Outlawed #1, by Ewing, Jacinto, and Grundetjern, is an ambitious one-shot, meant to disrupt the status quo of the Marvel Universe. At least, the status quo for teen superheroes: superheroes whose superpowers don’t quite translate to systemic power.
X-Force #9: Head Like a Hole
My take away from this issue of X-Force is that Domino needs Colossus like she needs a hole in the head.
Artemis and the Assassin #1 Hits the Wrong Target
Nothing captures my attention more in a comic than when creators introduce a strong, competent woman in the first few pages of new series, ass first. Obviously that’s a lie. Well, not exactly. It does capture my attention but for the wrong reasons. It’s a good butt. It’s a butt that the artists drew with…
Helen Mullane on Her Folk Horror Graphic Novel Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen
Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen introduces us to a young, jaded London teen living her typical jaded teen life that is not at all pleased about having to spend her summer in the countryside. When Nissy meets a handsome older man named Reggie, she finds herself drawn to him. Exploring the tumultuous emotions of a…
Tango vols. 1-3: Perfectly Escapist Comics
The Tango series is perfectly escapist comics, with plenty of welcome cinematic parallels. If you want to get away for a minute, and you enjoy spending time with ideas of men, this is a book for you. Compared to aesthetically similar books it’s lighter than The Killer (no philosophical challenges here, though it’s not without…
Death to the Army of Darkness #1 Shows Signs of Life
This latest incarnation of Dynamite’s Army of Darkness comic starts out with a fun and well-characterized bang, with some nifty art to boot.
Cable #1 Is Gunning for Greatness
It’d be easy to chalk it up to lowered expectations, but somehow Cable #1 is the best book of the week and that fact is blowing my mind.
New Mutants #9: New Faces, Scary Places
The New Mutants are no stranger to horror as a genre, from classic stories involving hauntings to modern nightmares of the technarchy. In issue #9, the team plunges directly into a young mutant’s fearscape in an attempt to help, but quickly find themselves overwhelmed by the unexpected. New Mutants brings the Dawn of X a…
Previously on Comics: Flattening that Curve
Things are a little strange and unusual right now. Our governments are not on the same page when it comes to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The result is a whole lot of panic and confusion and people still not realizing how serious this is. But this isn’t a time for panic. It’s a time…
Depictions of Fascism and Missteps of the Metaphor in X-Men: Red
This essay includes discussions of fascism, the alt-right, Charlottesville, the death of Heather Heyer, The Third Reich, Nazi ideology, and xenophobia.
PEOW is Publishing Wildly Creative Comics for Everyone
When I look for new comics or zines in a shop, at a festival, or online, I tend to browse wildly and pick up anything that catches my eye. We are blessed to live in a comics era filled with small presses and distros that are putting a variety of wild, creative work out into…
