Why was Christopher Priest nearly written out of comics history?

The slacker auteur reinvents himself.

Revisiting the 2006 masterpiece.

By the 1990s, the timeline of most superhero comics dipped back nearly 30 years, and beloved characters were saddled with impenetrable backstories and middle-age. Ultimate Marvel made Spider Man, X-Men, and the rest teens in the present day, rejuvenating the industry and setting the stage for Marvel’s string of hit films.

Academics are convinced it’s an intelligent satire.

Meet Mark Millar, the brains behind our era’s most violent, ingenious comics.

A Southland Tales fanboy goes down the rabbit hole with the movie’s director.