Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins #1 Jody Houser (script), Ariana Maher (letters), Matthew Mercer (story), Msassyk (colors), Olivia Samson (art), Fiona Staples (cover) Dark Horse Comics July 10, 2019 I have been a Dungeons & Dragons nerd almost as long as I’ve been a comics nerd, and its wonderful seeing them both have major pop…
Who Run The Magical World? Chatting With Lilah Sturges About The Magicians: Alice’s Story
Forget Hogwarts. Brakebils College is where the magic is at. Lev Grossman’s The Magicians trilogy explores the school’s magical curriculum with danger, famous alumni, and only a few deaths per academic year. The series spun off into a hit TV show on SyFy, concluding its fourth season in April. Now, a new graphic novel from Lumberjanes writer…
She Said Destroy #2 Is In Full Sprint
She Said Destroy #2 Corallo, Kangas, Nalty, Ujimori Vault Comics July 3, 2019 I can describe She Said Destroy in a word: breathless. I commented on that last time, the way that the story moves at a breakneck pace, and it only continues here in the second issue.
Gou Tanabe’s At the Mountains of Madness May Enthrall, But Fails to Chill
H. P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, Volume 1 Gou Tanabe (artist & writer) July 9, 2019 Dark Horse Manga Continuing the legacy that the Cthulu Mythos has left upon the literary world, Gou Tanabe adapts H. P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness in manga form. Tanabe adapts the work from a place…
Unearth Horror With Cullen Bunn and Baldemar Rivas
Like any good horror, Unearth introduces you to the grotesque in the gentlest way possible: by letting the innocence of a child take you by the hand. The child leads Dr. McCommick, Dr. Reyes, and Lt. Morris to the abominations that have developed from a mysterious flesh-eating disease. The mystery of the disease leads the…
Previously on Comics: Who Cancelled What Again?
Hello again, and welcome to another episode of Previously on Comics! Kate here to give you the headlines you might have missed. This week, that was mainly who was cancelling what, and sometimes who was cancelling what again.
Cover Girl: Prism Stalker #5
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, Louis, Nola, and Laura discuss the cover of Prism Stalker #5 from Image Comics.
Dynamite Comics Pubwatch: July 2019
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of July! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
Garcia and Picolo’s Teen Titans: Raven Soars with Ease
Teen Titans: Raven David Calderon (colourist), Kami Garcia (writer), Tom Napolitano (letterer) and Gabriel Picolo with Jon Sommariva and Emma Kubert (artists) DC Ink (a DC Comics imprint) July 2, 2019 In March 2015, I hosted a Gotham Academy roundtable featuring five book bloggers. We discussed their limited experience with comics, if the series was great for…
Birds of a Feather Flock to Xena: Warrior Princess #3
Xena: Warrior Princess #3 Vita Ayala (writer), Triona Farrell (cover), Paulina Ganucheau (cover), Emanuela Lupacchino (cover), David Mack (cover), Ariana Maher (lettering), Rebecca Nalty (colors), Jordi Pérez (art) Dynamite Comics June 12th, 2019 I don’t know if my gushing is getting repetitive here, but gush I must, and as loudly and proudly as possible. Xena:…
Dalí and the Marx Brothers Cook Up the Delicious Giraffes on Horseback Salad
Giraffes on Horseback Salad Josh Frank (writer), Tim Heidecker (writer), Manuela Pertega (artist) Quirk Books April 2019 Giraffes on Horseback Salad Total Time: 224 pages Ingredients: 1 Surrealist painter 3 Marx Brothers 1 Lobster phone 3 Songs 1 Stout and oyster bath Directions: HONK! And serve.
The Extraordinary Cassie Anderson
Basil is an ordinary princess, but her creator, Cassie Anderson, is anything but. A freelance artist from Portland, Oregon, she’s got her name on not one, but two new books from Dark Horse Publishing this year. The second volume of Lifeformed, which features Anderson’s art and lettering, will be out in September, and her own…