It’s September, the start of spooky-season, and it’s time to talk about BOOM!. BOOM! and their sub-pubs, KaBOOM!, BOOM! Box, and Archaia. What are they doing? Let’s take a looksee. As parent-company, BOOM! are pretty good about colour-coordinating the bulk of their weekly title covers. Do they do this on purpose? I’m not really sure….
On Dream Daddy, Authenticity, and Games by Queer Creators
The pitch for the Dream Daddy dating simulator was simple: play as a queer daddy who gets to romance other, much hotter, queer daddies.
OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Is Cute But Not Great Yet
OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Ian Jones-Quartey (creator), John Pham (art director), Toby Jones (supervising director) Stephanie Nadolny, Courtenay Taylor, Ashly Burch, Ian Jones-Quartey, David Herman, Kate Flannery, Chris Niosi, Jim Cummings, Melissa Fahn, Robbie Daymond, Kari Wahlgren (cast) August 1, 2017 (US) It starts with a friendly intro evocative of the Pokemon cartoon theme,…
Two Takes on Legend of Korra: Turf Wars
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Vol. 1 Michael Dante DiMartino (Writer), Irene Koh (Artist), Vivian Ng (Colorist), Nate Piekos of Blambot (Letterer) Dark Horse Comics August 8, 2017
Book Beat: 19 Years Later and Other New Beginnings
Hello all! Hope you’re all doing well. I’m currently battling a cold that I got from a con (as teased here), so what better thing for me to do than read while I’m resting up? Other than sleep, I mean. This week’s book news seems pretty dispiriting, but at times like these I notice that life…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: September 2017 Week One
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Whiplash time! We go from a…
Surreal Classrooms: The Academic Hour
The Academic Hour Keren Katz Secret Acres The Academic Hour, according to the book jacket, is a series of vignettes about the romance between Pothel, an architecture professor now banned from teaching architecture, and his student Liana. I am not convinced of this. The first hint that this comic is not actually a romance appears…
Variant Covers 101
Variant covers! Those exciting, colourful often “rare” comic book covers that we all love (to hate). But what are variant covers? Why do they exist? Why does your local comic shop not have the one by your absolute favourite artist? And what does their existence mean in the greater comic book landscape? Here’s my primer…
Get Your Game On: Before the Storm, Destiny 2, Switch Indie Games
Happy Wednesday! What have you been playing recently? I started Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and am enjoying the banter between Chloe and Nadine and the familiar wall-climbing, rope-throwing gameplay. Let us know in the comments or on Twitter what games you’re playing, as well as upcoming games you’re looking forward to! Here are some of…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything for September 6
Welcome back to Rebirth Roundup, as the tikes head back to school and we go to history class! Lots of books this week have things rooted in past eras, be it Shade and Doom Patrol pulling from previous series or Chuck Dixon being stuck in the nineties. Royalty this week goes to Shade the Changing…
SSFX Film Festival Is Finding The Humanity In Sounds From Space
The SSFX Film Festival has a compelling concept: the festival showcases several short films inspired by–and featuring–sounds from space. The festival is part of an astronomy and physics project at Queen Mary University of London, where sounds from space have been recorded. Dr Martin Archer, festival director and space physicist, tells the audience all about…
Direct Currents: DC Discussion for August
Welcome to Direct Currents, where Annie Blitzen and Cori McCreery will talk about the month that was for DC Comics. Since this is our first column, we thought we’d let you get to know us first. Cori has been reading DC Comics since Superman died in 1992. Her favorite characters are Supergirl and the various…