Love music? Love horror? Same, which is why I was immediately drawn to Dead Beats, an upcoming comics anthology from A Wave Blue World. Collecting comics from talented creators like Christina “Steenz” Stewart, Daniel Kibblesmith, Rachel Pollack, Ivy Noelle Weir, and Vita Ayala, the anthology celebrates the spooky side of our favorite music genres.
Last Week’s Episode: Too Weird to Live, Too Weird to Get a Movie
It Happened To Me: I listened to Jeremy Renner’s Jeep commercial of a song for a laugh and got it stuck in my head for two straight days. I want this to be a cautionary tale of irony for all of y’all.
Hazel Newlevant’s No Ivy League is a Challenging Read
No Ivy League Hazel Newlevant (writer and artist) Roar (Lion Forge) August 21, 2019 No Ivy League by Hazel Newlevant challenged me as a reader. At the moment of writing this, I am not sure how to feel. I have wrestled with this review for weeks trying to sort out my thoughts. Usually, after reading…
Death Stalks In Archie vs Predator II #1
Archie vs Predator II #1: Revenge Comes to Riverdale Rick Burchett (covers), Alex di Campi (story), Derek Charm (covers), Kelly Fitzpatrick (covers/coloring), Francesco Francavilla (covers), Robert Hack (covers/line art), Wes Hartman (covers), Jack Morelli (line art), Dan Parent (covers), Rosario Tito Peṅa (covers), Billy Tucci (covers) Archie Comics/Dark Horse Comics July 24th, 2019 Archie Comics…
Kripke’s Supernatural Fingerprints Are All Over Amazon’s The Boys
This post contains spoilers for The Boys and the first five seasons of Supernatural. Sometimes you just watch a show because you like the showrunner. As a longtime fan of Eric Kripke, it was Kripke himself, more so than The Boys‘ source material or cast, that motivated me to watch The Boys. (Although, admittedly, I will…
The Avant-Guards Vol. 1: “It’s So Gay and I Love It!”
The Avant-Guards Vol. 1 Ed Dukeshire (letterer), Noah Hayes (illustrator), Rebecca Nalty (colourist), Carly Usdin (writer and creator) BOOM!Box September 4, 2019 Getting my 13-year-old daughter to do more than shrug or mumble an “It was good” when I ask what she thinks of a particular comic is an effort in futility. When she spends…
Dynamite Comics Pubwatch: September 2019
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of September! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
Found in Translation: An Interview with Jennifer McKeon
One of the unique challenges of the manga publishing industry is that of taking a product in the Japanese language and translating it for English-speaking audiences. Translating isn’t just converting one word of vocabulary to another. A good translation starts with a firm foundation of both languages and their idiosyncrasies, and then uses strong creative…
Baen Wins Big at the 2019 Dragon Awards
Tens of thousands of science fiction and fantasy fans gathered at this year’s Dragon Con in Atlanta, which offered its participants a variety of events and attractions. One of these was the fourth iteration of the Dragon Awards, representing science fiction and fantasy across a range of media — the victors being decided with the…
House of X #3: Mothermold, May I Sleep with Danger?
House of X #3 VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Marte Gracia (colorist), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Pepe Larraz (artist), Tom Muller (design) Marvel Comics August 28, 2019 Ah, at last—House of X #3, the halfway point in Hickman, Larraz, and Silva’s twelve-part saga, is a pure evocation of a classic X-Men adventure story. It’s surprisingly straightforward, pressing…
Previously on Comics: Labor Day
Hello again! Today is Labor Day in North America, which makes it kind of ironic that the biggest news this week is that a sexual harasser in comics seems to finally be facing consequences.
Sequential Sartorial: My Hopes and Dreams for a Fashionable Emma Frost
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…