark is back with another installment of “bemoaning the last three months of my life

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Dennis Hopeless’s take on Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, continues to be the series I believe I have no business liking as much as I do. As I mentioned in my write-up on last month’s Spider-Woman #1, I’ve never been much of a fan of Jessica as a character and always

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Something that long-time comic book fans seem to universally despise is the constant rebooting of series. However, I’ve come to view the New 52s and the Marvel Now’s of the industry as a bit of a necessary evil. Are they sales driven ploys designed to get people to gobble

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