With the Secret Wars and Convergence titles at every turn, how are sales faring? And more importantly, where are the women?
Gin & Kate Review IDW’s X-Files Season 10 Volume 3: How One Scene Ruined An Entire Volume
The X-Files: Season 10, Vol. 3 Joe Harris (scripter), Matthew Dow Smith (illustrator), Jordie Bellaire (colorist), Robbie Robbins, Neil Uyetake, & Chris Mowry (letterer) IDW December 2, 2014 The anticipation for The X-Files continues to grow. David Duchovny admitted that the new script made him cry, and The A.V. Club is speculating that the revival…
Who’s Responsible?: Spider-Gwen #4
Spider-Gwen #4 Jason Latour (Scripter), Robbi Rodriguez (Penciller) Rico Renzi (Colourist), Clayton Cowles (Letterer) Robbi Rodriguez (Cover Artist) Spider-Gwen #4 is probably my favorite issue of the series yet. There’s a lot less action in this issue. There’s no Vulture. No Frank Castle. No running from the cops. The conflict in this issue is all…
Accolades and Imprisonment for Cartoonists in Iran
Political cartoons can be subversive, pointing out weaknesses in government organizations and leadership. Iran is a country with an especially deep cultural history of political cartooning. It’s so integral there that the municipality of Tehran even sponsors the House of Cartoon, which hosts exhibits and education in cartooning, hoping for cross-cultural events which mix Iranian cartoonists’ work…
Mighty Marvel Monday!
Welcome to another Mighty Marvel Monday! Today is a very important day for me, because it’s Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, and my team, the Chicago Blackhawks, have a chance to win the cup while playing at home in Chicago for the first time since 1938. It’s a big day. Chicago is special,…
Review: Red Sonja #16
Red Sonja #16 Gail Simone (scripter), Walter Geovanni (illustrator), Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimaraes, & Marco Lesko (colorers), Simon Bowland (letterer) Dynamite May 27, 2015 In issue #15, Red Sonja suffered under illness while others fought and battled for her. In this issue, our redheaded heroine finally faces her biggest foe to date. (Note: This review contains…
Review: Starfire #1: The Orange Alien Princess has Arrived
Starfire #1 Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti (Scripter), Emanuela Lupacchino (Pencils), Ray McCarthy (Inks), Hi-Fi (colorist), Dave Lanphear (letterer) Cover by Amanda Conner & Paul Mounts DC Comics June 10, 2015 When it was announced that the popular Tamaranian princess Koriand’r, aka Starfire, was getting her own ongoing title penned by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti of Harley…
The DC Daily Planet: A Very White Canary
Welcome to the weekend, crusaders! First, I would like to direct your attention to the shiny new banner atop this post. It is fabulous, right? Let’s take a moment to thank Desiree for her awesome work. Thanks, Desiree! As for DC, well…it’s been a bit of a slow week. A handful of creators appeared at…
Drink Your Comics: Mad Max Style
Close to the same time that Mad Max: Fury Road hit the big screen, Vertigo released the Mad Max: Fury Road Inspired Artists edition. Additionally, a prelude titled Mad Max: Furiosa will be released on June 17th!
How Nana Helped My Dad and I Have a Better Relationship
I spoke to my dad before pitching this piece to Claire, Women Write About Comics’ Feature and Opinions Editor. I’m quite open with a lot of things on the internet and have written about a few personal issues before, usually under my real name. But, whenever it comes to discussing family, there is a hesitancy I…
Smudged Alienation: Aisha Franz’s Earthling Reviewed
Earthling Aisha Franz (w, a), Helge Dascher (translator) Drawn & Quarterly November 4, 2014
Beauty in the Breakdown, Part 2: The Wicked + The Divine
Once again, we return. A few months ago, I did a breakdown of Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, and Matt Wilson’s comic The Wicked + The Divine, or WicDiv, as a compression of high and low culture. I played coy with you guys in Part 1, but I’m going straight to the postmodernism this time. Don’t…
