This year, New York Comic Con will return to the Javits Center in Manhattan the weekend of October 17-20! Here’s a rundown of everything I did there last year, from getting absorbed in Artists Alley, confused on the mail floor, and popping into a crafts room.
REVIEW: Aliens: What If..? Tries to Find Sympathy For its Devil
Aliens What if….? #1 has a lot of fun with its alternate history. The rat-a-tat wit of Adam F. Goldberg’s writing keeps you hopping as he brings a Weyland Yutani corporate stooge to life and examines what might have happened had Carter Burke survived the massacre at Hadley’s Hope.
Previously on Comics: Short, But Not Sweet
Hello from your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor! It’s May and summer is already here. Thanks for nothing, climate change. I’ve got a short round-up of the latest news in the world of pop culture.
ESSAY: Dead at 55: Barbara’s Zombie Chronicles (2004)
Continuing a series that celebrates the fifty-fifth anniversary of Night of the Living Dead with a look at the classic zombie film and its many follow-ups.
REVIEW: The Sensational She-Hulk #4-6 – But You Gotta Have Friends
Rainbow Rowell’s take on Jennifer Walters’s life continues to be charming. She uses Jen’s back catalog of friends, the New York setting, and the slightly silly concept of her superhero lawyering career to perfection. And there’s absolutely nothing better than more Patsy Walker.