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…
Petulant Parents: Adventure Time #69
Adventure Time #69 Delilah S. Dawson (writer), Ian mcGinty (artist), Maarta Laiho (colorist), Mike Fiorentino (letterer) BOOM! Studios October 4, 2017 One of the things that makes Adventure Time unique is the way it treats the history of its characters and their intricate (usually dark) pasts. My favorite example is Marceline the Vampire Queen. In the…
Super Phantom Cat 2 and the Hidden Worlds Around Us [GIF]
Super Phantom Cat 2 Veewo Games iOS, Android
Previously, On Comics: Festivals, Fashion, and Phoenix
As the first day of autumn approached this week, the comics world planned multiple comic cons, engaged in fashion discussion, and announced the return of a beloved X-Men character from a time long past. When you’re thinking of this week, don’t forget the Ignatz Awards, which focus on small press publication and include nine categories…
HEATHEN #5: Natasha Alterici’s Feminist Lesbian Viking Myth
From the beginning of the series, Vault Comics’ HEATHEN has been a feminist lesbian Viking myth that speaks to the heart. As Ginnis Tonik puts it, it is a classical story of a timeless epic hero that changes the world for the better. This is a warrior’s tale about Aydis and her quest to break the…
Adventure Time Issue #68: Dealing with Ageism
Adventure Time #68 August 31, 2017 KaBOOM! Written by Delilah Dawson Drawn by Ian McGinty
OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Is Cute But Not Great Yet
OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Ian Jones-Quartey (creator), John Pham (art director), Toby Jones (supervising director) Stephanie Nadolny, Courtenay Taylor, Ashly Burch, Ian Jones-Quartey, David Herman, Kate Flannery, Chris Niosi, Jim Cummings, Melissa Fahn, Robbie Daymond, Kari Wahlgren (cast) August 1, 2017 (US) It starts with a friendly intro evocative of the Pokemon cartoon theme,…
VR’s Potential For Meaningful Accessibility: An Interview with Polyarc Games
VR is quickly becoming the next big thing in gaming with more than 1.6 million consoles sold in 2016 and will bring in $7 billion in industry revenue by the end of 2017. This is an industry shift that allows startups to emerge with revolutionary ideas in a new kind of interactive world yet to…
Katie O’Neill: Visible Woman
The running themes in Katie O’Neill’s charming stories are joy and friendship. Sprinkle in a dash of learning, some tea, and sometimes romance–these are a few of the ingredients that make up the New Zealand illustrator’s magical tales. There are also healthy doses of incredibly clean lines and perfectly chosen palettes sprinkled throughout. Her natural…
Previously, On Comics: From Independent Creators To Summer of Love
Independent comics are making waves this last week, with new projects in the works from Zainab Akhtar’s second volume of Critical Chips to a critical comics and essays zine about Joss Whedon and his problematic creation called We Told You So. Critical Chips 2 is a zine full of comics, original illustrations, and essays examining…
Deconstructing Netflix’s Death Note
Death Note Adam Wingard (director), David Tattersall (cinematographer), Louis Cioffi (editor), Masi Oka, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs (producers), Charles Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater (screenplay), adapted from Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba Takeshi Obata Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Paul Nakauchi, Shea Whigham, Willem Dafoe (cast) August 25, 2017 The American adaptation…
Kat Tsai: Visible Woman
Her imagery invokes a magic conjured by hushed shades and bright pastels. There is a strong sense of colorful harmony to each one of her illustrations, to each panel of her self-produced comics. The palettes chosen for different themes, times of day, and character design have a symmetry to them that draws the eye into…