The Cotati are on Earth! Worse than that: they’re on Genosha! Somehow this all leads to [Alien] Plants versus [Mutant] Zombies versus Old Ladies, and with a three-way fight like that, we need three writers to review Empyre: X-Men #1!
Previously on Comics: No One’s Laughing
Good morning, folks! We’re back for the start of another week. The seasons may change, the weeks may change, but it’s comforting to know that the comics industry will always be a fucking joke.
INTERVIEW: Marco Finnegan Reimagines LA’s Zoot Suit Riots With a SciFi Twist in Lizard in a Zoot Suit
Set in the 1940s against the backdrop of The Sleepy Lagoon murder and the subsequent Zoot Suit Riots in LA, Latinx cartoonist Marco Finnegan explores history, racism, and classism in his new young adult graphic novel, Lizard in a Zoot Suit from Learner Publishing Group. Despite the zoot suit being a major element of Black and…
REVIEW: Fence: Rivals Still Misses the Point
The GLAAD-nominated series Fence! by C. S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad returns in graphic novel format as Fence: Rivals, collecting four chapters about King’s Row Academy’s practice match against the school that knocked them out of the State Championships last year. This new volume further develops the relationships that were set up earlier in…
DC PUBWATCH – July 2020 Edition
Welcome to the July and SDCC@home edition of the DC Pubwatch! This month we bid a fond farewell to the antics of one James Olsen with Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #12 and cover the news that came out of a very different version of San Diego Comic-Con.
REVIEW: Rolled & Told Volume 2: Merrily We Roleplay Along
Make a Wisdom [Perception] check to see what’s in store for Rolled & Told Volume 2. This amazing blend of one-shot adventures, comics, essays, art and playable characters is an excellent reference for anyone wanting to use homebrew content for their role playing games (RPG). As a player and a novice Games Master (GM), Rolled…
REVIEW: Anastasia: Part Two Calls for a Cut On all Hollywood Misogynists
The concluding volume of Europe Comics’, Anastasia, a story of a young starlet who has successfully climbed the glass mountain called Hollywood, only to find that it’s pretty hollow at the top, packs in a lot of emotion and a lot of truth about the horrors of the movie business, aided by stunning art to…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: July 2020
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of July! 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, a plethora of tie-in products have been announced, a new Madame Satan One-Shot is coming in October, and Katy Keene ends its run…
REVIEW: Hellions #2: Who’s Bleeding?
Our team of severely broken people arrives at the State Home for Foundlings and things get unbelievably messy in Hellions #2. Well, messier, because let’s be honest, things were already messy for this group of chaos engines.
REVIEW: New Mutants #11: Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
The New Mutants are no strangers to fear. But in the fictional, mutant-hating nation of Karnelia, the New Mutants find themselves in dire straits, with most of the team lost to the psychic nightmare projected by a young mutant, a girl named Cosmar. New Mutants #11 brings that story to a close, while fluidly laying…
Previously on Comics: Eisner What You Did This Summer
Hello! Kate here to catch you up on all the news from the previous week (hence the name of this column). This past weekend was Comic Con International’s “ComicCon@Home” virtual event, so the first half of this week’s column is a round-up of our coverage.
