Social anthropologist and novelist Jenny White (Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks, The Winter Thief) and artist Ergün Gündüz’s Turkish Kaleidoscope is dizzying. The graphic novel follows four characters, who are fictionalized composites of oral history interviewees, over four years in Turkey as political power shifted between different leftist and rightist groups. The comic, which…
REVIEW: Reptil #1 Is a Roaring Reintroduction
Reptil’s real name is Humberto Lopez. He was a superhero. If the name doesn’t sound familiar, don’t worry. Reptil #1 — the first issue of a four-part, post-Outlawed, post-King in Black miniseries — effectively (re)introduces the character, who first appeared in writer Christos Gage and artist Steve Uy’s Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil #1.
INTERVIEW: Eric Palicki on his New Punk Rock Noir Horror Series Black’s Myth
Coming this July is Black’s Myth, a punk rock noir horror series starring werewolf private investigator Janie Jones. At its heart, this black-and-white series is as much about discovering whodunnit as is about “outcasts finding each other and accepting their place in the world,” said writer Eric Palicki in the AHOY Comics’ press release. Palicki…
