Every superhero has an origin story. But most people will probably go their whole life without being bombarded by gamma rays or bitten by a mutant spider. What if superpowers could originate from something a little closer to home, like say, from our own health and the ways that we treat it? This is the…
REVIEW: Exploring Life’s Cycles of Activity and Rest with the Seed and Sickle Oracle
Fez Inkwright, in addition to being Liminal 11’s head designer, was already my favorite author from the Liminal 11 catalog—her twin books Folk Magic and Healing and Botanical Curses and Poisons were both favorites of mine, showcasing both her exquisite botanical drawings and her deep knowledge of plant folklore. So naturally I was anxiously anticipating…
REVIEW: Mystical Medleys Is a Delightful Marriage of Tarot & 1930s Cartoons
I’m always surprised by the creative ideas people theme tarot decks around. Liminal 11’s latest release, Mystical Medleys: A Vintage Cartoon Tarot is a great example of that. A playful deck meant for fans of antique cartoons like Betty Boop and Steamboat Willie, it’s a concept that’s niche enough to cater to a very specific…
Patreon Exclusive: Revisiting the MCU’s Blip From a Pandemic Perspective
Our monthly Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. In comics, a crossover event is when something happens that’s so big, the implications from it are felt across the entire shared universe, rather than just a single comic series. People…
A Magical Focus: Meredith Graves Talks Kickstarter’s New Magic & Divination Section
In an exciting move for witches, oracles and occultists alike, Kickstarter recently announced and launched their newest section of the site: the Magic & Divination homepage, which compiles all the magic-themed projects—both real and fictional—in one enchanted place. And it makes sense! Kickstarter has become a real home for the magical community, particularly with the…
A Summer Spread from Liminal 11
Liminal 11 is a UK-based publishing company that describes themselves as a “mind, body and spirit publisher” that, to me, has become almost synonymous with tarot. I’m an avid tarot reader who has been hungrily collecting all of the Liminal 11 decks since their very first, the first edition of the Luna Sol Tarot in…
The White Numen Tarot Taps Into The Primal Energy Of Sacred Animals
I have come to look forward to all the tarot releases from Liminal 11, and White Numen was absolutely no exception. I liked everything about it even before it came out—an interesting theme focused on sacred animals, beautiful art by talented Spanish artist AlbaBG, a particularly exciting special limited edition version. Combined with the quality…
A Marriage of Literacy & Tarot: A Chat With Brink Literacy Project CEO Dani Hedlund
If there was ever a tarot deck that was designed for avid readers, the Literary Tarot is it. This deck, which is being published by the Brink Literacy Project, aims to seamlessly marry classic and modern literature in an innovative way. Each of the traditional 78 tarot cards represents a piece of classic literature which shares…
REVIEW: The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook Serves Up Distressingly On-Point, But Hilarious, Political Satire
“What if everything the right thought about the left was real?” That’s the driving premise behind The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook, the latest from The Nib’s own Mattie Lubchansky. To be honest, the premise puzzled me a little at first. On the one hand, I’m automatically a bit wary of anything that might end up being…
Visible: Trans Creator Spotlight on #TransDayofVisibility
For Trans Day of Visibility we wanted to honor a few of our personal favorite trans and nonbinary creators in comics! ( A big thanks to fellow WWAC-er Zainabb Hull for helping to organize this piece)
REVIEW: National Anthem #6 Gives The Killjoys A Sense Of Closure
It has certainly been a wild ride for the Fabulous Killjoys, but all wild rides must eventually come to an end, and theirs was destined to end with an important choice. What are they willing to give up to live the life of a happy family? Is it worth it to be lied to, if…
REVIEW: If I Can Learn “How To Draw Star Wars,” You Can Too!
Let me start off by saying that I am not an artist. When I first agreed to review How To Draw Star Wars, it brought me back to middle school. I remember using “how to draw” books to try to draw anime characters in cool fighting poses, attempting to learn to do figure drawing using…