In this month’s Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch, the company is finally starting to circulate some of the issues it had intended to release in April, which is an improvement. Unless you read that new Nancy Drew graphic novel they just put out. Welcome to the Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch for the month of June! I’m Lisa, Dynamite…
Remembering Charlee Jacob: Vampires in Reflection
Mihail Baranga, teenage son to a family of circus acrobats, is surrounded by glamour and extravagance. But he yearns for a darker existence: he wants to become a vampire.
Alex de Campi Goes Full Tilt Boogie in a New All Ages Adventure From 2000AD
Soaring off of the pages of 2000AD Regened comes Tee, a resourceful teen bounty hunter/hired help who, along with her grandmother and her cat, takes the spaceship, Full Tilt Boogie, on a sprawling science fiction adventure across the cosmos. Written by Alex de Campi, with art by Eduardo Ocaña and letters by Ellie de Ville,…
Poems to See By Reminded Me of My Love for Poetry
24 classic poems get the graphic novel treatment in Poems to See by—this is poetry like you’ve never envisioned it before. Writer and artist Julian Peters visualizes the words of poets in myriad ways, making this book quite the page-turner.
Last Week’s Episode: All Fake Cops Should Donate
As Black Lives Matter protests in honor of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality continue across the country, corporations and celebrities scrambled to find the appropriate tone to respond on their own social media accounts, to varying success. And while people started pulling receipts (I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting the Metropolitan Opera to…
Cook Your Comics: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Quarantine Delivers Deliciously
The recipe zine, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Quarantine, edited by Mel Gillman, dropped suddenly to great acclaim a few weeks ago! It features simple, easily-modifiable recipes from a large number of independent cartoonists. Designed to be beautiful, it’s welcome to those of us who may be getting tired of our own cooking all of a…
[Patreon Exclusive] The Fighting First Lady: Red Sonja in the 1970s
Our monthly Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. Back in the 1970s, comic covers hailed her as “Fantasy’s #1 Fighting Female” and “the Fighting First Lady of Swords-and-Sorcery”. Decades later, she retains iconic status even among people who would…
Political Cartooning: Steve Sack for the Star Tribune
Veteran, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Steve Sack takes a straightforward approach. Instantly recognisable: the police car, the state, the policeman kneeling on the neck of a downed person, that person’s embodiment as Justice, the mode of that murder. The message is just as easy to parse when you’re aware of the subjects of reference: The Minneapolis…
IDW Pubwatch June 2020
Welcome to the IDW Pubwatch. The world is still on lockdown but here’s something to distract you: a few exciting comics that will occupy your mind, at least for a little while. I’ve also got the latest news coming out of IDW, along with comic book reviews. Unfortunately, I don’t have my usual selection of…
Josie and the Pussycats in Space is Out of Orbit
Josie and the Pussycats have been touring space for a couple of years and they’ve fast become the hottest band in the galaxy. Their fans turn up in droves to see them and weep with joy when they meet the trio. But fame has its disadvantages: chiefly, never getting any rest. It’s becoming a bit…
And Justice For All: Vita Ayala and Tana Ford on Livewire Volume 3: Champion
In case you weren’t paying attention, one of the best series of the last year ended recently: Valiant’s solo hero book Livewire. Penned by Vita Ayala with art duties rotating for each arc, Livewire ran for 12 issues on the heels of the Harbinger Wars 2 event and told a complex, thoughtful, and at times painful…
She Kills Barely Started and It’s Already Awful
Content warning: This work contains depictions of violence and suggestions of sexual violence. A Tongva Native American woman who goes by the name of She Kills lives within the lawless, dangerous territory of Los Angeles, where only mobs and violence rule. She Kills struggles to fend off many evils while having to protect her young…
