Welcome to Inside Astro City, a column focusing on the Vertigo Comics series Astro City from Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Alex Ross! Each month, we’ll take a look at the current issue of the series, and ask series writer Kurt Busiek questions about the book. This month, Steeljack’s story wraps up, but is it a happy ending? It’s Inside Astro City #34!
Author: Matthew Peterson
Matthew Peterson
Once upon a time, there was a young nerd from the Midwest, who loved Matter-Eater Lad and the McKenzie Brothers... If pop culture were a maze, Matthew would be the Minotaur at its center. Were it a mall, he'd be the Food Court. Were it a parking lot, he’d be the distant Cart Corral where the weird kids gather to smoke, but that’s not important right now... Matthew enjoys body surfing (so long as the bodies are fresh), writing in the third person, and dark-eyed women. Amongst his weaponry are such diverse elements as: Fear! Surprise! Ruthless efficiency! An almost fanatical devotion to pop culture! And a nice red uniform.
Given the option to choose your own “next incarnation,” would you wish to look old or young?
Which series would you rank as the best recent cartoon series?
Bruce Lee died in 1973. Or, at least, that’s what THEY want you to believe… Your Major Spoilers review of Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises #2 awaits!
Which pop-culture mom is the best fictional parent of them all?
That Black Widow’s checkered past is being used to blackmail her into doing the bidding of a mysterious figure in the shadows. Can she break his hold over her before the worst occurs? Your Major Spoilers review of Black Widow #3 awaits!
“Captain America: Civil War” brings several new players into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but one of them hasn’t had four movie origins since 2002… Allow us to introduce you to The Black Panther! Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Fantastic Four #52 awaits!
Are you willing to accept the ascension of the Inhumans to prominence in the Marvel Universe?
Alien parasites have flooded a small town, and bad things are about to happen… Your Major Spoilers review of Bloodlines #2 awaits!
Which pop-culture dish would you choose as your perfect breakfast?
Which pop-culture thing would your hypothetical aunt only know as That Thing You Love?
Which hero best fits the nebulous role of ‘Marvel’s Wonder Woman?’
Which single moment, character or storyline would you immediately remove from canon, given the power to choose?
Some might say that the world is a chessboard, to which I respond by quoting the sage advice of prog-rock group, Yes: “Don’t surround yourself with yourself! Move on back a square!” I don’t really know what it means, but that’s cool, ’cause the news is captured for my queen to use. (Doot doot doot doot doot doot doot da-doot!) Welcome to Ten Things!