I’ve gotta be honest with you all—Dick Grayson is my favorite comic book character. Cards on the table for this one: I’ve loved him since I was in high school and though our relationship has been a little bit rocky in the past, I always come back to him. So romantic, right? I know! Now this…
Review: Dragon Age Magekiller #1
Dragon Age Magekiller #1 Greg Rucka (W), Carmen Carnero (A), Sachin Teng (Cover) Dark Horse Comics December 2015 This review is based on an advanced reader copy provided by Dark Horse Comics. “Tessa and Marius are mercenary partners, eliminating those who use blood magic to hurt others, but when a powerful patron employs them, they…
Comics Academe: How To Write a Comics Dissertation
Out there, somewhere, is a woman who writes about comics who wants to turn that writing to a comics dissertation or thesis, or at least I sure hope there is! The field is wide open and ready for more. For the uninitiated, a dissertation or thesis is the long essay or project that serves as…
A (Re) Introduction to Comics Academe and Call for Submissions
A little over six months ago, I was approached by the fantastic WWAC editorial team about bringing back Comics Academe. Comics Academe was how I came to be a part of this amazing team of women writing about comics, and I am so appreciative for the opportunity to invite more women who are or have been…
Comics Arts Los Angeles 2015: The Best of Indie Comics in the Worst of Venues
Comic Arts Los Angeles held its second event this past weekend, and the first two-day event. As someone who stays mainly within mainstream comics, I was scared and intimidated about going, but now, having gone, I am very glad I went. I was only able to go out on Saturday due to family commitments, but…
Giveaway! And Interview with The Art of Cooking Author Liz Brizzi
Geek-themed cookbooks and comic cookbooks keep popping up more and more as comics continue to grow a little less niche and little more mainstream. Last holiday season, I found out about a comic cookbook called The Art of Cooking with Michelle, Chloe, and Mia: A Comics Cookbook that includes recipes illustrated in a traditional comic panel style and centers on…
Ghost World is Ghostly
Ghost World has a backdrop of death. The characters are surrounded by the ghosts of people and places that have passed on and changed. Enid and Becky do their best to ignore the fact that we’re all going to die. The visual representations of death begin with the copyright page. Slightly younger versions of Enid…
DC Daily Planet: Full of Surprises
This has been a week of big reveal after big reveal. Beware, if you’re not caught up on your shows and comics, there might be some spoilers ahead! But don’t worry, let’s start with a non-spoilery reveal: Telltale Games announced that they’re making a Batman game for 2016. Here’s the official announcement trailer: In addition…
Sequential Sartorial on Princess Crystal’s Redesign: Hair vs. Body
The Inhumans’ Princess Crystal’s weird hair thing is one of the most precious mysteries of comics; undaunted by science, unsullied by commonly touted explanations. It is—it simply is. Crystal’s hair does this thing, and we like it, and it is good. Here is a series of tweets on the subject: But I’ll tell you more…
Zine Review and Interview: Atalanta and the Footrace by Salt
Zines come in all different sizes. There are big, chunky anthology zines, slim fanzines, teeny minizines, and emotionally heavy perzines. The contrast between the size of a final publication and the incredible amount of effort put forth to create it really hit me when I received Kim Salt’s Atalanta and the Footrace. Specs from the etsy shop description highlight…
On Shipping: What’s Disney’s, What’s Yours, and What’s Mine
We never expect our ships to become canon. That’s the first thing you need to know. Wait, no. Let me start that again. As a result of creating a new world where there wasn’t one before, we have created our own language for this. We had to. The rest of the world gave us nothing….
