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Army of Darkness Halloween Special “Scared Shipless” Chad Bowers (writer), Taylor Esposito (letterer), Eoin Marron (artist), Chris O’Halloran (colorist), Chris Sims (writer) “Cemetery Man” Benito Cereno (writer), Dee Cunniffe (colorist), Taylor Esposito (letterer), Sam Lotfi (artist) Dynamite Comics October 2018 On Halloween 2018, Ash Williams brings his boomstick back to town with a pair of…
Vampirella and Red Sonja Halloween Specials: One Shot is More Than Enough
Red Sonja Halloween Special One-Shot Erik Burnham (writer), Tom Defalco (writer), Tom Garcia (artist), Anthony Marques (artist) Dynamite Entertainment October 24, 2018 Copies of these books were provided by the publisher in exchange for honest reviews. ‘Tis the season for scary things, and two of Dynamite’s leading ladies—Vampirella and Red Sonja—are going to make sure the…
Extermination #3 Releases the Hounds
Extermination #3 Ed Brisson (Writer), Pepe Larraz (Artist), Marte Gracia (Colorist), VC’s Joe Sabino (Letterer) Marvel Comics September 26, 2018 With a single snap of his fingers, Ahab suddenly becomes a scary villain again and that’s just the start of the ride the is Extermination #3. Sometimes the third issue of a mini series, event or…
Get Your Spoop on with Horror Zines
‘Tis the season for all things pumpkin spice and spoopy, which is fantastic news for those of us who love horror. My favorite thing about the genre is its expansiveness. A horror story can be a traditional ghost or haunted house story, or a tale of body and psychological horror that reminds us of our…
Dress to Kill in the Bettie Page Halloween Special
Bettie Page Halloween Special “Pickman’s Supermodel” David Avallone (writer), Taylor Esposito (letterer), Julius Ohta (artist), Ellie Wright (colorist) “Haunting in Hollywood” Taylor Esposito (letterer), Valentina Pinto (colorist), Fernando Ruiz (artist), Leah Williams (writer) Dynamite Comics October 2018 Supermodel-turned-undercover-agent-for-the-FBI Bettie Page doesn’t just deal with mobsters and the common criminal element. This Halloween, she confronts evil…
The Devil Within #1: Suitably Scary but Stilted
The Devil Within #1 Stephanie Phillips (Writer), Maan House (Artist), Dee Cunniffe (Colours) Black Mask 10 October, 2018 Newly-engaged couple Sam and Michelle have just moved into an old property in Cebu, Philippines. They should be unpacking, but decide to go out on the town instead. Returning home late into the night, a very drunk…
A Monstrous Disappointment in Monstro Mechanica
Monstro Mechanica Vol. 1 Paul Allor (writer/letterer), Chris Evenhuis (artist), Sjan Weijers (colorist) Aftershock Comics September 2018 In Monstro Mechanica, master inventor Leonardo da Vinci and his apprentice Isabel are caught in a web of intrigue between the Medici family and the Papal State in Rome. Da Vince and Isabel have created a robot, the titular…
Previously in Comics: An Ever-Expanding Universe
Good morning. After a mostly quiet early week, the comics world punched things into overdrive over the weekend.
The Wedding Issue: Wolverine and Witchblade (?!?)
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?” no debate gets comic fans more heated than the question of whether or not superheroes should marry. In this mini-feature, former Bride Rebecca Henely-Weiss and Bride-to-Be Kayleigh Hearn take a trip down memory lane to the most significant times comic companies took the plunge and got their…
Aliens, Immigration, Race, and Assimilation in DC: The New Frontier
I love Darwyn Cooke’s DC: The New Frontier. I think it’s a love letter not just to the superhero genre, but also to its medium: the comic book, even though my 520-page 2016 paperback edition neither looks nor feels like a floppy when I pick it up to read. There is a sequence in The…
Interview: Paul Tobin, Banana Sunday, and Nostalgia
One of the reasons that I love Rose City Comic Con is that the laid-back nature of the convention creates an atmosphere, where interviews become more like conversations. Since there’s not a rush to fit in as many interviews as possible, creators seem to be more at ease and willing to chat about anything, even…
DC PUBWATCH – October Edition
The biggest news this month came out of New York Comic Con, where Brian Michael Bendis announced his new imprint “Wonder Comics.” The imprint is focused on the teenage heroes of the DC Universe, and headlining that announcement was the returns of Bart Allen, Tim Drake, Cassie Sandsmark, and Conner Kent as an updated Young…
