Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!
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Today we’re talking The Nightly News
- How does Hickman’s comics debut hold up 15 years later?
- How does Hickman use design and infographics to invigorate a cynical, violent, often muddled story?
- Does a comic about violence against the media work in 2022? How has the changing cultural landscape changed those implications?
The Nightly News is:
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Everything: Jonathan Hickman
Publisher: Image
Referenced interviews:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210126103611/https://www.cbr.com/mad-as-hell-hickman-talks-the-nightly-news/
Schedule:
January 2022 – The Nightly News
February 2022 – Pax Romana
March 2022 – Transhuman
April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars
May 2022 – The Red Wing
June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects
July 2022 – Secret
August 2022 – God is Dead
August/Sept 2022 – East of West
October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead
November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders
December 2022 – Decorum
December 2022 – 3W3M