Jonathan Hickman has done the unimaginable: he has made me want to care about the X-Men again. I’m walking into House of X with a healthy dose of cynicism, but this feeling of burgeoning hope is something I have not felt in a long time. I worried that I’d continue on a path of clinging to…
The Girl in the Bay Resurfaces in a New Trade
Brutally attacked and thrown into Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay, 17-year-old Kathy Sartori’s life seems to be over, but she survives, struggling to the shore where she discovers that it’s no longer 1969. Fifty years have passed and someone has lived her entire life in her place. Dealing with her double and her attacker and the dark entity…
Monthly Marvel Muster: What Is, What Was, What Never Will Be
Welcome to the August edition of the Monthly Marvel Muster. This month we have a passel of new ongoings spinning out of War of the Realms, two universes’ worth of summer Annuals, and the tragic tale of the Summer Special that almost was.
DC PUBWATCH – August 2019 Edition
The only big news of this month’s DC Pubwatch is that G. Willow Wilson is leaving Wonder Woman with October’s issue #81, giving us four more issues under her pen. Set to replace her for at least a six issue arc is Steve Orlando, who wrote issues #51-55 of the series before Wilson came on….
Riverdale Season 3 #5: A Tempered Finale to a Mixed Series
Riverdale Season 3 #5 ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ Micol Ostow (Writer), Thomas Pitilli (Artist), Andre Skymanowicz (Colours), John Workman (Letters) ‘Into the Wild’ Janice Chiang (Letters), Joe Eisma (Artist), Matt Herms (Colours), Micol Ostow (Writer) Archie Comics 31 July, 2019 Riverdale Season 3 #5 marks the end of this limited series tie-in with The CW…
Last Weeks’ Episode: But Doctor
Tuesday feels like a fake day so Wednesday is always creeping up on me! This week we got a ton of Disney news (just like the rest of our lives), Titans, and Hollywood racism, and a financial scheme!
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Has War, Demons, and a Suspicious Podcast
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Volume 2: Hidden Human History Enrica Eren Angiolini (colours), Jody Houser (writer), Roberta Ingranata (artist), Sarah Jacobs (letters), John Roshell (letters), Viviana Spinelli (colours), Rachel Stott (Artist) Titan Comics, BBC 28 August, 2019 The Tardis takes the Doctor and her companions Yaz, Ryan, and Graham to the 1500s, at the…
Killers #2: Superninja Against Superninja!
Killers #2 Fernando Dagnino (Artist), B Clay Moore (Writer), Jeff Powell (Letters), José Villarrubia (Colours) Valiant Comics 28 August, 2019 Last we saw of Desdemona Rush, a.k.a. Ninja-G, she was being thrown out a window by Roger Thorpe, a.k.a. Ninja-J. She survives and goes on the hunt for reinforcements, namely Raleigh Brewster, aka Ninja-F, a…
Plotting A Course With The Necromancer’s Map
Songs for the Dead introduced us to Bethany, a young minstrel and necromancer who tries to use her dark powers to bring light to the world. Followed by cute, undead animals and accompanied by a warrior who makes more dead bodies than Bethany could ever think to raise, their story now continues in The Necromancer’s…
Kingdom Has Great Production Values, But Little Else
Kingdom Shinsuke Sato (director), Tsutomu Kuroiwa, Shinsuke Sato and Yasuhisa Hara (screenplay), Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto, Masami Nagasawa, Kanata Hongō and Takao Osawa (cast) Sony Pictures Japan/Funimation Films April 19, 2019 (international)/2020 America In ancient China, two orphaned slaves, Li Xin and Piao, dream of becoming the world’s greatest generals. They train each…
Shannon Hale’s Best Friends is an Unintentionally Helpful Guidebook for Parents of Preteens
Best Friends Shannon Hale (writer), LeUyen Pham (illustrator), Hilary Sycamore (colourist) First Second August 27, 2019 Shannon Hale’s Best Friends is a graphic memoir of her elementary school experiences. The sequel to 2017’s Real Friends, it covers everything from body image issues to crushes, and all the emotional turmoil in between that is the life of…
Sweet Valley High: Academic All-Star? Brings Back Twinning
Sweet Valley High: Academic All-Star? Pippa Mather (colors), Devaki Neogi (art), Cardinal Rae (letters), Katy Rex (writer) July 31st, 2019 Dynamite Comics The young adult book series Sweet Valley High hit a peak of popularity in the ’80s and ’90s that made the soapy, wild adventures of the Wakefield twins inescapable for folks of a…
