It’s August and as of yesterday I am rid of all the packages from my own Kickstarter, which means the website no longer seems to carry malevolent, threatening energy. So let’s take a look a this month’s bounty!
Desiree Rodriguez and the Catalyst Prime Universe Bible
The countdown to Catalyst Prime: Seven Days continues. Despite initial delays, the series will usher in a new superhero universe for Lion Forge in October. Orchestrated by Gail Simone, Catalyst Prime involves heroes like Noble, Summit, and Quincredible, as well as several other people empowered by the catastrophe that occurred in the Free Comic Book…
Powers of X #3: The Case For A New Phoenix
Powers of X #3 VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Marte Gracia (colors), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Tom Muller (design), R.B. Silva (artist) Marvel Comics August 14, 2019 A really great mystery story unlocks in stages. It’s hard to do, but if done well, as in Powers of X #3, you’re left with just enough to work with…
Previously On Comics: Now With Space Fascists
Good news folks, comics ARE for kids again! The Wall Street Journal said so. I think. It’s behind a paywall but from what I can glean they have just now learned that graphics novels that are aimed at younger readers and deal with more sensitive topics such as those by New York Times bestseller list…
Comics and Kink: The Erotica Side Hustle of Superman Co-Creator Joe Shuster
The starving artist is one of the most curiously enduring cultural images of the last four centuries or so. Its Romantic origins established a sense of noble prestige to the cycle of poverty, sacrifice, and professional obscurity in which many artists found themselves in the pursuit of a career. These days, there’s more scorn behind…
Knights Temporal #1 Takes Readers Familiar Places in Unusual Ways
Knights Temporal #1 Cullen Bunn (Writer), Fran Galan (Artist, Cover Artist), Dave Sharpe (Letterer) July 31, 2019 In the first issue of Knights Temporal, a new series from Aftershock Comics, things are not as they seem for Auguste de Riviére, a knight freshly returned from the Crusades who finds himself following a quest for redemption into the…
Weekend Warriors Comics Magazine Wants to Renew Our Faith in Superheroes
While superheroes are so hot right now, the stories that we’re currently seeing tend to fall short of heroic for many. Inside and outside the panels, the fight for representation continues even as diversity is blamed for comics’ downfall. For readers who grew up loving cape comics, it’s disheartening to hear too many creators repeat…
The American Dream? Review: A Road Trip for the Migrant Soul
The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Shing Yin Khor (Writer, Artist, and Colours) Zest Books August 6, 2019 In 2016, Shing Yin Khor took a road trip down Route 66, stopping at the most iconic tourist spots. The trip was to find themselves, and also to mull over the meaning of being…
BOOM! Pubwatch: August 2019
Summer may be starting to wind down, but judging from their upcoming release schedule BOOM! is just getting started. This month was full of new comic announcements and increased buzz for previously announced series. In the News portion of this Pubwatch I’m sharing a couple of announcements, as well as some updates on Something Is…
Insta Made Me Read It: Lore Olympus and Blood-Ink
Last time, we reviewed the comics I’ve seen thanks to promoted Instagram ads: Cursed Princess Club and True Beauty. This time, we begin with another I’ve been seeing regularly through the same paid advertising, Lore Olympus, but I’m also branching out: I’m enjoying CPC and TB so much I’ve followed the webtoons Instagram account, and…
Last Week’s Episode: Cindy Moon Rising
It’s a busy week for nerd news, y’all — Lana Wachowski’s back in the director’s chair and Sony and Marvel are fighting, and that was just yesterday! While I’m forever on Team Kill Peter Parker, More Other Spiders, if you want the deets you gotta dive in.
Dear Justice League, Can I Read Some More?
Dear Justice League Wes Abbott (letterer), Gustavo Duarte (artist), Marcelo Maiolo (colorist), Michael Northrop (writer) DC Zoom (a DC Comics imprint) August 6, 2019 In March 2015, I hosted a Gotham Academy roundtable featuring five book bloggers. We discussed their limited experience with comics, whether the series was great for newbies, and if they would…
