Hopping straight into the news with the Vault Comics Pubwatch for July 2020, it’s a bit unpleasant to start:
INTERVIEW: Planet DIVOC-91 Tackles COVID-19 Through Webtoon
COVID-19 is hitting all of us hard in many different ways. As the medical and scientific community struggle to decipher the many moving parts of the disease, so too does the rest of the world struggle to navigate the new and dangerous world we live in, haunted by an invisible enemy. It’s all very frightening…
Cook Your Comics: Battle Cookies Pack Some Punch for Ash & Thorn #2
Fighting the pending apocalypse isn’t just about skewering demons. In Ash & Thorn #2, it’s also about addressing a far greater evil: the corporate mogul constructing a community centre that doesn’t seem to care much for the actual community. In the last issue, Lottie Thorn discovered that she was the champion chosen to save the…
INTERVIEW: The Valiant Virtual Portfolio Review Wants You
With convention season on hiatus for 2020, publishers are seeking alternatives to their usual in-person plans. When it comes to portfolio reviews for potential new talent, Valiant Entertainment is going online with the Valiant Virtual Portfolio Review. Submissions are open now for aspiring interior artists, cover artists, colorists, and letterers. Selected applicants will participate in…
Previously on Comics: Mostly Sort of Not All Bad News
I’d love to pretend that comics is a sunshiney place where everyone is welcome, but we’re not there yet, folks. There is still lots of work to do. But fear not! I’m not all bad news about crappy people for today’s news report. Read on to find out what’s been going on this past week.
Bleed Them Dry: A Ninja Vampire Tale #1 Is a Sleek and Bloody Debut
The year is 3333 and immortals walk among us — except for the six that have been found dead, confirming that there is a serial killer in our midst. Up until then, vampires and humans have coexisted amicably. Now Detective Harper Halloway and her partner, Atticus Black, must solve the case of the vampire slayer…
Svetlana Chmakova Goes Back to Nightschool With The Weirn Books: Be Wary of The Silent Woods
Award-winning creator Svetlana Chmakova goes back to nightschool with a new series, The Weirn Books: Be Wary of The Silent Woods. The first story, available now from Yen Press’ middle grade graphic novel imprint, JY, introduces us to Ailis Thornton and her cousin, Na’ya Leiburne-Thornton. Ailis is a 12-year-old weirn — a witch bound to…
Dejah Thoris Vol 2: Dejah Rising…to the Top
Dejah Thoris volume 1 featured a tired cover by J. Scott Campbell, but volume 2, Dejah Rising, promises so much more. A cover by Diego Galindo features a deadly and determined Princess of Barsoom that is ready to defend her kingdom to the death.
Vault Pubwatch Light: June 2020
We’re slowly starting to see things back on the shelves at our local comic stores, but things are still a little light. While Vault waits for the vaults to open, the company isn’t sitting idle on the more pressing matters affecting our world right now:
Anne Bonny Takes No Prisoners on the High Seas in A Man Among Ye #1
There’s a lot of mystery surrounding the redheaded pirate known as Anne Bonny. She appears in Captain Charles Johnson’s A General History of the Pyrates, but that information leaves her Wikipedia entry short on details, which means writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Craig Cermak have lots of room to get creative in A Man Among…
Cover Girl: Bashiva #1
Welcome to Cover Girl. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month Nola, Wendy, and Cori look at that cover of Bashiva #1 by Derek Chua.
Alex de Campi Goes Full Tilt Boogie in a New All Ages Adventure From 2000AD
Soaring off of the pages of 2000AD Regened comes Tee, a resourceful teen bounty hunter/hired help who, along with her grandmother and her cat, takes the spaceship, Full Tilt Boogie, on a sprawling science fiction adventure across the cosmos. Written by Alex de Campi, with art by Eduardo Ocaña and letters by Ellie de Ville,…