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 just getting bigger every year although it was astutely pointed out that DC’s Pride is bigger than Marvel’s…which is weird, right?
Here’s the full list of DC’s offerings, but I am very much looking forward to the Tim Drake special, of course, and also the Superman/Jon Kent story by Devin Grayson and Nick Robles. Nick is also collaborating with G. Willow Wilson on a new Poison Ivy comic AND is doing this gorgeous Nightwing #93 Pride cover. So basically, it’s Gay Nick Robles Christmas for me, personally.
Check out the announcement on DC’s blog post and all the art on Clark’s Twitter thread.
A Pride thread?to share the upcoming book content not pictured in the DC Pride announcement this morning:
— clark bull (@drinkpinkink) March 15, 2022
And for Marvel…well, Nick Robles is also doing the cover to Marvel Pride Voices #1, but that’s the best news. Marvel’s offerings are so meager they’re mining their own old content to include–like Northstar’s wedding.
My cover for the ?MARVEL VOICES: PRIDE 2022? issue! pic.twitter.com/xe5voHEMV5
— Nick Robles (@ArtofNickRobles) March 16, 2022
Other than the one anthology, there’s also eight variant covers by Luciano Vecchio and Betsy Cola. Eight. By two artists. IDK, feels like maybe a company that swears that representation matters more than legislative money might have thought about putting some of that money towards more representation, but that’s on brand for a company that cancelled Nimona over a queer kiss.
But in other Marvel news- Amber Ruffin completely destroys them in this video. It’s too good. Please enjoy.
And in keeping the Shame Train rolling, I have to mention that Fantagraphics–that published the Lambda Literary Award nominated Stone Fruit by Lee Lai–also promoted a Jim Rugg variant cover for Ed Piskar’s Red Room: Trigger Warning #3 that featured an “homage” to Maus. The good news is it’s not happening–not because Fantagraphics decided not to pull it, but because the artist did.
Fantagraphics, Ed Piskor, and Jim Rugg have decided to not publish the variant cover for Red Room: Trigger Warnings #3 that referenced the comic Maus. A full statement: pic.twitter.com/QX0IJDRztG
— Fantagraphics Books (@fantagraphics) March 19, 2022
But you know me, I like to end with something happy. So here’s my feel-good story.
P. Craig Russell has been a cartoonist for 50 years this year.
?FIFTY?YEARS? https://t.co/gcoIh0XXA8
— Ian MacEwan (@ianmacewan) March 20, 2022
And just in time to mark this anniversary, his work is being featured in this new graphic novel adaptation of Carmen that’s being Kickstarted. It’s also got Alek Shrader, Aneke, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou as collaborators, and coolest of all–it’s a partnership with Arizona Opera.
And…there’s probably more, but it’s late, and that seems like a good place to end. Have a great week, everybody.
