Today’s links. Sit, have a good read.

COMICS

Authors, editors, comics artists and more on their “Desert Island Graphic Novels” via SF Signal.

Essay from PopMatters writer Matt Derman — a well-argued piece on Scott Snyder’s pre-New 52 Batman run. If you like the sounds of what Derman discusses here, I’d strongly recommend Batman: The Black Mirror. Michael Stewart, also at PopMatters, has a 2011 piece here on the issue that concludes the story at the center of The Black Mirror (beware of spoilers therein, however).

Lengthy look at “oft-studied literary figure” Frankenstein over the years, DC comics style at Sequart.

At Thirteen Minutes, Justin Giampaoli continues to crank out deep pieces on Brian Wood’s ‘The Massive.’

On sci-fi comic ‘Snowpiercer’ and its unique “refusal to adhere to any of its predecessors’ conventions.”

Author and Boing Boing writer Cory Doctorow on Ray Fawkes’s graphic novel One Soul — includes preview.

Cannon, a collection of work from legendary comics artist Wally Wood via Fantagraphics, looks pretty amazing.

FILM

Science fiction writer Greg Egan on Her at MIT Technology Review. Egan’s piece is capped with a lovely illustration from comics artist R Kikuo Johnson.

I, Frankenstein is “a machine-tooled franchise-starter, series-ready, and prepped to storm any medium,” writes The Dissolve’s Tasha Robinson.

David Denby at The New Yorker on American Hustle — I’d quibble for days with the idea of identifying it as a comedy, but otherwise, dead-on. Really glad I caught this in the theater. (Links to The New Yorker here are generally going to be late. The magazines pile up on my desk, and I catch up when I can!)