There were a host of dramatic films at TIFF 2021. While many of the films tugged at our heartstrings, some didn’t quite hit the mark. We review a selection of international dramas from the festival.
Eisner-Winning Menopause: A Comic Treatment Works to Destigmatize
Edited by MK Czerwiec, a comics creator and educator, and with contributions from educators, healthcare workers, researchers, and artists, including the likes of Lynda Barry, Ellen Forney, Joyce Farmer, Carol Tyler, and Mimi Pond, Menopause: A Comic Treatment is a poignant and much-needed anthology on a subject that is still largely stigmatized and absent from…
Boom! Comics PUBWATCH: September 2021
The Boom Pubwatch is back baby! And things are booming in 2021 at this top publisher for creator-owned comics. (Sorry, I swear that’s the only time I’ll make that joke. I needed to get it out of my system.) Earlier this year Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR broke industry records and continued to be a top-selling book….
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Upright Women Wanted/Come Tumbling Down
Welcome back to another installment of WWAC’s series discussing the prose finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards. Having covered the Best Short Story and Best Novelette category, it is now time to start on Best Novella with a look at Sarah Gailey’s Upright Women Wanted and Seanan McGuire’s Come Tumbling Down…
REVIEW: Humor and Genre Playfulness Elevate Black’s Myth #2
I enjoyed issue one of Black’s Myth, but I’m glad to say that issue two elevated the story from fun but somewhat unremarkable noir to something that feels truly exciting.
Possessive #1: A Confused Haunted House Romance
Pitched as an off-beat horror rom-com, Possessive is a three-part series from Zenescope that boasts a team-up between writers Hans Rodionoff (Lovecraft, Lost Boys: The Thirst) and Adam F. Goldberg (ABC’s The Goldbergs). It follows the burgeoning romance between failed artist and abject loser Todd and the ghastly specter haunting his recently purchased fixer-upper, whose…
REVIEW: Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1 and Identities in Crisis
The next installment in the ongoing Marvel’s Voices series, Identity #1 provides another set of short stories highlighting a specific minoritized community. This time, the vignettes focus on characters and creators of Asian-descent. While I love the amplification of these creators and stories, the issue made me feel lost.
INTERVIEW: Jamila Rowser’s Ode to Keisha
Jamila Rowser returns with a beautiful new autobiographical comic that explores friendship, racism, and identity as she experienced it in her Kindergarten friendship with a girl named Keisha. Illustrated by Trinidad Escobar, Ode to Keisha is a black and white story filled with the colorful emotions of a budding friendship between two 5-year-old girls living in…
REVIEW: Aquaman: The Becoming #1 Will Have You Hooked
I have a confession to make. This is the first comic I’ve read with Jackson Hyde.
VIZ Media Pubwatch: September 2021
Welcome to the September VIZ Media pubwatch! It’s back to school time for many students around the world, including myself, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take a moment to catch up to some manga news and new releases. This month we’re talking about a lot of different franchises, and saying goodbye to a promising…
TIFF 2021 REVIEW: Silent Night Should Have Gone Further With its Premise
In Silent Night, friends and family gather for one final Christmas together. But a night that should have been ordinary turns out to be momentous.
REVIEW: The Trial of Magneto #2 Feels the Need for Speed
Charles Xavier jerks around with Magneto’s brain, X-Factor tries to protect the evidence, the Avengers pay a not-very-diplomatic visit to the mutant island homeland, and there’s yet one more mind-control baddie afoot. Oh, and Polaris has her Ph.D.
