Happy April! After a full 13 months of half-lockdown, the United States is finally on its way to getting folks vaccinated and, perhaps, in a position where we can see our friends in person without being afraid of causing a biological incident. I’m planning on using the few remaining months I have of not having…
REVIEW: Marauders #19 – Morlocks Take Madripoor
“Only two types of people in Madripoor: the rich, and those willing to kill you to become rich.” So says Patch, Logan’s alter ego in a classic display of classism. How fitting that it’s the Morlocks who come to the rescue of the poor in Madripoor’s Lowtown when the Krakoan mutants cannot in Marauders #19.
INTERVIEW: Artist and Co-Creator Erica D’Urso Brings the Action and Emotion to Inferno Girl Red
Mat Groom and Erica D’Urso’s Inferno Girl Red has taken off on Kickstarter. Following up on our interview with writer Groom, we’re checking in with D’Urso to chat about her art and other creative contributions to this exciting new character and story.
REVIEW: A King Surveys His Kingdom in Godzilla: Dominion
Godzilla: Dominion is one of two tie-in original graphic novels for the movie Godzilla vs. Kong. Set shortly after the events of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, it follows Godzilla as he surveys his domain and sets things in order.
REVIEW: Snoopy, Come Home is a Canine Classic
Snoopy, Come Home (not to be confused with the animated film of the same title) is a reissue of Charles M. Schultz’s book from the early 1960s, incorporating 126 daily Peanuts newspaper strips from 1955-1962. The volume’s release will coincide with the beloved series 70th Anniversary this year and a new show on Apple TV.
REVIEW: The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook Serves Up Distressingly On-Point, But Hilarious, Political Satire
“What if everything the right thought about the left was real?” That’s the driving premise behind The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook, the latest from The Nib’s own Matt Lubchansky. To be honest, the premise puzzled me a little at first. On the one hand, I’m automatically a bit wary of anything that might end up being…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: April 2021
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of April! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock ‘lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In this month’s Archie Comics Pubwatch, Archie goes viral again thanks to a Simpsons-like prediction of the future, more Liefeld, a new series is launched for Archie’s…
INTERVIEW: Return to Spiral City with Jeff Lemire and Caitlin Yarsky’s Black Hammer: Reborn
Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s superhero saga, Black Hammer, returns with a whole new story, set 20 years after the Lucy Weber took up the mantle her father left behind. The legacy her father left behind, the secrets of what has happened over the past two decades, and the crushing frustrations of her everyday life…
REVIEW: X-Men #19 – Days of Future, Passed
The City inside the Vault is, at its core, a paradox. As the name suggests, its very existence is an enigma: simultaneously infinite and claustrophobic, it appears post-apocalyptically empty but hides a deadly enemy around every corner. The “genesis tomb” of the Children of the Vault, superpowered post-humans genetically designed for world domination, the City…
Previously on Comics: Blasts from the Past
Hello, reader. It’s Kate, who has awoken from winter hibernation just to write about comics for you. And that’s not the only thing that’s a blast from the past this week. When I first got into DC comics, about 15 years ago, the comic that got me into comics was the Geoff Johns and Mike…
Should You Tell Their Story: The Old Guard and Cultural Representation
The popularity of The Old Guard’s original run and recent movie inspired an expansion of the comics series. Specifically, a new historical anthology. News of this dropped via Polygon and the series will explore the histories of these long lived heroes. Unfortunately, the portions revealed offer a distasteful appetizer.
REVIEW: Excalibur #19 and #20 – Depression AND Possession
When last we met, I made the comment how refreshing it was to see the X-Men dealing with basic depression, and how interesting it was that their first assumption would be possession and not depression. Well, Excalibur #19 wound up making me look like a big ol’ dummy because Betsy was in fact possessed, by…
