This month, Netflix’s Daredevil series adds a much-anticipated character: Elektra. Elektra debuted in Marvel comics in the 1980s. The recap page of the 2009 miniseries Dark Reign: Elektra describes her thusly: “Elektra Natchios was the most dangerous woman in the world: an assassin, master martial artist, and weapons expert.” I had never read any comics starring Elektra,…
Review: Casati: The Selfish Muse
Casati: The Selfish Muse Vanna Vinci (writer and artist), Edward Gauvin (translator), Calix Ltd. (lettering) Europe Comics 2015 Set during the Belle Epoque, throughout great European cities like London, Paris, Milan, Rome, and Venice, and featuring outstanding creators and creatives of the era? I had to get my hands on the digital graphic novel from…
Interview: The Creators of The Other Side: A Queer Paranormal Romance Anthology
After years of avoiding movie nights that involved boy-meets-girl comedies and adamantly complaining that I am anti-romance, it’s time to come clean: I don’t hate love. I’ve just never been interested in hetereo love stories. Whenever a friend raised the terrible idea of watching some movie with Hugh Grant in it, I always offered my preferred…
BAM! POW! Comics Are Still For Kids!! Tamsin & The Deep
Imagine a comic for children. Imagine it’s about a girl braving horrors and humiliation. Imagine she saves her brother from a family curse, and imagine the mermaid in the story is the the kind that doesn’t let you go home. Sounds good, right? It’s called Tamsin and the Deep.
Prison vs Vision, B-Movies & Surprise: Comic Book Reading Diary
I went to the comic shop for the first time in a year! Things are looking good there—the spined books are shelved by genre now. In my opinion, that’s the best way to do it. What do you think? Single issues, lacking spines, and thus unshelvable, are laid out on a full wall (kids’ section…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Crossover to the Max!
I’ve been a fan of Lumberjanes from the start. A ragtag group of queer ladies kicking supernatural butt? In a comic for kids? Yes, please! Since its launch in 2015, it has become one of my favorite comics. If I’m being honest, it’s what really drew my attention to Boom! Studios in the first place….
Interview with Toronto Comics Anthology Vol 3 Editor: Allison O’Toole
In January, I wrote about the comics I finally I got to read after buying them from Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) years ago and the Toronto Comics: Volume 1 was among them. It was through this post that my friend, Allison O’Toole, notified me of her new role as one of the editors behind the upcoming third volume. She…
Mighty Marvel Monday: All-New, All-Different Continuity
Friendly reminder that the second season of Daredevil will debut this Friday on Netflix. I am very grateful that it’s this weekend and not next weekend, since next weekend is Wondercon. As with Jessica Jones’ release, I’m anticipating linking the best articles I can find that can be written in 24 hours. Until then, I…
Women, POC, and LGBTQ Creators in February’s Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics has had successes and failures at representation in its characters in recent months. But what about the creators of these comics? Do the writers, pencillers, inkers, colorists, letterers, and cover artists Marvel hires to weave its narratives reflect reality, or do they perpetuate the same disappointing history?
Shinbun Saturday: TOKYOPOP Hits Hollywood…Again
Happy Saturday, readers! Vernieda and Angel here to bring you up to speed on the week in manga. Planning a trip to Japan this year? You might want to check out the 88-stop anime pilgrimage tour that Kadokawa will be offering for foreign tourists! The tour was announced at a meeting of interest for the…
Is Tank Girl Still the Girl You Want?
Riding on the heels of the successfully crowd funded 21st Century Tank Girl we’re getting another Tank Girl run from Titan Comics–Two Girls One Tank, written by Tank Girl co-creator Alan Martin with art by Brett Parson. But is Tank Girl still the girl you want, or is this new run going to be just as…
Girls Loving Girls, In Comics? Yuri-n Luck! A Yuri Manga Primer
Content Warning: Several of the comics discussed include adult themes or adult situations. Yuri, the genre focused on female/female romantic relationships. It started in the early 70s with the publication of Shiroi Heya no Futari. These early works often ended tragically with one of the characters dying. This changed over the years, and in the…
