In a 2017 Guardian interview, James Cameron referred to Sarah Connor as a terrible mom. A disappointing statement from the man who introduced us to her in 1984’s original Terminator movie. In that film, he gave us a character, then played by Linda Hamilton, who went from mousy waitress to barking “Get up soldier! Move…
INTERVIEW: Juni Ba on Djeliya
While growing up in Senegal and spending summers in France in the ’90s, Juni Ba found lots of time to feed his active imagination with the likes of Xena, Beyoncé, manga, bande dessinées, and the Cartoon Network. When not busy watching or reading of the exciting adventures of any number of his favourite characters, he…
REVIEW: Djeliya Looks Into the Past to Sing a New Song for the Future
The apocalypse came with the push of a button. No one knows why, but the great wizard Soumaoro simply blew up the world one day. New leaders have arisen in the aftermath, though not all have the best interests of the people in mind. No one has thought to ask why Soumaoro destroyed the world…
INTERVIEW: Ed Brisson and Damian Couceiro Take Us Beyond the Breach
Imagine your life as you know it has fallen apart. Leaving your cheating partner behind, you head off on a road trip, filled with rage and uncertainty about what comes next. What if that ‘what comes next’ is a giant interdimensional tear that looses monstrous creatures into our world? Writer Ed Brisson and artist Damian…
REVIEW: Way of X #2: Questioning the Inevitable
David Haller, aka Legion, takes full control in Way of X #2. Can Nightcrawler figure out how to keep up?
Previously: Neil Gaiman’s Fucks
As May draws to a close, we look back at how the comics industry did this past week or so.
INTERVIEW: Eric Palicki on his New Punk Rock Noir Horror Series Black’s Myth
Coming this July is Black’s Myth, a punk rock noir horror series starring werewolf private investigator Janie Jones. At its heart, this black-and-white series is as much about discovering whodunnit as is about “outcasts finding each other and accepting their place in the world,” said writer Eric Palicki in the AHOY Comics’ press release. Palicki…
WWACarls: The Definitive List of Carls in Comics
According to all those baby naming sites, the name “Carl” has old Germanic origins and means “Free Man.” It’s considered to be a form of “Charles,” but with that strong, German influence that gives us the “K(a)-rl” pronunciation. Is it a good name? Fiction seems to think so. More specifically, the comic book industry seems…
Vault Pubwatch: May 2021
Vault’s spotlight this month is on its middle grade and young adult imprint, Wonderbound, which announced a new title coming this fall: Hello My Name is Poop, written by Ben Katzner, illustrated by Ian McGinty, colored by Fred C. Stresing, and lettered by Andworld Design.
INTERVIEW: Glenn Head’s Cathartic Return to Chartwell Manor
Content warning: Discussions of sexual and psychological abuse and trauma.
INTERVIEW: Paul Cornell, Sally Cantirino, and I Walk With Monsters
The Important Man took Jacey’s brother from her and she has spent the past little while hunting other such monstrous men to make them pay for their evil. Beside her walks David, who sometimes transforms into an actual monstrous beast. When they come upon the Important Man himself, Jacey’s hopes for revenge don’t work out…