Crave #1 teased an erotic thriller with a technological twist. Maria Llovett’s second issue follows through on this promise while leaving readers chomping at the bit for whatever is next. Fans of Llovett expect the artist to explore sinful themes with evocative, sensual art, and Llovett does just this with an erotic thriller for the digital age.
REVIEW: Love is a Battlefield in Love Everlasting Vol. 1
You know the story. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy loses girl. Girl runs away. Girl is shot dead by a mysterious cowboy. Girl wakes up in a new house, with a new life, and a new boy. Wait, what?
Previously On Comics: Some William Messner-Love
Good morning, folks! I’m poking my head out of the morass of college courses to put in some time on the Previously beat. Let’s talk about comics, huh? Technically the week before last, but recent enough to matter; Bill Messner-Loebs, one-time high-profile comics scribe with titles like The Flash and Wonder Woman under his belt, not to mention dialogue…
REVIEW: Starsigns #1 An Astronomical and Astrological Anomaly
Where was Rana Fawaaz when the zodiac constellations disappeared from the sky? The mystery of the missing stars unfolds in Saladin Ahmed, Megan Levens, and Kelly Fitzpatrick’s Starsigns #1, from Image Comics.
REVIEW: Phantom Road #1 Hits the Highway with a Well-Paced Start
The American open road is haunted. We know this. Jeff Lemire and Gabriel H. Walta know this too. If you’ve spent any time on a highway late at night in the states, when the lamps and the headlights start to burn, you can’t help but feel something is with you out there. And it’s not…
REVIEW: Do a Powerbomb! Puts a Headlock on Grief
Do a Powerbomb! is a heartbreaking, heart-gladdening, sharp-edged sweetheart of a wrestling comic that goes on an epic journey while exploring the cycle of grief.
WWAC’s Favorite Big Press Comics of 2022
2022 was a wild ride for comic book fans, taking readers from the center of the Earth to mutant cities on Mars. Narrowing down our favorite big press comics of the year was a monumental task, but with help from Laila Starr and Nubia, Queen of the Amazons, we were up to the challenge. Just…
PREVIEW: All Against All Makes For Some AAA Sci-Fi
Are you in the market for some top-grade science fiction? All Against All presents a future tale of humanity long after Earth, as a tended species under the care of aliens known as the Operators. We’re proud to present for you a preview of the first issue, featuring fantastic writing and some incredible art. I’ve had…
REVIEW: Newburn #1 Introduces Us to Comics’ Newest Hard-Boiled Detective
Who, what, when, where, why, and how? The world of Newburn gets into the gritty details of these questions in its premiere issue. Writer Chip Zdarsky’s time on the main Daredevil title ends this month after a run since 2019, and Newburn is his newest book that might satisfy fans of his looking for another…
Previously on Comics: Image Comic Book Workers Are Forming a Union — Here’s How You Can Help
Hello again! I am sure that there were some things happening in comics last week other than the Image Comics staff forming a union, but I don’t remember because I was following the story about Image Comics staff forming a union all last week. So today, I’m going to recap some of the talking points…
Previously On Comics
Now I don’t know if I’m very lucky and the (comics) world just chooses to be very well behaved on the weeks I am assigned to write the news or if it thinks wow we should all wait until someone with a bit more sense is writing before we do something that requires analysis. Either…