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REVIEW: End After End Invites Readers Into the Mystery
End After End introduces readers to Walter Willem, a man who doesn’t have long to live—seconds, in fact. Those crucial seconds are actually the start of his adventure, as he slips off the edge of a subway platform and into a world of winged faerie warriors fighting an unending battle against implacable darkness.
REVIEW: Gambit #1 Takes Remy Back to Basics
Gambit #1 combines our hero’s natural, smooth charm with an odd tale of mentorship. There are some wonderful choices mixed in with some truly unexpected ones, creating a narrative mixed bag.
FlameCon 2022 Con Diary: Dispatch from the Artist’s Alley
I am a lucky person in many ways. I can jump on a train and get directly to New York Penn Station in less than two hours. As I drag my giant, heavy suitcase onto the NJ Transit train at 8:09 that morning, I tell myself that at least I don’t have to pay for…
DC PUBWATCH: Late August 2022 Edition
I goofed a couple of times in last month’s Pubwatch… First, it wasn’t August yet, whoops. So that makes this the Late August edition. My bad. Second, apparently, the solicits did come out in the middle of Comic Con, and I just missed them. That said, I was correct in my assumption that New Champion of…
INTERVIEW: All Rise for Joseph P. Illidge, Shawn Martinbrough, and Judge Kim
What happens when Joseph P. Illidge, the Executive Editor of the very adult comics of Heavy Metal, gets together with Shawn Martinbrough, the author of How to Draw Noir Comics? Why, they make a kids’ comic, of course! Introducing Judge Kim and The Case of the Missing Bicycles, the first in the Judge Kim and…
Previously On Comics: ¿Viva México?
Good morning! It is once again Monday, despite our best efforts.
2022 Hugo Awards: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
China, 1345. A peasant girl from the Zhu family has, between drought and bandits, lost almost all of her relatives: only her brother Zhu Chongba remains. A fortune teller has predicted vastly different fates for the two of them, seeing greatness in the future of the brother – who is due to attend a monastery…
Seven Seas Pubwatch: August 2022
August is here, which means you can work through all your FOMO before Summer’s end, not to mention the stress of not one, but two plagues. This month we’ve got some treats for the mature readers who love smutty goodness, some older manga, and an important update on a translation controversy! Jump in, and take…
2022 Hugo Awards: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
A Master of Djinn is the first full-length novel in the series that started with the short story “A Dead Djinn in Cairo” and continued with the novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015. The setting is an alternate timeline where Egypt was able to successfully rebel against the British Empire with the aid of…
ECCC 2022 Con Diary: Nervous Laughter
I’m very nervous about conventions. We’re still in the middle of a pandemic, as much as folks are trying to pretend we aren’t, and the COVID death toll is still hovering around 500 people a day. Still, as the saying goes, needs must when the devil drives, and the devil sure does drive capitalism. My…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: August 2022
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of August! 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, a notorious hero returns, some exclusive covers, and more!