To those of you in the U.S. and Canada, happy Labo(u)r Day! Given this weekend’s traditional status of being a long one, several cons happened this weekend, and you can expect some coverage regarding them across the site. To those of you outside of the U.S. and Canada, happy…Monday. It’s been a good week for…
Quick and Talky With Rick and Morty: Tini Howard on PokeJokes
It’s almost impossible to exist on planet Earth and not have at least heard about Rick and Morty. The cartoon follows the obscure adventures of Morty, your average 14 year old dude, and his alcoholic, genius scientist grandfather Rick as they go on weird, wonderful, and sometimes morally challenging adventures through the universe–and many of…
Katie O’Neill: Visible Woman
The running themes in Katie O’Neill’s charming stories are joy and friendship. Sprinkle in a dash of learning, some tea, and sometimes romance–these are a few of the ingredients that make up the New Zealand illustrator’s magical tales. There are also healthy doses of incredibly clean lines and perfectly chosen palettes sprinkled throughout. Her natural…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: August Week Five 2017
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Today is the mythic Fifth Wednesday,…
WWE #8: Dean Ambrose and Sasha Banks Get All ‘Mad Max’
WWE #8 Dennis Hopeless, Serg Acuna, Tam Lattie BOOM! Studios Maybe you’re not the sort of person who is drawn in by the premise “Dean Ambrose and Sasha Banks in a monster truck trying to outrun their respective rivals.” Maybe the idea of Sasha Banks diving out the door of a monster truck to attack…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything From August 30
Welcome back to Rebirth Roundup. We have reached what is known in the comics industry as the dreaded “Fifth Week”; comics publishing typically operates on a four week schedule, with books shipping the same week every month. When a month has five Wednesdays though, like this one, we get a week where they don’t have…
Long Lost: Dark and Hauntingly Beautiful Horror
Long Lost Matthew Erman (Story), Lisa Sterle (Art, cover) Scout Comics November 2017 Long Lost doesn’t look like a horror comic. What sticks in my memory is not the gruesome imagery, nor the dark robes of whatever mysterious figure is haunting sisters Piper and Frances, but the sisters themselves–their facial expressions, the amount of personality…
The Mane Event: Lion Forge Pubwatch
For marginalized people, my queer enby self included, it is a constant struggle to see oneself in the massive sea of heteronormative bleached media. Today, when the world seems to actively rally against us, Lion Forge is here to shine a mirror on those who need it most and walk the walk of diversity. Both…
Thanks To Bill & Ted Save The Universe, Comics Are Fun Again
Claire & Rosie’s Excellent Experience Bill & Ted Save the Universe #3 Boom! Studios Brian Joines (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Alex Guimaraes (Colorist), Jim Campbell (Letterer) August 16, 2017 Rosie Comics can be fucking depressing. Whether it’s the fact that the same six men each have 30 books in Previews every month and yet you can’t…
Previously, On Comics: From Independent Creators To Summer of Love
Independent comics are making waves this last week, with new projects in the works from Zainab Akhtar’s second volume of Critical Chips to a critical comics and essays zine about Joss Whedon and his problematic creation called We Told You So. Critical Chips 2 is a zine full of comics, original illustrations, and essays examining…
Looking Forward by Looking Back: A Retrospective Interview with Anna Selheim
I love to consider how a cartoonist’s work has changed over time. For most practitioners of a craft, the work evolves slowly, but as readers we can swiftly sink our teeth into multiple works and seek out recurring themes, shifts in art style, and general growth. It’s not often that I get to conduct such…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: August Week Four 2017
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. What a week. Batman/The Shadow nears its…