This is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Saga Press July 16, 2019 In Amal El-Mohtar’s and Max Gladstone’s upcoming novella, they answer the age-old question, what happens when a climbing vine falls in love with the Industrial Revolution? What happens when an analog pocket watch falls in love with…
MoCCA Fest Through the Years
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA Fest) has been an annual New York City event since 2002. I have been attending it on and off for well over a decade. My time at the MoCCA Fest this year was dripping with nostalgia. Since that weekend this Spring, I have looked back at…
Alice at Naptime: Peace Within the Chaos of Baby
Nine years ago, Shea Proulx discovered the same thing many parents discover: having a baby often means setting aside your work and creative goals. She also discovered that the tiny, fragile piece of her soul that she’d just produced could shape her creativity into something new. One of many pieces of advice tossed at new…
Previously on Comics: It Has Been 0 Days Since a Comics Creator Put A Foot In Their Mouth
Hello again, Kate here to get into the fun stuff that happened in comics last week. Spoiler: It was not fun. Some cool things were announced, and you can hear about them later, but first: Monday started off with the counter for a comics creator saying something offensive on social media and digging themselves deeper…
Underwhelmed with Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale
Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale Deron Bennett (letterer), Isaac Goodhart (artist), Jeremy Lawson (colourist) and Lauren Myracle (writer) DC Ink (a DC Comics imprint) May 1, 2019 Content Warning for mention and depiction of child abuse. In March 2015, I hosted a Gotham Academy roundtable featuring five book bloggers. We discussed their limited experience with comics,…
Analyzing the Snapture – Where Did The Mets Go?
Avengers: Endgame raised many questions about things like time travel, quantum physics and, compulsory heterosexuality, among other things. But one question from the film has haunted me unlike any other: Where did the Mets go?
Dark Phoenix Lights a Candle for the End of an Era
Dark Phoenix Simon Kinberg (writer & director), Mauro Fiore (cinematographer) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Jessica Chastain (cast) June 7, 2019 Some plot spoilers follow. The X-Men films have spent years apologizing for their despised third installment, X-Men: The Last Stand, which among its sins turned The Dark Phoenix Saga—the…
Dead Kings #5 Finally Rests
Dead Kings #5 Lauren Affe, Thomas Mauer, Steve Orlando, Matthew Dow Smith Aftershock Comics May 29, 2019 For its full five-issue run, Aftershock Comics’ Dead Kings has told a story that’s equally about war and about redemption, and the book’s final issue completes that story with a practically pitch-perfect ending. Set in the fictional Thrice-Nine, the…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: June 2019
June is often the month of celebration of dads, grads, and weddings, and there’s much to celebrate from our friends at Titan Comics.
Last Week’s Episode: Swamp Mess
Hello friends and insomniacs, another week of news is here. We’ve got the skinny on Swamp Thing, X-Men, and more!
Unnatural: Can’t Judge a Pig by Her Covers
Unnatural Volume One: Awakening Unnatural Volume Two: The Hunt Fabio Amelia (letterer), Mirka Andolfo (writer, artist, colourist), Gianluca Papi (assistant colours) Image Comics November 21 2018, April 10, 2019 Sexy anthropomorphized animals isn’t my jam—or at least, I didn’t think it was until I spotted the cover to Unnatural Volume One: Awakening. Mirka Andolfo’s soft,…
Take a Trip Through Time, Space and Afterschool Activities with Jughead’s Time Police #1
Jughead’s Time Police #1 Tyler Boss, Derek Charm, Francesco Francavilla, Robert Hack with Kelly Fitzpatrick, Tracy Yardley (Covers); Derek Charm (Art); Sina Grace (Writing); Matt Herms (Coloring); Jack Morelli (Lettering) Archie Comics June 12th, 2019 The original 1990s version of Jughead’s Time Police was a cult classic in which Jughead Jones, gifted with a magic…
