While we've had to wait a long time for the comic book genre to be as dominant on the small screen as it is on the big screen, we've seen such a thing start to happen in the last few years.
Netflix are owning things - mostly - when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and DC have maintained a presence on TV thanks to the efforts of The CW. Even Image have gotten in on the act, having set the trend with 2010's The Walking Dead and going one step further with several planned adaptations now in the works.
While there have been both hits and misses (some more glaring than others), one cannot deny the level of quality that's on TV right now. It's a great time to be a comic book fan, and with even more shows debuting and returning in 2018, it's clear that the good times aren't on their way out yet. Better yet, TV shows years in the making are finally dropping this year, making it an especially important one as far as the genre is concerned.
With efforts both animated and live-action, costumed and not, comic book TV series are here to stay. Here are the shows to keep an eye on this year.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
