Happy almost summer everyone! I, for one, can’t wait until the weather gets a little bit nicer and I can sit outside for hours with my stack of books and comics. This past month, while I’ve still be stuck inside I’ve been trying to catch up on a few new to me BOOM! series like…
4 Reasons to Love Andy Kubert’s X-Men Covers
When Andy Kubert took over the reins on X-Men and Uncanny X-Men during my ’90s comic collecting days, I developed a love-hate relationship with his artwork. I was always frustrated by the same face syndrome he displayed in his art and by his weirdly disproportionate appendages, with knees that seemed to take up far more…
The Vampyre’s Legacy, Part 5: Enter Count Dracula
The 1890s were a bountiful decade for vampire literature. This was the period that saw the publication of James Maclaren Cobban’s Master of his Fate (1890), E. E. Baldwin’s The Strange Story of Dr. Senex (1891), Cora Lin Daniels’ Sardia (1891), Julien Gordon’s Vampires (1891), Florence Marryat’s The Blood of the Vampire (1897), and Thaddeus…
Gotham: The Batman Series We Wanted, or the One We Deserved?
Fox’s Gotham has come to an end after an abrupt cancellation in 2018 that was overturned. The popularity of Gotham granted it one final, albeit curtailed, season that turned out to be a fitting end to a show that didn’t always hit its mark, though not for lack of trying.
Greg Pak Wants to Help You Make Comics
Earlier last year, comic writer and movie director Greg Pak took to Twitter to share his experience and expertise regarding writing comic book scripts. To his surprise, the tweet garnered almost half a million clicks. Clearly, there’s a hunger for this kind of information. The response to the 2018 Twitter thread blew Pak’s mind, he told…
Previously On Comics: Women Are (Again/Still) Being Harrassed
We start with some mixed news: last week, it was revealed that eight of the eleven defendants in the Cody Pickrodt case have been dismissed [Content Warning], leaving only Whit Taylor, Hazel Newlevant, and Morgan Pielli. While that’s good, this was largely on a technicality; those eight were outside of New York jurisdiction. The other three could…
Twenty Years of Padme Deserving Better
It was 2003 and I sat in the backseat of my aunt and uncle’s minivan watching Attack of the Clones with my cousins. The movie played on the car’s DVD player, making the action smaller than normal. I’d seen the movie before and at this point in the story, Padme and Anakin are trying not…
Book Beat: Women in Comedy Writing, Chapbooks and Badly Behaving Authors
Happy Thursday book lovers! Welcome back to Book Beat. It’s been a busy few weeks for me, your editor Christa. I went on and survived my first conference/business trip since breaking my ankle, and it was a great success. While busy, it was great to be back out and chatting with people about all things…
Feeling the Fits and Starts in Annie Mok’s Orgasm Addict
Orgasm Addict Annie Mok Typeface by Marian Churchland Self-published 2019 Orgasm Addict, described as “A Comic Book Mixtape,” exists in the space between the dreamy, spellbinding lyrics of our favorite songs and the hurried bustle of a life pulled in many directions. Artist and author Annie Mok takes care in putting protagonist Sally Silverhaze in…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: May 2019
April showers bring May flowers, and much is in bloom at Titan Comics.
Last Week’s Episode: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorant Avian Lawyers
Just here to say that the likelihood of continued Birdman jokes in the headline is extremely high. Today we have a gay rat, Pikachu, and some nostalgia (always).
Red Sonja and Vampirella Meet Betty and Veronica #1: The Team-Up I Didn’t Know I Wanted
Red Sonja and Vampirella meet Betty and Veronica #1 Vinicius Andrade (Colours), Amy Chu (Writer), Maria Sanapo (Artist), Taylor Esposito (Letters) Dynamite Comics 5 May, 2019 Red Sonja and Vampirella are in Riverdale hunting down the Cult of Chaos, old enemies who have turned their evil intentions on Riverdale High. The new biology teacher is…