Fantasy Sports No. 1 Sam Bosma Nobrow Press Whether you’re suffering post-SPX withdrawal or are reflecting on your tragically SPX-free weekend, I’m sure you’re curious about the Ignatz winners. Who are these earnest indie creators picking up awards? Should I buy these books? I can enthusiastically say yes, buy them all and do it now,…
Bombshells and Broken Backs
I don’t read a lot of single issues anymore. On a grad student budget, for both time and cash, it makes more sense to just pick up trades and catch up on series I enjoy when I can. For no other series is that more true than for DC’s Bombshells, the Marguerite Bennett and Sauvage-led weekly series.
Why Your School Library Needs QUEER: A Graphic History
QUEER: A Graphic History Julia Scheele & Meg-John Barker Icon Books September 2016 QUEER: A Graphic History is the gender and sexuality textbook every school library should stock–on every shelf. It runs at an unrelenting pace, if you keep turning the pages, but each leaf has enough information and suggestion packed into a short paragraph…
A Study in Pink: Cartooning Sherlock Queerly (At Last)
I have never been a fan of comic riffs based off of live-action television and films. The cartoonists that get hired to draw them seem to get hired for one purpose: to perfectly render the likenesses of the actors from the original. What I love about a television show are so rarely the actors, I…
Doctor Who Review: Third Doctor #1
Doctor Who: Third Doctor #1 Paul Cornell (Writer), Christopher Jones (Artist), Hi-Fi (Colors) Titan Comics September 14, 2016
Emotional Survivalism & Powdered Sherbet: How to Survive in the North
How to Survive in the North Luke Healy NoBrow November 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on a review copy provided by the publisher. I’ve never been satisfied with sayings like you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. Why bother having the saying if the meaning isn’t possible to apply preemptively? I am…
The Vision (And How I Got Excited For New Comic Book Day Again)
Ongoing comics are a strange game, constantly getting cancelled, renewed, and rebooted. Until I began working at London’s Orbital comics, I’d had a tough time reading anything in single issue format. Then, one fateful afternoon, I picked up The Vision #1. This book (by creative team Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta, with Jordie Bellaire…
The Modern Supergirl: What Makes America Today
Man of Steel, John Byrne’s post-Crisis on Infinite Earths take on Superman—with its trimming away of Silver Age sci-fi elements; changing of Lex Luthor into a greedy, corporate businessman; and strong emphasis on Kal-El’s human persona, Clark Kent—is now considered one of the most highly influential runs on the character of all time. Some readings note xenophobia…
Previously on Comics: Using Comics to Increase Money, Awareness, and Cultural Exchange
Hi everyone! Hope you had a good weekend. Here in the Mid-Atlantic, I’m feeling the first bite of autumn. Are you ready for cooler temperatures? No matter the answer, it is perfect comics reading weather. So let’s get caught up on recent headlines! The world has been a scary place lately and we often use…
Diversity in Comics: A First Look at Sun Dragon’s Song #1
Sun Dragon’s Song Vol. 1, No. 1 Joyce Chng (Writer) and Kim Miranda (Artist) Rosarium Publishing September 21, 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on an advanced copy from the publisher.
Roundtable: The WWAC Warriors Talk Ms. Marvel’s Patriotic Pose
You know us as the WWAC Warriors: everyday athletes who love to run, swim, lift weights, walk, train, and fight. We like to talk about fight choreography, realistic vs. impossible poses, and what disciplines our favorite characters embrace. Usually, that discussion is behind the scenes, but today, we wanted to share our thoughts on a recent…
Cats and Identity Crises: A Review of Finding Molly
Finding Molly: An Adventure in Catsitting Justine Prado (Writer), Jenn St-Onge (Artist), Carey Pietsch (Colorist), Joyana McDiarmid (Letterer) Emet Comics If you are a poor, unfortunate soul who follows Melissa Brinks and myself on Twitter, you’ve noticed a trend in our chats. As Melissa put it best: “Roughly 80% of our conversations are about cats….
