Outlawed #1, by Ewing, Jacinto, and Grundetjern, is an ambitious one-shot, meant to disrupt the status quo of the Marvel Universe. At least, the status quo for teen superheroes: superheroes whose superpowers don’t quite translate to systemic power.
X-Force #9: Head Like a Hole
My take away from this issue of X-Force is that Domino needs Colossus like she needs a hole in the head.
Artemis and the Assassin #1 Hits the Wrong Target
Nothing captures my attention more in a comic than when creators introduce a strong, competent woman in the first few pages of new series, ass first. Obviously that’s a lie. Well, not exactly. It does capture my attention but for the wrong reasons. It’s a good butt. It’s a butt that the artists drew with…
Helen Mullane on Her Folk Horror Graphic Novel Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen
Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen introduces us to a young, jaded London teen living her typical jaded teen life that is not at all pleased about having to spend her summer in the countryside. When Nissy meets a handsome older man named Reggie, she finds herself drawn to him. Exploring the tumultuous emotions of a…
Tango vols. 1-3: Perfectly Escapist Comics
The Tango series is perfectly escapist comics, with plenty of welcome cinematic parallels. If you want to get away for a minute, and you enjoy spending time with ideas of men, this is a book for you. Compared to aesthetically similar books it’s lighter than The Killer (no philosophical challenges here, though it’s not without…
Death to the Army of Darkness #1 Shows Signs of Life
This latest incarnation of Dynamite’s Army of Darkness comic starts out with a fun and well-characterized bang, with some nifty art to boot.
Random House Book Club Is Extremely Hip
If you want to drink wine and chat with smart enthusiastic people about a buzzy book in an extremely cool lounge, the publisher Random House has your back. Continuing their pattern of innovative New York City event planning after their fun Book Fair for Grownups last fall, Penguin Random House launched a swanky new monthly…
Cable #1 Is Gunning for Greatness
It’d be easy to chalk it up to lowered expectations, but somehow Cable #1 is the best book of the week and that fact is blowing my mind.
New Mutants #9: New Faces, Scary Places
The New Mutants are no stranger to horror as a genre, from classic stories involving hauntings to modern nightmares of the technarchy. In issue #9, the team plunges directly into a young mutant’s fearscape in an attempt to help, but quickly find themselves overwhelmed by the unexpected. New Mutants brings the Dawn of X a…
Previously on Comics: Flattening that Curve
Things are a little strange and unusual right now. Our governments are not on the same page when it comes to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The result is a whole lot of panic and confusion and people still not realizing how serious this is. But this isn’t a time for panic. It’s a time…
Supergirl Tackles Transphobia in “Reality Bytes”
When I saw the trailer for this week’s episode of Supergirl, “Reality Bytes,” I was a little worried about how it would handle the subject matter. While the show has done a fantastic job with how it’s treated Nia Nal and trans-related issues, this subject in particular needs a lot of nuance, so I was concerned…
