I’m a sucker for a good scene of death and destruction over a piece of music. I generally don’t mean evil-sounding or soupy instrumentals — I mean the juxtaposition of a violent scene with the “wrong” music: the “Don’t Stop Me Now” zombie slaughter in Shaun of the Dead, or the “Father Figure” scene in…
REVIEW: X-Force #19: In-Quire-ing Minds Want to Know
With continuing art by Garry Brown, X-Force #19 wraps up a very necessary introspective arc about Quentin Quire’s transition into adulthood.
DC PUBWATCH: April 2021 Edition
April showers bring May Milestone comics! Surprising nobody, The Dreaming: Waking Hours #9 continues to be the cream of the crop, but surprising everyone, including me, The Joker #2 was actually my second favorite book of the month.
REVIEW: What’s Inside a Hero’s Mind in Children of the Atom #2?
In Children of the Atom #2, a new superhero group finds themselves facing off against old foes. Their mission to help people is commendable, but it may not be what the world wants from them right now.
Previously On Comics: Rising Stars
Good morning! I don’t know about you but it’s been another of those weekends that just aren’t long enough for me. For our most important news item, last week had some great news on the Former-WWACers-moving-up front: Kelly Kanayama has joined the Scottish BAME Writer’s Network as their Admin and Media Support! Joining alongside her…
[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Star Beasts and Spider-Gods: Doctor Who Comics of the Tom Baker Era
Our monthly Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. A science fiction series as long-running as Doctor Who could hardly avoid spawning its fair share of comics. By the same token, comics tying in with a science fiction series as…
Last Week’s Episode: At Least Movies are Good?
Hello again entertainment news fans! Welcome to another addition of Last Week’s Episode. This week we’ve got the good, the bad, and the terrible in everything Hollywood so grab your popcorn, settle in and get ready to add douse your brain in some new movie and TV news.
Vault Pubwatch: April 2021
A website redesign, 18k followers on Twitter, and Tor.com singing the praises of the short-lived Vagrant Queen television series. Seems like Vault has had a pretty good month!
INTERVIEW: Greg Keyes and Drew Edward Johnson talk Godzilla: Dominion
Greg Keyes and Drew Edward Johnson’s Godzilla: Dominion is the latest in Legendary Comics’ series of Monsterverse tie-in graphic novels. Dominion follows Godzilla as he restores order in chaos of the aftermath of 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. In preparation for the release, Keyes and Johnson were kind enough to answer a few questions…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: April 2021
There are leaves and flowers on the trees…which unfortunately can mean some sneezes! But I’ll deal with a little bit of congestion and watery eyes in the short term. It means warmer days are on their way. This month, we wrap up our look at Minions Sports!, and dive into two long-awaited debuts: Doctor Who: Missy…
INTERVIEW: Olivia Cuartero-Briggs’ Silver City Dreams
It came to Olivia Cuartero-Briggs one night in a dream while she was in her 20s — she pauses — “I’m starting to sound like a bad musical,” she says with a laugh before going on to describe waking up on the floor of a building she didn’t recognize with strangers all around her. Workers…