Happy July, everyone! The summer anime season is in full swing, virtual anime conventions are streaming, and VIZ Media has new releases for you! This month we’re covering some old favorites of mine and a book new to the VIZ lineup, Devil’s Candy. But first, the news.
Death, Plague, War, and Feminism: The Fourth Whore by E.V. Knight
When Kenzi Brooks was seven years old, her brother Robbie died in a car accident. As well as the guilt of having failed to save him Kenzi is left with a distorted set of memories from the incident – memories that fully emerge only when she dreams of Robbie’s death being overseen by a man…
REVIEW: Excalibur #22 – Alchemy Is Also Magic
Sadly, Pete Wisdom did not have the decency to stay dead for more than a single issue, as he is one of five resurrections performed in Excalibur #22.
Previously on Comics: Grief and Other Things
Hello again, friends. Kate here to bring you up to speed with what happened in comics last week that you may have missed because, you know, pandemic. The week started off with very sad news about Robson Rocha, who passed away due to complications from COVID-19. There were some very moving tributes to be found…
The Alchemy of Excalibur: Race, Magic, and the Mutant Metaphor
Earlier this year, in a piece for our Breaking In! series, I wrote, “The mutant metaphor means that the X-Men have the potential to represent people of marginalized genders and sexualities and people of color and especially people at the intersection of those identities. They didn’t under [Chris] Claremont, not fully, and I’m not sure…
REVIEW: The Best of Sugar Jones
Sugar Jones is a girl comic from a 1970s teen magazine, Pink (1974-(1979?), and at first glance, this volume of collected strips is all about commonly denominated ~girl stuff. Fashion! Make-up! Great big hair and enormous eyelashes, size-threatened only by the circumference of her bellbottoms! And these excellent and diverting aspects are certainly present throughout….
REVIEW: Netflix’s Trese Could Improve Its Delivery of Darkness and Dwende
This review contains spoilers for Trese (2021). “There are monsters among us, and some of them are human,” remarks Alexandra Trese, after cracking yet another case in the Philippine metropolitan of Manila, where the supernatural stalk its streets. Following in the footsteps of her father and coming from a significant lineage, Alexandra works as a…
REVIEW: Silk #4 Is All About Saya Ishii’s Past and Present
Until now, not much has been known about the current Silk antagonist Saya Ishii. She is Japanese, the current CEO of the tech-based company Fujinet, and she has a brother named Max, who happens to be Cindy Moon’s current therapist. Now, with the reveal that her father is the classic Spider-Man villain Silvermane, Silk#4 finally…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, July ‘21
I’ve been reading more graphic novels published by big trade houses and stampeding my way through several multi-volume ongoing manga series recently. While I’m head over heels for the conclusion of Blue Flag and love Lucy Knisley’s work to bits, I’ve found myself turning to crowdfunded work that gravitates even more toward the short, sweet,…
REVIEW: Rorschach #10 – Tom King Did What Now?
Now before I get into this too far, and because some of the things I will say in this review may not seem like it, I think Rorschach #10 is the best issue of the series so far. That’s not to say it’s become a favorite book or anything, just that the last two issues…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: July 2021
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of July! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock ‘lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In this month’s Archie Comics Pubwatch, classic stories will be added to new comic digest releases, we have some Riverdale return dates, and much more!