It’s Halloween on Tuesday! Woah, scary! Want some comics with that? Yes you do! Try these. Coady and the Creepies Liz Prince (writer) and Amanda Kirk (artist) BOOM! Box October 11, 2017 Coady and the Creepies stars horror pop punk band The Creepies made up of triplet siblings Coady, Cory, and Criss. The band and…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: October 2017, Week Three
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Yet again, DC Comics has made the…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: October 2017, Week One
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Last Week Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this last week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Due to technical issues,…
Angel City: Starlets and Crime
Angel City Janet Harvey (writer), Megan Levens (illustrator), Nick Filardi (colorist), Crank! (letterer) Oni Press October 2016-March 2017, collected August 2017 The studio-era Hollywood noir thriller mystery is a very entrenched, narrow genre. Noir as an American prose and film genre originated in that time and place with books like Double Indemnity and its film remake….
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: September 2017, Week Four
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Metal is in full swing, which…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: September 2017, Week Three
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Two Metal tie-ins! More Wildstorm fanservice! Wonder Woman/Conan!…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: September 2017 Week Two
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Last week I complained about 17…
Blood Stain: An Interview With Linda Sejic
Blood Stain volume 3 is the latest chapter in Linda Lukšić Šejić’s long-running slice-of-life comic. It was first published on her Deviantart site in the form of individual strips, which she later collected into trade paperbacks published by Top Cow, for whom she has done a lot of work-for-hire. The comic follows the adventures of Elliot “Elly”…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: September 2017 Week One
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Whiplash time! We go from a…
Direct Currents: DC Discussion for August
Welcome to Direct Currents, where Annie Blitzen and Cori McCreery will talk about the month that was for DC Comics. Since this is our first column, we thought we’d let you get to know us first. Cori has been reading DC Comics since Superman died in 1992. Her favorite characters are Supergirl and the various…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: August Week Five 2017
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Today is the mythic Fifth Wednesday,…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: August Week Four 2017
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. What a week. Batman/The Shadow nears its…