Lea: The Confessions of Julius Antoine Serge Le Tendre (writer), Christian Rossi (artist) Fantagraphics, 1989 First published in French by Albin Michel, 1985 This article contains discussions of ephebophilia and paedophilia.
BOOM! Bar: Watercolours! Anime Heirs! Girl Stuff!
Future-news: David F. Walker and Christopher Mooneyham have been paired on a new Planet of the Apes mini starting in January next year; all about that one mean guy with the big hat. Says Mooneyham, “[General] Ursus, to me, is just an old soldier, with no more wars to fight. He’s lost a lot, and…
Kid Sherlock #3: “Missing Equipment” by Justin Phillips and Sean Miller is Light and Fun
Kid Sherlock #3 Justin Phillips (writer and letterer), Sean Miller (pencils and inks), Lesley Atalansky (colors) Action Lab Comics August 23, 2017 In the third issue of Kid Sherlock, the playground equipment for classroom 221 at Baker Elementary has gone missing, and the eponymous kid Sherlock and his faithful pal Watson solve the mystery of…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: October 2017, Week One
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Last Week Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this last week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Due to technical issues,…
Angel City: Starlets and Crime
Angel City Janet Harvey (writer), Megan Levens (illustrator), Nick Filardi (colorist), Crank! (letterer) Oni Press October 2016-March 2017, collected August 2017 The studio-era Hollywood noir thriller mystery is a very entrenched, narrow genre. Noir as an American prose and film genre originated in that time and place with books like Double Indemnity and its film remake….
Nissa’s Return in Batman Beyond #12 is Lackluster
Batman Beyond #12 Vita Ayala and Steve Orlando (Writers), Siya Oum (Artist), Dexter Vines (Inker), Tony Aviña (Colourist), Travis Lanham (Letterer) DC Comics September 27, 2017 Batman Beyond #12 marks the return of Nissa, a.k.a. Batgirl Beyond, since her first appearance in the 2014 Batman Beyond digital chapters #27-29 (later collected in print). That debut…
All Alone, More Or Less: Void Trip’s Fun, Fun, Fun
Void Trip #1 Ryan O’Sullivan (Writer), Plaid Klaus (Artist), Aditya Bidikar (Letterer) Image Comics November 22, 2017 The first issue of Void Trip, a comic, releases on November 22nd, the same week (Probably? The full schedule remains unannounced) season twelve of Red Dwarf finishes its first airing. Why’s that a relevant matter? I will tell you….
The Wedding Issue: Archie and Betty and Veronica!
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?” nothing gets comic fans more heated than the question of whether Archie Andrews should be with Betty Cooper or Veronica Lodge. In this special edition of this mini-feature, recent Bride Rebecca Henely-Weiss and her Maid of Honor Kayleigh Hearn take a literal trip down Memory Lane to…
Previously on Comics: Living in a Hellscape
Seems like every time I sit down to write one of these, I gotta lead with people in positions of power in the comics industry using that power to punch down. We start the week off with Action Lab. Sorry, Action Lab Danger Zone, because the first thing that both bearers of the Action Lab name…
PUBWATCH: Rosie’s Dynamite Roundup – October 2017
Hello, comic book adventurers. It’s me, Rosie, back once again with your regular Dynamite comics roundup. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so we can all enjoy/despair about it together! So here we are, with our…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything from October 4th
This week we have an abundance of Batman, with four issues devoted to the Dark Knight. We have the ending of All-Star Batman and the beginning of Batman: White Knight. “The War of Jokes and Riddles” reaches it’s long awaited conclusion, and Selina finally gives Bruce an answer. That’s the biggest spoiler of the week,…
Countdown to Doomsday Clock: Geoff Johns Releases First Six Pages
There is no doubt about the excitement revolving around Geoff Johns’ and Gary Franks’ Doomsday Clock as it nears its November release date, but after the reveal of the first six pages Watchmen fans are sure to be rushing to the shelves. Despite the eerily familiar tone, apparent from the first panel, Johns has presented…
