Invisible Kingdom #1 Christian Ward (art/coloring), G. Willow Wilson (writing) Dark Horse Comics March 20, 2019 Remember ODY-C? What an interesting book. Honestly, I’m bringing that up just to get it out of the way; Christian Ward, the artist on ODY-C, is also the artist here, this is also a sci-fi book, and he’s working…
Book Beat: New Boston Bookstore and Baltimore Mayor’s Book Troubles
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to Book Beat! This is your editor Paige, helping out the crew on news coverage this week. Thankfully, things have a been pretty chill these last few days, so this update will be pretty short. Consider it a nice little break from all the usual mayhem in the publishing industry,…
Rick and Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons Rolls Out Something Surprisingly Insightful
Rick and Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons Troy Little (artist), Patrick Rothfuss (writer), Jim Zub (writer), March 12, 2019 Oni Press “The world’s greatest role-playing game. Reality’s most dysfunctional family. What could go wrong?”
A Little Magical Girl Ultra Violence: A Review of Magical Beatdown Vol. 1 & 2
Magical Beatdown Volume 1 & 2 Jenn Woodall (Art & Words) Silver Sprocket With a longsword, a baseball bat studded in nails, and her trustworthy bloodthirsty motorbike, Jenn Woodall’s eye-patched magical vigilante combats harassment from scumbags with style all while paying homage to classic magical girl manga with her zines published by Silver Sprocket, Magical Beatdown…
Jungle Girls: Lions and Tigers and Bare Midriffs, Oh My!
Jungle Girls Various (writers/artists), Mitch Maglio and Craig Yoe (editors), Dr. Sheena Howard (introduction) Yoe Books/IDW February 12 2019 Imagine an archetypal comic hero, and you will likely picture some combination of spandex, a cape, external underpants, and a nifty set of superpowers. But for past generations, this would not necessarily have been the case….
Bells Will Ring For WWE Then. Now. Forever.
WWE Then. Now. Forever. Volume 3 Andy Belanger, Ryan Ferrier, Derek Freidlofs, Aaron Gillespie, Bill Hanstock, Tini Howard, Michael Kingston, Julian May, Kevin Panetta, Lan Pitts, Brent Schoonover, Andrew Stott (Writing); Andy Belanger, Dozerdraws, Jake Elphick, Derek Friedlofs, Kendall Goode, Hyeonjin Kim, Rodrigo Lorenzo, Carlos Magno, Michel Mulipola, Brent Schoonover, Dominike “Domino” Stanton (Art); Jim…
Young Justice #4: A Confusingly Laid Out Story
Young Justice #4 Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Patrick Gleason (artist), Wes Abbott (letters), Josh Reed (letters), Alejandro Sanchez (colours), Alex Sinclair (colours), John Timms (artist) DC Comics April 3, 2019 Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, along with Robin, Wonder Girl, Teen Lantern, and Ginny Hex, have been captured and placed in an unescapable dungeon. Fortunately, Young…
We’re Queer and Here because of Alison Bechdel: A Review of Alison Bechdel: Conversations
Alison Bechdel: Conversations Rachel R. Martin (Editor) University Press of Mississippi October 18, 2018 Where do we need to go, and how far have we come? This, perhaps, is the question a good, earnest reader would ask when diving into Rachel R. Martin’s Alison Bechdel: Conversations, a collection of interviews with the queer comics legend….
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup March ’19
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…
Seeing Surrealism in Comics
I started researching Surrealism, more specifically Women Surrealists, over ten years ago, writing both my M.A. dissertation and then my PhD thesis on the subject. I have a particular interest with Surrealism’s connections to the female body, fashion, and magic/alchemy/witchcraft, but the movement is wide and its influence felt in many places. As a result,…
