Uncanny X-Men #111 Terry Austin, (Inks), John Byrne (Pencils), Chris Claremont (Writer) Tom Orzechowski (Letters), Mary Titus (colors) Marvel Comics June 10, 1978 There are simply too many X-Men comics.
Poltergeist Girls, Part 1: The Exorcist and Regan’s Rebellion
After she foolishly plays with a Ouija board, an innocent and cheerful early-adolescent girl begins showing a distinct change in personality. Her behaviour becomes strange, even sinister. Before long, she is the focal point of apparently supernatural phenomena: objects around her are moved by unseen forces, while her body undergoes hideous transformations. All the time…
Fluid, Urgent, and Sensual, Isadora Sings with Life
Isadora Julie Birmant (writer); Clement Oubreie (artist) SelfMadeHero September 17th, 2019 Isadora is a beautifully drawn and elegant erotic graphic novel for adults which does a fantastic job reimagining the life of the famous dancer, Isadora Duncan, who both conceptualized modern dance and led a colorful, storied life. From the loss of her two children…
The White Trees #2 Broke Me by Going Brokeback Mountain
The White Trees #2 Kris Anka (line art), Aditya Bidikar (letter art), Shanna Matuszak (production artist), Matt Wilson (color art), Chip Zdarsky (script) Image Comics September 25th, 2019 This review contains mild spoilers for The White Trees #2. So, I called it. In my review of The White Trees #1 I predicted I was going…
Insta Made Me Read It: Random Chat & The Croaking
Insta Made Me Read It is a column zoned in on the webtoons that get repped by the official Instagram account of Line Webtoon. I think it’s interesting and telling which titles get real support from the platform, and what that tells us about the target audience for this tremendously successful comics app. Random Chat…
Last Week’s Episode: The Folly of Men
Somewhat light news week (at least for me, a person who did not attend NYCC), which is good because all the real news this week has already given me an immense headache. This week, there’s more gay space rocks in your future, David Simon stands by his man, and Marvel hires another symmetrical white man.
Dead Legends #1 Wants to Test Your Might
Dead Legends #1 Ryan Ferrier (letterer), James Maddox (writer), Gavin Smith (artist) A Wave Blue World October 9, 2019 Descending a long staircase buried deep in a lush forest, competitors bring their medallions to the registration table, marking their names to become part of the Dead Legends fighting tournament. Winners become legends. Losers become, well, dead…
The Nib: An Outstanding Series
At the Ignatz Awards this year, The Nib’s print magazine won the prestigious award for Outstanding Series, and both the Death issue (published September 2018) and the Family issue (published January 2019) were individually nominated in the category Outstanding Anthology. They were both strong contenders for the prize, as they offered a wide range of…
Apocalyptic Blues (and Pinks, and Oranges) in Ben Passmore’s DAYGLOAYHOLE
DAYGLOAYHOLE # 1-3 Ben Passmore Silver Sprocket 2018-2019 In Ben Passmore’s Ignatz-nominated DAYGLOAYHOLE, the apocalypse has already happened. Cities are destroyed, people incinerated … it’s a bad time. But of course it wouldn’t be any kind of time without someone to interpret it, bringing us to the bespectacled and underwear-clad Ben. Passmore’s partial self-insert, Ben is…
Sex, Murder, and Ambition Abound in BOOM!’s Bury the Lede
Bury the Lede Jillian Crab (designer), Gaby Dunn (writer, creator), Mike Fiorentino (letterer), Miquel Muerto (colourist), Dafna Pleban (editor), Claire Roe (illustrator) BOOM! Studios October 2, 2019 Bury the Lede is BOOM! Studios’ debut in the publisher’s new focus on adult, original content. Given the studios’ big titles such as Giant Days and Lumberjanes, Bury…
The Princess of Clèves: A Lively Retelling of a Classic Tale
The Princess of Clèves Claire Bouilhac (Writer), Cromatik Ltd (Letters), Madame de La Fayette (Writer), Marie-Anne Didierjean (Colours), Mercedes Claire Gilliom (Translation), Valérie Michaux (Colours), Catel Muller (Writer and Artist) Dargaud (French), Europe Comics (English) 18 September, 2019 Madame de La Fayette’s classic story The Princess of Clèves is given new life as a graphic novel for…
