This series intends to briefly point towards the original mythological material, compare it to the comic adaptation of it (The Wicked + The Divine), and speculate about possible meanings and foreshadowing by using a bit of background knowledge. It contains light spoilers about character development, but not about the plot.
Review: Red Sonja #15
Red Sonja #15 Gail Simone (w) Walter Geovanni (a), Jenny Frisson (c) Dynamite March 25, 2015 In issue #14, Red Sonja was cursed with the inability to forgive. In this issue, we find out what the implications of this are for Red Sonja.
Secret Doesn’t Hold Too Many Secrets: Manga Review
Secret, Vol. 1 Yoshiki Tonogai (W/A) Yen Press Secret tells the story of six high school students who are the only survivors of a terrible bus accident that killed the rest of their classmates, their homeroom teacher, and the bus driver. In the worst counseling session ever conducted by a health professional, their teacher, Mitomo,…
The Visual Interference of the Gods: Interview with Christian Ward of Ody-C
One of the most innovative and beautiful comics of the past year has been Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s Ody-C (Image Comics): a gender-swapped, psychedelic revisiting of the Odyssey in space — although, of course, it’s also much more than that. I talked to Christian Ward about reinterpreting myth, divine psychedelia, and the individuality of…
Awesome Webcomics of April: Staff Picks
Hotblood Toril Tuesdays & Thursdays at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. NSFW The Wild West with centaurs. Need I say more? Ok, I will. James Rook, a Civil War veteran with limited options, and Asa Langley, a steel icon, get into wild shenanigans in the year of 1871. There’s violence, sex, profanity, revised American history,…
Kickstarter of the Week: Love in All Forms
All-ages queer content is important. Unfortunately, the queer community as a whole is severely underrepresented in the media, and queer kids and young adults are practically nonexistent. While it’s certainly a problem when adults don’t see themselves accurately represented in film, TV, and literature, this same deficiency can cause lasting damage to one’s sexual health…
The DC Daily Planet: Killer Croc Fans, Rejoice!
Catie here, filling in for Laura this week! The DC news-sphere is pretty Bat-heavy this week…which means it’s probably not too different from most DC news weeks! We now have solid, irrefutable proof that DC has reached its “grim and gritty” apex and is starting to emerge on the other side…there are now official adorably…
I Want To Believe: A Dialogue About Media, Narrative, Nostalgia, and The X-Files
The X-Files: Season 10, Vol. 1 Joe Harris (W) Carlos Valenzuela (A) IDW December 31, 2013
Review: Red Sonja: Vulture’s Circle #3
Red Sonja: Vulture’s Circle #3 Nancy A. Collins, Luke Lieberman (w) Fritz Casas (a) Jay Anacleto, Walter Geovani, Lucio Parrillo (c) Dynamite March 18, 2015 After Red Sonja’s School for Wayward Warrior Girls burned down in issue #2, Red Sonja and her crew regroup and replan. Meanwhile, Red Sonja gets back in touch with her…
Cook Your Comics: Monitor Duty Lasagna
Monitor duty: it’s the superhero team job for which I am best suited, what with my lack of superpowers or fighting skills. I’m good at staring at screens for long periods of time, occasionally pointing at something and saying, “Hey, we need to fix that!” A big part of my job is writing and editing…
What’s Loud, Proud, and Somehow Invisible? Diversity At The Creative Level
A couple of years ago, I read an interesting article about a young woman moved to tears by a panel discussion on “Women Who Kick Ass” at the San Diego Comic-Con. While waiting in line for hours to see the panel, our narrator had the misfortune of standing behind a few white dudes who continuously made…
