Invisible Woman #1 Joe Caramagna (letterer), Adam Hughes (cover artist), Mattia de Iulis (artist), Mark Waid (writer) Marvel Comics July 10th, 2019 Mark Waid’s run on Fantastic Four with Mike Weiringo was the first I ever read, and it’s still my sentimental favorite. After making the First Family of Comics persona non grata for years,…
Insta Made Me Read It: Cursed Princess Club & True Beauty
Having been spending a lot more time on Instagram, I’ve been seeing a lot of Instagram ads. Some—my favourite—are for excessively dishy dating sim games. Some—the most perplexing—are for bizarre and sexual-looking contraptions selling for minus four dollars on Wish. And some—the ones that have actually caused me to click through and sample that tasty…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup July ’19
After an impromptu vacation borne of a combo work-home move and needing to finalize ordering for my own Kickstarter fulfillment, we’re back! Look no further for the chance to fund exciting issue #1s, snag some fancy webcomic collections, and keep comics institutions in print and publishing. Junior Scientist Power Hour Volume 2 Abby Howard Ends…
Baaaad Muthaz Is Bill Campbell’s Funk-filled Space Romp Dream Come True
James Brown, alligator people, Prince as a deer, and a band of five funky women and a shrp makes for one crazy dream, but that’s where we are with Bill Campbell’s Baaaad Muthaz from Rosarium Publishing. The raunchy, ridiculous, cosmic space adventure follows these pirates-slash-James Brown cover band on an epic romp across the galaxy…
Previously On Comics: Oops! All Quick Hits!
The week before SDCC is always a strange sort of dead space. Too early for big announcements, too late to start anything new, and too busy to cause any high level trouble. But now its been and gone and I know you all are eager for those tasty SDCC exclusives. Unfortunately, I do not have…
Comics Academe: Calls for Action and CFP
It’s been a banner year in Comics Studies, with new series, edited collections, and conferences debuting. And with the growing opportunities come the Calls for Proposals, Calls for Papers, and Calls for Panels.
Vault Comics Pubwatch @ SDCC
Vault Comics started the month off with a celebration of firsts, offering thirteen free comics in the spirit of the July 4th holiday. Download the first issues of Alien Bounty Hunter, Deep Roots, Failsafe, Fearscape, Fissure, Friendo, Heathen, Maxwell’s Demons, Songs for the Dead, Submerged, Vagrant Queen, Wasted Space, and Zojaqan to get a taste…
Riverdale Season 3 #4: Family Intrigues
Riverdale Season 3 #4 ‘Strangers at a Bus Stop’ Micol Ostow (Writer), Thomas Pitilli (Artist), Andre Skymanowicz (Colours), John Workman (Letters) ‘Dead Calm’ Janice Chiang (Letters), Joe Eisma (Artist), Matt Herms (Colours), Micol Ostow (Writer) Archie Comics 26 June, 2019 After a particularly strong third issue focusing on secondary and tertiary characters, Riverdale Season 3…
Last Week’s Episode: Make Like A Tree And #$@& Off
Y’all with the earthquakes and flooding happening I hope you’re all staying safe and cool!!
Vampirella #1: WTF Is Up With Her Clothes?
Vampirella #1: Seduction of the Innocent Frank Cho (Cover A artist), Ergün Gündüz (artist and colourist), Christopher Priest (writer), Willie Schubert (letterer) Dynamite Entertainment July 17, 2019 Fifty years after her introduction, Vampirella is rebooted yet again by Dynamite—though writer Priest promises that this isn’t exactly a reboot. In a CBR interview, he says that…
Sera and the Royal Stars #1: It’s Complicated
Sera and the Royal Stars #1 Raúl Angulo (colorist), Jim Campbell (letterer), Audrey Mok (artist), Jon Tsuei (writer) Vault Comics July 17, 2019 Sera and the Royal Stars gives me super complicated feelings! I’m not usually so bombastic when I start a review, but it does! It’s the story of a princess’ quest in ancient Parsa…
Batman: Rebirth #74: It’s Family Feud!
Batman: Rebirth #74 Jordie Bellaire (colorist), Clayton Cowles (letterer), Mikel Janin (artist), Tom King (writer) DC Comics July 10th 2019 The lead-up to Batman #74 has been a roller coaster of realizations, from Dick Grayson’s brain injury at the hands of KGBeast, to the wedding that never was, to Bane’s slow-burn takeover of Gotham. Possibly…
