Betty: the Final Girl sports spine-tingling art and gore, but its story lengths come up too short.
INTERVIEW: Anni K. on Transfusions
Anni K. has been creating comics in some capacity since she was young. In 2010, she started her ongoing webcomic Transfusions, which tells the love story between media student Dylan and young vampire Joa. Here, Anni K. discusses getting her start in comics, her preference towards digital comics, and some of the ideas that have…
REVIEW: Gambit #2-5: The Agony and the Extra G’s
Gambit shows off the best and worst of Chris Claremont’s writing. It’s got some unforgettable characters but convenient plot choices may disappoint the reader.
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: February/March 2023
This is the strange season that is not quite winter, but not quite yet spring – – warm one day, then a snowstorm the next. Comics, however, have no season – they’re good year round! This month, we catch up on the two series we looked at last month while adding in a new one:…
The Major’s Body final.FINAL Stand Together Complex
This body’s always suited me. No other will do. And— Don’t die. Survive, no matter what. *** I am a cisgender woman and when I wrote The Major’s Body I didn’t know it. How can that be? It’s simple. I knew that I was AFAB, and I knew that I was a woman. That’s what…
REVIEW: Queenie: Godmother of Harlem Brings an Untold Story to Life
When we think of gangsters and racketeers, we usually (unfairly, I might add) think of men. But historical women racketeers? We hear about them, annoying, far less frequently. As we know from art history, the lives of these women — and their legacies — can be far more interesting, intriguing, and unfortunately overlooked than their…
ECCC 2023: Authentic and Effective Social Media Marketing for Creators
As I stated in my coverage of the Building Your Own Themyscira panel, ECCC’s Pro Track of panels is a series of panels focused on the industry behind comics. I find topics like this fascinating, because comics don’t just magically appear out of thin air, they take work. It’s great to see a convention focusing hard…
ECCC 2023: Building Your Own Themyscira
One of the big focuses of this year’s Emerald City Comic Con is what’s called the Pro Track of panels; that is, panels about the industry around comics, about the business of making, promoting, or writing about them. One such panel is Building Your Own Themyscira, moderated by Jordan Dené Ellis, owner of Jordandené, a…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: March 2023
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of March! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In March’s Pubwatch, we link to some big interviews, preview some new covers, and more.
COVER REVEAL AND TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: Archie and Friends: Hot Summer Movies #1
Keep reading to see our cover reveal and title announcement for Archie Comics’ Archie and Friends: Hot Summer Movies #1!
REVIEW: Jade Street Protection Services & The Commodification of Magical Girls
One thing I love about Jade Street Protection Services is how much it emphasizes that all girls are magic. Some have more sparkles than others, and some move about the world differently, but they’re all championed as magical. And while the essence of this story is very rooted in the history of mahō shōjo manga…
REVIEW: I Am Iron Man #1 Struggles to Set Up New Adventures
Tony Stark has two birthdays to celebrate in 2023. It has been fifteen years since Robert Downey Jr. first played the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Iron Man (2008) and it is the 60th anniversary of Tony’s first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39. It’s the latter that Marvel Comics’ new miniseries, I Am…
