Hey! This piece took me six hours to write because I kept reading all the links, previews, and webcomics attached to this month’s incredibly good projects. I had other things to do today! What I’m saying, of course, is that this month’s collection of bio comics, wacky shorts, modern folklore, and trope-flipping collections are absolutely…
Beasts of Burden: The Presence of Jill Thompson
The multiple Eisner Award-winning Beasts of Burden is back, with original artist and co-creator, Jill Thompson once again joining writer Evan Dorkin on the first book of a new two-part series from Dark Horse Comics. Originally published in 2003 as a short story in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, Dorkin described the pitch as a…
Previously on Comics: Warren Ellis’ Comics Train, CrossGen, and Representation
I am one of the many people who helped crash online ticket purchasing for Avengers: Endgame tickets, but I’m happy to report that my gang of comic book club folks all have our tickets and have resisted the temptation to sell them on eBay. While Endgame ticket sales and speculation dominated a lot of the…