Hello lovely readers! Welcome to another week of Book Beat, brought to you by your Bookmarked editor, Paige. As we near the end of the year, it’s about time for some self-reflection. You take a good hard look at your year and see all the things that have gone right, what’s maybe gotten a little…
Drawn to the Way “Drawn to Sex” Educates
Drawn to Sex: The Basics Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan Limerance Press November 2018 Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, the creators behind Oh Joy Sex Toy, used Kickstarter to bring their newest book, Drawn to Sex: The Basics, to life. A practical look at sex, Drawn to Sex takes readers through what sex is, how to have…
Sex, Cyborgs, and ’70s Style in Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection
Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection Go Nagai (writer/artist), Zak Davisson (translator), Bambi Eloriaga-Amago and Roland Amago (lettering/retouch) Seven Seas Entertainment August 28, 2018 Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection is a chunky hardcover that reprints Go Nagai’s influential 1970s manga series in its entirety. Cutie Honey was one of the taproots of the magical girl genre,…
X-Men: Red #10: “@#$% You, Humanity”
X-Men: Red #10 Tom Taylor (Writer), Roge Antonio (Artist), Rain Beredo (Colorist), VC’s Cory Petit (Letterer) Marvel Comics November 7, 2018 The penultimate issue of X-Men: Red begins with a curse that every X-Men fan must have uttered at some point: “@#$% you, humanity.” Shockingly, we see Jean Grey, of all mutants, making that explosive…
The Hero Business Season 2: Because Saving the World Means Nothing Without Good PR
Bill Walko is concerned about Spider-Man’s bad press. The webslinger could use a good PR agent, while Donna Troy needs to schedule a meeting with the Origins & Acquisitions Division of The Hero Business. Because if there’s anyone that can whip these heroes’ brands into shape, it’s the marketing team of Morgan Sinclaire, Dr. Eli Malefactor, Simon…
Excelsior! WWAC Says Farewell to an Icon
On Monday, it was announced that Stan Lee had passed away at the age of 95. TMZ broke the news first, with The Hollywood Reporter following up with a detailed obituary. Considering his age and the health and care concerns that had plagued him over the past years, his passing should not come as a…
Valiant High is All That and a Bag of Empanadas
Valiant High Derek Charm (Artist), Daniel Kibblesmith (Writer) Valiant September 5, 2018 Comixology has a 60% off sale on Valiant collections that ends on the 26th of October. In this sale, the Valiant High digital collection is £1.99. That’s 50p an issue. That’s bargain back issue bin prices for one of the best superhero books…
Presenting Dark Horse: October 2018
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to the October installment of Presenting Dark Horse. We’re back with a snazzy new logo (courtesy of our fabulous DC Pubwatcher Cori), some cool new comic reads, and the hottest publisher news that Dark Horse Comics has to warm up these suddenly frigid November nights. This Dark Horse Pubwatch has all…
Seven Books About Food for the Holiday Season
Halloween is behind us, and I’m looking forward to the holiday season ahead. There are so many holidays crammed into the last two months of the year, like Thanksgiving (if you’re American), Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa … The list goes on! And to me, the best part of this season is the food. From baking Christmas…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, November ’18
When this posts, we in the U.S. will have just gone through the 2018 midterm elections and things will either be looking brighter or, well, not. Regardless of the results, it’s been a deeply exhausting month, season, and year, and if you’re like me you’ll definitely be needing some escapism. That said, there will always…
From D&D Cartoon Musings, to Your Next Favourite RPG Story: Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans on DIE
Two years ago, Kieron Gillen asked his friends the question that has plagued many of us for decades: what happened to the kids from the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon? In the 1983 adventure, six kids got onto a fair ride and ended up in the realm of D&D. Their journey continued for three seasons, but was…
My First Comic: Shuri #1
I had planned to write about my first comic—Classic X-Men #3 with that gorgeous picture of Storm, surrounded by what seemed like millions of exciting new heroes for my young, ten-year-old self to discover. But I’ve talked about my love for Storm before, and I’ve gone on and on about Classic X-Men enough. The fact…