Marvel has officially announced the framing of this year’s Hellfire Gala, confirming earlier promises that it would become a regular event. It is, however, significantly scaled back on a publishing front this year. Instead of a multi-issue crossover event, as we got last year, this year’s Gala is a single one-shot. However, that certainly hasn’t…
Sequential Sartorial: Hellfire Gala 2022 Reveals, Non-Mutants Edition
Marvel has officially announced the framing of this year’s Hellfire Gala, confirming earlier promises that it would become a regular event. It is, however, significantly scaled back on a publishing front this year. Instead of a multi-issue crossover event, as we got last year, this year’s Gala is a single one-shot. However, that certainly hasn’t…
Previously on Comics: DC Out-Gays Marvel in Pride 2022 Lineup
Hello and happy spring to all those who celebrate! Kate here and happily, blessedly, I get to do the Previously on the Pride specials from DC and Marvel yet again. The universe has blessed all of us with some incredible covers and creators, and I am ecstatic that this has become a tradition that is…
[Patreon Exclusive] Youth in Crisis: Looking Back at Marvel’s Outlawed
Our Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. The superhero comic convention of the “event” story can be divided into two main categories. The first consists of cosmic-scale storylines like Crisis on Infinite Earths and Infinity War, where worlds…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: March 2022
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of March! 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, Archie Comics announces it’s suspending direct-to-consumer sales to Russia, some exclusive covers, and more!!
REVIEW: Comrade Himbo Embraces the Softer Side of Anti-capitalist Masculinity
The himbo, he who is “thicc of thigh and even thiccer of heart,” has enjoyed something of a cultural moment in recent years. Attention has shifted away from snarky genius characters like Tony Stark and Sherlock Holmes and gravitated toward an interest in the types of gentle portrayals of masculinity personified by Chris Hemsworth in…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #302
Spring is busting out all over. Over in the world of Archie Comics, Betty and Veronica are already celebrating (and not celebrating) April Fool’s Day. In this month’s Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest, the girls have had it up to here with Reggie’s pranks and plan to get his goat. But will they be successful? The…
INTERVIEW: Nate Cosby’s Alter Ego
Nate Cosby takes us back to the glitz and glamor of 1950s Hollywood in Alter Ego where scandal and crime spawn two superheroes like none other. Joined by artist Jacob Edgar (James Bond), colorist Kike J. Diaz (Red Sonja), and letterer Rus Wooton, Cosby’s Alter Ego is an original graphic novel crowdfunding now on Kickstarter….
INTERVIEW: Unboxing Ron Wimberley’s GratNin with Beehive Books
Founded by artist and designer Maëlle Doliveux and writer and editor Josh O’Neill, Beehive Books is a boutique publishing company that likes “forgotten geniuses and lost works and mysterious tomes … things that were pulled out of antiquity, and work that seems to materialize from an impossibly distant future.” As far as geniuses go, designer,…
Nosferatu’s Kindred, Part 3: Goethe and The Bride of Corinth
Continuing a series that celebrates the centenary of Nosferatu with an overview of German vampire literature.
VIZ Pubwatch March 2022
Spring is in the air! In theory. There’s a snowstorm going on outside my window right now. But we’ve got some exciting VIZ news and reviews to go over this month, so let’s get to it! We’re covering some different genres this month, from classic horror Orochi to recent shoujo Ima Koi: Now I’m in…
REVIEW: Flung Out of Space Paints a Complex and Brilliant Portrait of Patricia Highsmith
I don’t have the right words to prepare you for this comic. At its simplest, Flung Out of Space is about Patricia Highsmith’s quest to escape the drudgery of writing comics and get her novels published, including Carol, considered the first lesbian romance with a happy ending. It’s also about her years-long attempt to try…
