I attended the 2015 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, also known as TCAF, this past weekend and man, it was a whirlwind. It was my third year attending and I like to think of it as my San Diego Comic Con minus the television, film and essentially anything that isn’t comics. Then take out major companies…
Sexy Losers, Or, How to Draw A Rascal and Make Him Look Good
I’ve been watching a lot of Magnum, P.I.
Birthing the Ninja Way: Motherhood, Sons, and War in Naruto
Thought Naruto ended last November when the long-running manga series concluded? Think again! Like some of its immortal characters, this series won’t die. Not only is the anime adaptation still airing, Kishimoto launched the Naruto Project, a multimedia extravaganza consisting of movies, novels, a stage play, and a sequel manga miniseries about the next generation…
From Kickstarter to Titan: Rachel Deering’s Lesbian Werewolf Horror Epic Anathema Can Now Look Nice On Your Bookshelf
Titan’s softcover collection of the first three issues of Rachel Deering’s Anathema hits stores today. The book is a lesbian werewolf horror epic. And if the concept isn’t enough to sell you on it, rest assured that the art is arresting and the story brisk and affecting: young lovers are separated by murderous puritans, a death cult takes…
Ody-C #4: Blood, Blood, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to…
Ody-C #4 Matt Fraction (W), Christian Ward (A) Chris Eliopoulos (L), Dee Cunniffe (Flatting) Image Comics April 2015 Ody-C #4 is gross. Red and purple and brown carnage spills across its pages. It may be strange to call such gore beautiful, but there are many strangely beautiful things about this comic. As graphic as it…
An Interview With Exquisite Corpse’s Pénélope Bagieu
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF) was this past weekend and I got the chance to talk to featured guest, Pénélope Bagieu, about her graphic novel Exquisite Corpse from First Second. Exquisite Corpse was actually published in 2010 as Cadavre Exquis in France, which makes this year the first time it gets published in North America and in…
Crying Freeman, Woman Slave to Desire! Sex, Sex, Sex [NSFW]
The first volume of Crying Freeman is entirely about sex, and that’s no mistake on the part of creative teammates Ikegami Ryoichi and Koike Kazuo (like another buff brunette with tears in his eyes—Kenshiro, son of Hara Tetsuo and Buronson—Freeman is the product of two men working together. Uncommon for manga production, it’s almost as…
Mighty Marvel Monday
It’s been a Marvelicious week were at WWAC, so before you go clicking off into the depths of the internet, allow me to give you the Marvel rundown here at home: The week started off with a bang with Jennie’s rundown of Age of Ultron’s Black Widow Problems. Spoilers ahoy. Next came Emily’s analysis of…
Riverdale Reborn: How Archie Comics Is Getting All My Money
I was already excited when it was announced that everyone’s favorite Boy Next Door was getting a makeover, thanks to the likes of Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. Like many of you, I grew up with Archie and the gang: Betty Cooper was my role model before I even knew what the term meant. You…
Ninjas, Smooches, and Jumping the Shark: All Your Questions About Naruto Answered!
It’s an exciting time for Naruto fans. Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the popular manga, is coming to New York Comic Con in October, the same month that the final volume of the series comes out in English. But never fear, dedicated fans! You don’t have to say goodbye to our favorite ninja world just…
Marvel Characters Who Could Help #DiversifyAgentCarter
Agent Carter, Marvel’s post-WWII mini-series, has been renewed for another season after a period of uncertainty regarding its return. Lauded as a show with a strong female lead that takes a hard look at the sexism faced by women in a male dominated workplace, it has created a very loyal fanbase who spent weeks tweeting…
Review: Ares & Aphrodite
Ares & Aphrodite Jamie S. Rich (writer), Megan Levens (illustrations and colors), Crank! (letters) Oni Press April 15, 2015
