Reading through Charlee Jacob’s fiction, it is easy to identify the varieties of horror that she found most fertile. For one, she showed a particular fascination with relationships between predators and prey: strong characters, often men, brutalising women and children in a process that warps and damages both victim and perpetrator. Jacob’s stories incorporate this…
REVIEW: X-Force #16: Unleash The Crack-On
Now that it’s solidly into its second year, can X-Force maintain its momentum with a new arc in the briny deep, or is it doomed to sink to the bottom?
Previously On Comics: Drink Your Water
Good morning. Have you had enough water? If you’re a coffee drinker, it’s a good idea to chase your coffee with some water. You’ll still get the caffeine effect but as it wears off you won’t be so dehydrated, and you’ll function better through the day. This goes for other forms of caffeine as well….
Last Week’s Episode: Meme the Bern 2021
Welp, we made it folks. We’re now past January 20th and well into 2021. The first three Wednesdays of this year have been quite a doozy: a coup, a second impeachment, and an inauguration. I refuse to ask what next week will bring, because I’ve watched enough movies to know that will just invite more…
Alfie Deserves an Eisner (or at Least a Fair Shot)
Alfie is a fantasy webcomic that follows Alpheanea “Alfie” Tolman, and her mother, Vera Tolman, as they experience separate journeys of sexual-self discovery. Written and drawn by the anonymous writer and artist Incase, Alfie has been running for six and half years, and is available to read for free online.
Slott Shaming: Thoughts on Fantastic Four #26 from a Trans Perspective
CW: Transphobia, Use of the term “trans-trender,” biphobia, homophobia
Vault Comics Pubwatch: January 2021
Though the news is light to start the new year, Vault Comics continues on a steady pace with their titles and many, many gorgeous variant covers, including this one from David Mack for Hollow Heart #1
REVIEW: Plunge is a Thoughtful Love-Letter to 1980s Sci-Fi Horror
The survey ship Derleth sank in April 1983, all hands lost. Forty years later, a coastal station picks up an automated distress call from the vessel: a recent tsunami has left the Derleth partly above sea level on an Alaskan reef, allowing its solar-powered systems to reactivate. The company that owns the ship hires salvage…
REVIEW: SWORD #2 is Raised Against the King
Following on the heels of the team retrieving a mysterious black jewel in the conclusion to SWORD #1, SWORD battles against Knull, the King in Black.
REVIEW: WandaVision Has a Wonderfully Weird Start
Wanda Maximoff and Vision are no ordinary couple, so how long can they keep up an act before their neighbors find out? WandaVision is the latest byproduct emerging from the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline that follows the lives of Wanda Maximoff and Vision living in a suburban American neighborhood after the events of Avengers: Endgame.
REVIEW: Eternals #1 – The Eternal Question
In the beginning, he is born inside a coffin. Golden and godlike, Ikaris rises to do what must be done. He is both new and very, very old. He is an Eternal. The Eternals were all dead. Long live the Eternals.
VIZ Media Pubwatch: January 2021
New year, new manga! For our first VIZ Pubwatch of 2021, we’ll be taking a look at some classic long-running series as well as newer, less-established work. But first, the VIZ news.
