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…
REVIEW: Botanical Curses and Poisons: A Fascinating History of Sinister Folklore
Have you ever wondered what deadly nightshade tastes like, and how long it would take to kill you? Or why did they decide to call it mistletoe? Or why violets are so commonly displayed at funerals?
REVIEW: Witches of Brooklyn Makes Magic
“Young children don’t perceive reality the way adults do…which gives them real creative freedom…and that freedom can lead to the best kinds of magic.”
Folk Magic and Healing: A Treasure Trove of Botanical Folklore
Folk Magic and Healing: An Unusual History of Everday Plants Fez Inkwright Liminal 11 October 2, 2019 The latest addition to the Liminal 11 catalogue is a new edition of Folk Magic and Healing: An Unusual History of Everyday Plants. Previously self-published by British author and illustrator Fez Inkwright, it’s a book about the folklore…
Plotting A Course With The Necromancer’s Map
Songs for the Dead introduced us to Bethany, a young minstrel and necromancer who tries to use her dark powers to bring light to the world. Followed by cute, undead animals and accompanied by a warrior who makes more dead bodies than Bethany could ever think to raise, their story now continues in The Necromancer’s…
Strange Magic: Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 Veronica and Andy Fish (artists), Jack Morelli (letterer), Kelly Thompson (writer) Archie Comics March 27, 2019 Every teenager has at one point wished they could magically make a mean girl go splat into a big pile of mud, but Sabrina Spellman has that power. She’s a witch, of course—a teenage…
Blackwood: Magical Monster Mayhem
Blackwood Evan Dorkin (Writer), Veronica Fish (Artist), Andy Fish (Artist and Letters) Dark Horse Comics 12 December, 2018 Howard Ogden, Dean of Blackwood College, sits within his cold, dark office writing a note to his friend, Russell Colby. Ogden has hidden secrets from Colby, secrets about the college, about himself, about what he has unwittingly…
Valiant Efforts: Your All-Valiant Monthly Catch-Up
Valiant! PUBWATCH! Put’em together and what do you get? You get the Valiant PUBWATCH, which is where you are now. Exactly where you need to be, my darling. We’ll get onto short reviews of everything Valiant put on the shelves in October, to catch you up should you have missed anything, but as always we…
Dangerous Curves Ahead: Backways #5
Backways #5 Justin Jordan (co-creator, writer), Eleonora Carlini (co-creator, artist), Silvia Tildei (colorist), Marshall Dillon (letterer) Aftershock comics May 2018 In the final installment of its “All the Forgotten Things” arc, Backways answers the question of whether newly-discovered whisperer (someone who can talk to the dead) Anna will rescue her girlfriend Sylvia from the grasp…
Showtime: It’s Magic, There Is No Trick
Showtime Antoine Cossé Breakdown Press September 2017 This comic does such a good job of simulating the wanderings of an engrossed but unanchored mind that is back engineers the relaxation of sensory deprivation into your reading body. Your brain is tricked so thorgouhly into accepting the dream that it does some of the work of…
The Calling of Witchcraft: Witch Movies and Teenage Girls
If you ever hang out with 30-something pagans, you will quickly learn that The Craft (1996) was a lightbulb moment for many of them. When The Craft came out, it had a significant impact on the witch community, because it based the practices in the movie in real life practices. Pat Devin, a Dianic High…
10 Years of Sorcery 101: An interview with Kel McDonald
I ran across Sorcery 101 in its youth. I was reading it back in the aughts until the death of the ancient computer I was using took my bookmarks with it. When the assignment came up, I was pleased to have a chance to revisit a comic I had lost connection with. I believe in…