Expectations for the second installment of any series are always high after a successful pilot. This is true for Superman and Superman II, as well as for Superman ‘78, which falls chronologically in between the two.
Archie Comics Pubwatch: September 2021
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of September! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock ‘lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In this month’s Archie Comics Pubwatch, Big Ethel Energy launches on WebToons, Dan Parent has a Kevin Keller Kickstarter running, and much more!
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: September 2021
The crisp air, the fields full of apples and pumpkins, the return of school buses on your daily commute . . . it’s fall, y’all! This month, we take a look at the new Hard Case Crime title Gun Honey and check in with Max and Chloe in the finale of Life is Strange: Coming…
REVIEW: X-CORP #5 – What’s in a Name?
Fenris and Noblesse have teamed up to destroy X-CORP and steal mutant pharmaceutical secrets. Oh nooooo!
REVIEW: Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 Aims for the Stars and Lands in Eternia
Annual issues usually feature one long story, but are you willing to pay full price for a Guardians of the Galaxy annual about Hercules — featuring the backstory of The Prince of Power — and the sixth part of a continuing Nick Fury story? As good as the writing and art are, the whole enterprise…
TIFF 2021 Reviews: Genre Films Round-Up
TIFF 2021 featured numerous films from a variety of genres, including science-fiction, thrillers, documentaries, and animation. We round up the genre films from the festival that we loved.
TIFF 2021 Reviews: Drama Films Round-Up
There were a host of dramatic films at TIFF 2021. While many of the films tugged at our heartstrings, some didn’t quite hit the mark. We review a selection of international dramas from the festival.
Eisner-Winning Menopause: A Comic Treatment Works to Destigmatize
Edited by MK Czerwiec, a comics creator and educator, and with contributions from educators, healthcare workers, researchers, and artists, including the likes of Lynda Barry, Ellen Forney, Joyce Farmer, Carol Tyler, and Mimi Pond, Menopause: A Comic Treatment is a poignant and much-needed anthology on a subject that is still largely stigmatized and absent from…
Boom! Comics PUBWATCH: September 2021
The Boom Pubwatch is back baby! And things are booming in 2021 at this top publisher for creator-owned comics. (Sorry, I swear that’s the only time I’ll make that joke. I needed to get it out of my system.) Earlier this year Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR broke industry records and continued to be a top-selling book….
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Upright Women Wanted/Come Tumbling Down
Welcome back to another installment of WWAC’s series discussing the prose finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards. Having covered the Best Short Story and Best Novelette category, it is now time to start on Best Novella with a look at Sarah Gailey’s Upright Women Wanted and Seanan McGuire’s Come Tumbling Down…
REVIEW: Humor and Genre Playfulness Elevate Black’s Myth #2
I enjoyed issue one of Black’s Myth, but I’m glad to say that issue two elevated the story from fun but somewhat unremarkable noir to something that feels truly exciting.
Possessive #1: A Confused Haunted House Romance
Pitched as an off-beat horror rom-com, Possessive is a three-part series from Zenescope that boasts a team-up between writers Hans Rodionoff (Lovecraft, Lost Boys: The Thirst) and Adam F. Goldberg (ABC’s The Goldbergs). It follows the burgeoning romance between failed artist and abject loser Todd and the ghastly specter haunting his recently purchased fixer-upper, whose…