One of the unique challenges of the manga publishing industry is that of taking a product in the Japanese language and translating it for English-speaking audiences. Translating isn’t just converting one word of vocabulary to another. A good translation starts with a firm foundation of both languages and their idiosyncrasies, and then uses strong creative…
House of X #3: Mothermold, May I Sleep with Danger?
House of X #3 VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Marte Gracia (colorist), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Pepe Larraz (artist), Tom Muller (design) Marvel Comics August 28, 2019 Ah, at last—House of X #3, the halfway point in Hickman, Larraz, and Silva’s twelve-part saga, is a pure evocation of a classic X-Men adventure story. It’s surprisingly straightforward, pressing…
Previously on Comics: Labor Day
Hello again! Today is Labor Day in North America, which makes it kind of ironic that the biggest news this week is that a sexual harasser in comics seems to finally be facing consequences.
Sequential Sartorial: My Hopes and Dreams for a Fashionable Emma Frost
Jonathan Hickman has done the unimaginable: he has made me want to care about the X-Men again. I’m walking into House of X with a healthy dose of cynicism, but this feeling of burgeoning hope is something I have not felt in a long time. I worried that I’d continue on a path of clinging to…
The Girl in the Bay Resurfaces in a New Trade
Brutally attacked and thrown into Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay, 17-year-old Kathy Sartori’s life seems to be over, but she survives, struggling to the shore where she discovers that it’s no longer 1969. Fifty years have passed and someone has lived her entire life in her place. Dealing with her double and her attacker and the dark entity…
Monthly Marvel Muster: What Is, What Was, What Never Will Be
Welcome to the August edition of the Monthly Marvel Muster. This month we have a passel of new ongoings spinning out of War of the Realms, two universes’ worth of summer Annuals, and the tragic tale of the Summer Special that almost was.
DC PUBWATCH – August 2019 Edition
The only big news of this month’s DC Pubwatch is that G. Willow Wilson is leaving Wonder Woman with October’s issue #81, giving us four more issues under her pen. Set to replace her for at least a six issue arc is Steve Orlando, who wrote issues #51-55 of the series before Wilson came on….
Riverdale Season 3 #5: A Tempered Finale to a Mixed Series
Riverdale Season 3 #5 ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ Micol Ostow (Writer), Thomas Pitilli (Artist), Andre Skymanowicz (Colours), John Workman (Letters) ‘Into the Wild’ Janice Chiang (Letters), Joe Eisma (Artist), Matt Herms (Colours), Micol Ostow (Writer) Archie Comics 31 July, 2019 Riverdale Season 3 #5 marks the end of this limited series tie-in with The CW…
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Has War, Demons, and a Suspicious Podcast
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Volume 2: Hidden Human History Enrica Eren Angiolini (colours), Jody Houser (writer), Roberta Ingranata (artist), Sarah Jacobs (letters), John Roshell (letters), Viviana Spinelli (colours), Rachel Stott (Artist) Titan Comics, BBC 28 August, 2019 The Tardis takes the Doctor and her companions Yaz, Ryan, and Graham to the 1500s, at the…
Killers #2: Superninja Against Superninja!
Killers #2 Fernando Dagnino (Artist), B Clay Moore (Writer), Jeff Powell (Letters), José Villarrubia (Colours) Valiant Comics 28 August, 2019 Last we saw of Desdemona Rush, a.k.a. Ninja-G, she was being thrown out a window by Roger Thorpe, a.k.a. Ninja-J. She survives and goes on the hunt for reinforcements, namely Raleigh Brewster, aka Ninja-F, a…
Plotting A Course With The Necromancer’s Map
Songs for the Dead introduced us to Bethany, a young minstrel and necromancer who tries to use her dark powers to bring light to the world. Followed by cute, undead animals and accompanied by a warrior who makes more dead bodies than Bethany could ever think to raise, their story now continues in The Necromancer’s…
Shannon Hale’s Best Friends is an Unintentionally Helpful Guidebook for Parents of Preteens
Best Friends Shannon Hale (writer), LeUyen Pham (illustrator), Hilary Sycamore (colourist) First Second August 27, 2019 Shannon Hale’s Best Friends is a graphic memoir of her elementary school experiences. The sequel to 2017’s Real Friends, it covers everything from body image issues to crushes, and all the emotional turmoil in between that is the life of…