Here in the great white north, it is hot and humid this August, so I hope that you are able to keep cool this summer. I already told you that The Dreaming: Waking Hours #12 is my top pick of the month, and why, and sadly, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow remains my bottom pick of…
REVIEW: Hellions #13-14 See a Vile Return
With the Hellfire Gala over, the Hellions return to the lingering plot threads left over from the previous event in Hellions #13 and #14.
REVIEW: The Dreaming: Waking Hours #12 Focuses Its Power Through A Trans Lens
As The Dreaming: Waking Hours #12 hits the stands, it comes time to say goodbye to one of the most well-crafted and brilliant comics to come out in the last decade, and maybe even in my life span. I couldn’t let this series go away without writing a love letter to it, so here it…
DC PUBWATCH: July 2021 and Comic-Con@Home Edition
Happy July! It’s my birth month, and as a present, DC gave me the second dreadful issue of the series currently starring my favorite character. Joy! But also The Nice House on the Lake #2, which is a much nicer present.
REVIEW: Excalibur #22 – Alchemy Is Also Magic
Sadly, Pete Wisdom did not have the decency to stay dead for more than a single issue, as he is one of five resurrections performed in Excalibur #22.
REVIEW: Rorschach #10 – Tom King Did What Now?
Now before I get into this too far, and because some of the things I will say in this review may not seem like it, I think Rorschach #10 is the best issue of the series so far. That’s not to say it’s become a favorite book or anything, just that the last two issues…
DC PUBWATCH – June 2021
It took me all of one issue to decide which book would get top honors this month. To be fair, I did break my normal alphabetical reading order to read it first, because it’s a book I was incredibly excited for and had already been hearing praise about it from other critics. But actually reading…
Who Wore it Better: Supergirl or True Grit?
In my review of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1, I noted some similarities between the comic and Charles Portis’s 1969 novel True Grit, most recently adapted in 2010 by the Coen Brothers. Well, in talking about the particulars of the issue a bit more, my colleague Zach Rabiroff at ComicsXF was able to bring to…
Hey Eisner Awards! Where Are the Women?
So hey, the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are next month (if you’re eligible, the voting deadline is June 30) during the San Diego Comic-Con at Home event. Like last year, there won’t be an in-person event, and like many, I’ll miss the opportunity to get dressed up and pretend to be a bigger deal…
REVIEW: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1 Tries to Have True Grit
I have a history with Tom King’s books. That history is that I don’t much like them at all. I feel like King tries too hard to write smart books, that he often veers too far into it. He tries to set up mysteries in the laziest way possible by just omitting key information from…
REVIEW: Excalibur #21 – Mutant Magic Meets High Society
The Hellfire Gala is in full swing after kicking off at the beginning of June with Marauders, X-Force, and Hellions, and this week we see more of the event play out in X-Men and Excalibur #21.
REVIEW: Hellions #12 Crashes the Hellfire Gala
The Hellfire Gala has begun, and perhaps understandably, the only members of the Hellions that managed to snag an invite are Kwannon and Alex, along with their overseer Sinister. The cover to Hellions #12 gives us a glimpse as to the reason for that decision, as Segovia and Beredo deftly illustrate the chaos that this…