Hello Bookmarked readers! It’s Emily again, here to share some quick book news between getting all my work and shopping done for the Christmas holiday. I hope everyone in similar positions this holiday season is getting things done on time, so you can enjoy some downtime if you have it. As Paige said last week, it’s…
All Good Things Must Come to An End: WWAC Reviews Dream Daddy 5
Welcome back for our last installment of WWAC Reviews the Oni Press Dream Daddy series! Issue #5 is the last issue in the series, written by Josh Trujillo with art by D.J. Kirkland. In this review we talk about the issue, the strengths of the series, and what we would want if (fingers crossed) the…
A Walk Through Hell Limping to Nowhere
A Walk Through Hell Vol. 1 Garth Ennis (Writer), Goran Sudzuka (Artist), Ive Svorcina (Colorist), Rob Steen (Letterer) Aftershock Comics November 28, 2018 Gentle spoilers below. When A Walk Through Hell #1 (Garth Ennis, Goran Sudžuka) was released back in June, my excitement for a modern horror comic quickly turned to half-hearted hopes. Maybe the…
Gantz Omnibus Vol. 2: Good Story, But Outdated Sensibilities
Gantz Omnibus Volume 2 Hiroya Oku (Writer and Artist), Studio Cutie (Letters), Matthew Johnson (Translation) Dark Horse Comics 19 December, 2018 The mysterious Gantz, a metallic sphere with the ability to duplicate people into a netherworld upon their death, has sent his ‘soldiers’ on a new mission. Somewhere in Tokyo, a group of Tanaka aliens…
Brother Nash: A Supernatural Adventure Full of All the Things Bridgit Connell Loves
Pegged as “American Gods meets Teen Wolf and Hellboy on the midnight road to Sacramento!” Bridgit Connell’s Brother Nash is a supernatural adventure that follows a highway trucker who can speak to ghosts, helping them along their path in the afterlife. When the moon is full, Nashoba’s dark and ancient secret emerges. This is far more than a…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, December ’18
It’s December! Gifts, snow, general frigid cheer! Regressive discourse and bizarre gimmicky marketing choices! Want to pick up some gimmick-free books that will absolutely not be published by the holidays? Look no further! (And listen, any of these still make great gifts. Just… send the recipient a card or an IOU or something.)
Across the Ocean: Izneo Pubwatch December
Welcome to the first ever Izneo Pubwatch! Izneo is a digital comic book reading service and features books by European comics publishers, often translated into English, as well as graphic novels from the United States. The website is available in Dutch, English, and French. If you haven’t visited Izeno’s website yet, you’re in for a…
Presenting the Nominees for the 2019 Bookmarked Awesome Awards
Best of 2018 lists are popping up all over the internet. Whether or not we agree with everything on those lists, we’re sure those lists missed a few of the best (and not so best) things that went on in the book industry this year. Here are our list of nominees for the Bookmarked Awesome…
Presenting the Nominees for the 2019 WWAC Awesome Awards
While everyone is putting together their best of list for 2018, we want to do something a little different with the return of our Awesome Awards. There are many, many comics we loved this year, and you’ll get to read about those, but the comic industry isn’t just about the comics we read. There have…
[EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW] The Mignola-verse’s Crimson Lotus #2
Assassin, witch, enemy of Lobster Johnson, and mother to Ben, Yumiko Daimio’s history is steeped in dark magic and blood, beginning with the ghastly murder of her father during the Russo-Japanese War. One of the three Mignola-verse titles announced at Comic-Con earlier this year, Crimson Lotus is a five-part mini series from Dark Horse Comics. Written…
Previously, in Comics: Help Me, Comics is Dyyyyyyyiiiiiiing!
Although this week could not escape a touch of ignominy, positive news abounded in the comicsphere. It traveled around the globe before crash-landing in Arizona, leaving a host of announcements in its wake. (Content warning: There are links to and discussion of sexual assault, emotional abuse, and mental abuse in this week’s news under the…
The Wedding Issue: Johnny Storm and “Alicia Masters”
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?” no debate gets comic fans more heated than the question of whether or not superheroes should marry. In this mini-feature, former Bride Rebecca Henely-Weiss and Bride-to-Be Kayleigh Hearn take a trip down memory lane to the most significant times comic companies took the plunge and got their…