Hey everybody, it’s your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor, with news updates from the past couple of weeks. A lot’s been happening, and not all of it is great. Not to start on a downer, but we lost some industry greats recently. Chris ‘Chance’ Brown shared the news that veteran artist Ramona Fradon had passed away…
Previously on comics: Deadpool, Pedro Pascal, and Farewells
Good morning, I hope the weekend has treated you well. The news this week is a mixed bunch so please be cautious as you make your way through it. I mean it starts off fine but it takes a pretty sharp turn half way.
REVIEW: Fantastic Four Forgoes Foursome For Forties Fun
Fantastic Four titles have had a tumultuous decade or so, and it’s enough to make even a diehard F4 fan wary. Fortunately, I’m not one of those, so I jumped right in!
REVIEW: Fantastic Four Life Story #2 and Miss Representation
Marvel’s Life Story books re-contextualize Marvel’s most well-known characters as evolving and aging in “real-time” throughout their history. And for the Fantastic Four, this comes as a celebration of their 60th anniversary. A look back at their story throughout the decades seems like an excellent way to celebrate this milestone, but the memory of the…
REVIEW: Fantastic Four Life Stories #1 Takes Us Into the Space Race
Fantastic Four: Life Story #1: The ‘60s is a warm and adventuresome celebration of Marvel’s first family – and is a worthy retelling of the team’s storied history.
Is He Warm Enough?
Often time, female characters get to wear tiny clothing to show off their figure, while the men have to keep their muscular bulk covered up. Comics are rife with displays of reverse sexism like this, but every now and then, we get moments, or even entire characters, who get to break the mould. But skimpy…
All We Ever Look For: Orphans & Adoption in Fantastic Four
CW for mentions of child abuse What is it that sets Fantastic Four apart from other team books? Though the roster rotates slightly throughout the years as characters move in and out of each other’s lives, everybody knows the Fantastic Four will always be Susan Storm, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm & Ben Grimm. This consistency…
REVIEW: Fantastic Four: Road Trip is Goopy, Gory and Mordantly Funny
Body parts fall off and tempers fray in Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1, a mind-melting freakout of a comic that’s heavy on body horror and camaraderie, but not much else.
Previously on Comics: Unfuck Your Habitat
Hello again, faithful readers. It’s been awhile. And yet, looking at the news from the past week, it’s like nothing’s changed. Some white male creators who have long overstayed their tenure in comics are still out there slotting and harassing people–but then there’s good shit too. Some weeks there’s a little more of column A…
REVIEW: X-Men vs. Fantastic Four #4, or, How To Let Kate and Rachel Down
So, here we are, at the end of it all. After three months, Marvel finally released X-Men/Fantastic Four #4 and…well, it’s fair to say that it was everything that we had hoped it wouldn’t be.
Leaning on the Closet Door: X-Men+Fantastic Four and Trans Allegory
Content Warnings: Suicide, Depression, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Anti-Trans Legislation, Murder
Marvels Snapshots Fantastic Four #1: It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To
Marvels Snapshots #1 is the first issue in a new anthology series curated by Kurt Busiek in the style of the 1994 hit series Marvels, featuring tales from the Marvel universe told through the eyes of ordinary people. In the case of its first Fantastic Four issue — and second issue total — that story…
