Heroes In Crisis #8 Clayton Cowles (letterer), Mitch Gerads (art, colors, cover), Tom King (writer), Travis Moore (art) DC Comics April 24, 2019 This Post Contains Spoilers for Heroes In Crisis #8. I have never been more outraged at a book than I am at Heroes In Crisis #8. Between the broken promises of what…
Serenity When? Firefly: The Unification War Part One
Firefly: The Unification War Part One Jim Campbell (letterer), Marcello Costa (colorist), Dan McDaid (artist), Greg Pak (writer), Joss Whedon (creator) BOOM! Studios April 24, 2019 Apparently, I’m not quite over my crush on Firefly, despite my utter disappointment with Shepherd’s backstory, and my general disappointment that has come from growing up and becoming aware…
Joel Hodgson on Breezeways, Playing a Thief, and the Promptness of Mary Jo Pehl
Comic, actor, producer and general gizmocrat Joel Hodgson needs no introduction from this website. Co-creator, producer and writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000, he also hosted the show for its first four and a half seasons as the amiable Joel Robinson. Hodgson has gone on to appear in numerous other projects including riffing for Cinematic…
In Lumberjanes #60, All The World’s A Stage…or A Sea Serpent’s Stomach
Lumberjanes #60 Aubrey Aiese (Letters): Brooklyn Allen (Pre-Order Cover); Maarta Laiho (Colors); Kat Leyh (Main Cover); AnneMarie Rogers (Art); Sharon Watters and Kat Leyh (Writing) BOOM! Studios March 20th, 2019 The Lumberjanes have made it to 60! But instead of dealing with aching backs and insurance forms, they’re putting on a play and all of…
Handling Parenthood with Lucy Knisley’s Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos Lucy Knisley (artist/writer) First Second March 2019 Lucy Knisley’s latest memoir, Kid Gloves, narrates her experiences with pregnancy, and highlights historical and medical information about pregnancy and how we treat it in the western world.
Exploring How Stories Are Told with Ted Anderson
Something that’s really fun in the world of comics is realizing that several of your favorite comics are being written by the same author. That’s how I felt about Ted Anderson when I realized he was writing not only Moth & Whisper (my favorite charming YA cyberpunk spy story) but also several very enjoyable recent…
Knit Your Comics: Thanos Infinity Scarf
It’s April, and Avengers: Endgame will be released this week. In the year since Avengers: Infinity War, I know I haven’t recovered. Even knowing that some people are going to return thanks to the movie press machine that keeps on running (looking at you Spider-Man: Far From Home), every trailer has been like reopening a…
Dora Explores New Relationship Ground: A Questionable Content Roundtable
Warning: Spoilers below! In a recent strip of the long-running webcomic Questionable Content, a thunderstruck Tai immediately knelt on the floor of the Coffee of Doom and proposed to her girlfriend, Dora, after Dora stated, point blank and without hesitation, that she’d close her coffee shop immediately and follow Tai if Tai had to move elsewhere….
Previously on Comics: Sad Things But Also Good Things
Has it been a month already? There’s so much happening in comics this week I don’t know where to start, so let’s break it down. Let’s start with some good things–it’s awards season! Darrin Bell, a freelance cartoonist, won the Pulitzer prize for Editorial Cartooning, making him the first African-American to win the Pulitzer prize…
Duet of Beautiful Goddesses: Sing When You’re Sinning
Duet of Beautiful Goddesses, volumes 1 & 2 Yumi Hanakoji Manga Sunday Web for Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha., translated by Unknown (read right to left)
“Don’t Get Eaten by a Tiger”: The Presentation and Safety of Othered Children in FF
Marvel Comics’ all-ages series FF (2012) is brought to us by team Matt Fraction and Mike, Lee, and Laura Allred and follows the adventures of the Future Foundation, a school for special youngsters, temporarily headed by Scott Lang, She-Hulk, Medusa, and pop singer Darla Deering a.k.a Miss Thing.
Vault Comics: April Pubwatch
Welcome to the Vault Pubwatch, where I’ll spend a little time catching up on what Vault Comics has been up to over the past little while.