Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #35 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), French Carlomagno (Artist), Francesco Mortarino (Artist), Eleonora Bruni (Colours), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 30 January, 2019 Heckyl the…
Livewire #3: Sins of the Father (Figures)
Livewire #3 Vita Ayala (Writer), Raúl Allén (Artist), Patricia Martín (Artist), Scott Koblish (Artist), Saida Temofonte (Letters) Valiant Comics 13 February, 2019 Amanda McKee, a.k.a. Livewire, needs a break. She’s been on the run for a while, ever since she used her teletechnopathic powers to shut down the U.S., unwittingly causing the deaths of thousands…
Sequential Sartorial: Kris Anka’s Top 10 Runaways #Lewks
It is with a heavy heart that I acknowledge that Kris Anka’s final issue as the regular artist of Marvel’s Runaways is February’s #18. The latest incarnation of the beloved team book, written by Rainbow Rowell, has featured career-best artwork from Anka; he’s given the characters new life with vibrant, fashion-forward designs that are as…
A New Slayer Rises in Buffy #1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer#1 Jordie Bellaire (writing); Dan Mora (art); Raul Angulo (colors); Ed Dukeshire (Lettering); Matthew Taylor, Kevin Wada, Dan Panosian, Kaiti Infanti, George Schall, Jonathan Case, Miguel Mercado, Jen Bartel, Becca Carey, Royal Dunlap (covers) January 23, 2019 Boom! Studios After concluding a very long, partially Joss Whedon-written run with Dark Horse that…
Thank You, Text: Letterer Ariana Maher Never Stops Learning
When Ariana Maher first started testing the waters of professional comic lettering, the excitement of seeing her work published was undermined by a few people who felt that exposure ought to have been enough to satisfy her. Now that she has more experience in the field, she knows better when it comes to establishing terms…
WWACommendations: Honey Lemon, Paper Girls, Bad Girls, Batman, and More
Happy February! What comics have you been enjoying lately? Every month, WWAC contributors sound off about the comics we’re reading for fun. Let us know on Twitter what you recommend!
Previously On Comics: Branded
We had some fun this week! In one of her screwball Twitter bits, Gail Simone started asking brands on Twitter who their favorite comics publishers were. Twitter brand accounts, which are usually run by social-media-savvy younger employees, were quick to jump on this super easy publicity opportunity, as these sorts of things have a proven…
The Whispering Dark #3 Review: Where Gods Fear to Tread
The Whispering Dark #3 Christofer Emgård (Writer), Tomás Aira (Artist and Colours), Mauro Mantella (Letters) Dark Horse 2 January, 2019 Chief Hannah Vance and her remaining rangers are making their way through treacherous weather and enemy-riddled territory with the help of their hostage, Erina, the young girl they spared after killing her family. Erina knows…
Hire This Hero: Why Loki Could Take Over for John Constantine
Life is weird, right? Sometimes you’re just going about your business, trying to imbibe enough caffeine to drag through the last endless hour of a Friday afternoon at the widget company when out of nowhere, a demon wielding dark magic comes crashing through the cubicle occupied by Donna in accounting. This beast from Hell eats…
Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #1 Dives Through the Mysterious Constructs of Time
Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #1 CRANK! (lettering), Addison Duke (colourst), Germán García (artist), Leah Williams (writer) Dynamite Entertainment January 2019 I am enjoying Dynamite’s various team ups, which serve as a great way to get to know other characters in the company’s roster that I haven’t quite focused on before. In Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #1, my favourite Barsoomian princess…
Hulk Gets Horrific in The Immortal Hulk Volume 1
The Immortal Hulk Volume 1: Or Is He Both? Al Ewing (writer), Joe Bennett (penciller), Ruy Hosé (inker), Paul Mounts (color artist), Cory Petit (letterer), Paul Hornschemeier, Marguerite Sauvage and Garry Brown (Immortal Hulk #3 guest artists), Travis Lanham (Immortal Hulk #2 co-letterer), Jim Zub and Mark Waid (Avengers #684 co-writers) Marvel Comics December 4,…
Captain Britain Reading Diary 8: Twin Tales
Upon her reemergence as a Captain Britain supporting character, Betsy Braddock retained little of her previous page character. Her blonde though changeable bob was now chest-length purple, worn in a half-up style that resembled a large cottage loaf, or a Portuguese man o’ war. Career-wise she was “still” a model, but no longer a charter…
