Sas Milledge’s graphic novel Mamo embraces the cottagecore aesthetic. Its pages are filled with lush rural landscapes, small magical adventures, and quaint witchcraft traditions. At the same time, Milledge directs a challenge toward the concept of “tradition” by showing how a conservative mindset can hurt people who don’t fit neatly into models established in the…
Hex Vet: The Flying Surgery Soars with More Adorable Witchy and Animal Antics
In the sequel to Witches in Training, Hex Vet: The Flying Surgery takes Clarion and Annette on a new adventure in their efforts to earn their witch hats. You don’t need to have read the first series by Sam Davies in order to appreciate this one, but after reading The Flying Surgery, young readers will…
9 Witchy Films To Make Your Hallowe’en Magical
Hallowe’en is a time of year often associated with magic, spirituality, and witchcraft. In many religions and cultures, it’s a time to remember and celebrate the dead. For witches, it signals greater access to (and from!) the spiritual world. For some, the idea of spirits and fairy-folk entering the human world can seem pretty spooky,…
Drink Your Comics: Witchy Comics
What better way to enjoy cocktails, comics, and swiftly approaching Halloween than with witch comic inspired cocktails? Between Harrow County, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Wytches, Toil & Trouble, and others, there’s plenty out there that helped inspire this installment of Drink Your Comics.
Interview with Ariel Ries, Creator of Witchy
I have never been a webcomic reader. In theory, I probably should be—I love comics and I spend way too much time on the Internet. But I’m also a big fan of print copies (I don’t like digital comics either), and if I’m being perfectly honest, if I don’t get e-mail reminders I won’t remember…
INTERVIEW: buttercup Talks the Metaphysical Majesty of UM Volume 1
It’s rare to find a comic that literally makes you feel like your mind has been blown, that something has shifted permanently in your brain chemistry when you read it. But that was exactly how I felt when I first discovered buttercup’s stunning webcomic UM. The gorgeous, astrophysical tome is being published in print for…
COVER REVEAL AND TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: Betty and Veronica: Friends Forever: Game On! #1
Keep reading to see our cover reveal and title announcement for Archie Comics’ Betty and Veronica: Friends Forever: Game On! #1
INTERVIEW: Casey Gilly and Joe Jaro Step Into the Future With Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer
Fast forward to the future and we find a 50-year-old Buffy Summers’ living in a world ravaged by climate change, with the vampire regime frolicking in dystopian harmony with their human cattle. With vampires capable of walking around by day unhindered thanks to a polluted sky, it’s Buffy who is hunted now. But rebellion is…
REVIEW: Séance Tea Party is a Beautiful Story about Growth, Change and Magic
Lora Xi’s twelfth birthday is a bit quieter than she hoped. Her friends are becoming more interested in things Lora doesn’t care about, like dating, fashion, and going to parties. Lora loves all things witchy and spooky, and still wants to play and be a kid. When her best friend Bobby is completely absent on…
Archie Pubwatch: September 2020
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of September! 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, lots of comics have dropped as Archie starts to catch up to their pre-COVID release slate!
2020 Dragon Award Winners: Thousands Vote Despite Right-Wing Backlash
Atlanta’s Dragon Con was one of many science fiction and fantasy conventions to become a purely online event for 2020, but — just like the Hugo Awards at Worldcon — its annual Dragon Awards went ahead as scheduled this Sunday. Decided via a free online poll, the Dragon Awards recognise science fiction and fantasy novels,…
Motherland: Fort Salem Fails To Examine The Military Industrial Complex It’s Built Upon
Motherland: Fort Salem has been touted as a witchy empowerment narrative, but how feminist can a show built on the military industrial complex be?
