For Stephanie Cohen, a young woman just tipping into her 20s, life is going exactly as planned — according to her parents. She’s breezing through on her way to earning a medical degree which is what her parents have wanted for her since birth, but had she been consulted on what she wanted, Stephanie would…
PREVIEW: Ibrahim Moustafa’s Retroactive
Following up on the critically acclaimed Count, which reimagines the story of The Count of Monte Cristo, Eisner-nominated writer and artist Ibrahim Moustafa returns to Humanoids with a science fiction tale. Retroactive features Tarik Abdelnasser, an agent of the U.S. Bureau of Temporal Affairs investigates the source of several temporal anomalies, only to become trapped…
Sonic The Hedgehog: Sonic 2 Cinema Exclusive
As the world finds its new normal, the joys of an opening night movie and one-shot promotional comics start to return. As a part of opening night for Sonic The Hedgehog: Sonic 2, a cinema exclusive comic was handed out to the audience in my hometown theatre. Partly functioning as promotional material and partly acting…
Previously On Comics: The Archery Ace
Good morning! I’ve only got a couple of announcements for you this week, but they are all good, so no stress. First up is confirmation that Connor Hawke, the successor to Green Arrow will be coming out as asexual in the upcoming DC Pride anthology. This move from subtext to text is thanks to all…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: April 2022
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of April! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In this month’s Archie Comics Pubwatch, Archie announces a new NFT collection, mints a brand-new official Discord, and more!!
Previously On Comics: Let The Good Times Roll
Good morning! It’s a banner week this week, just tossing good news out left and right. Let’s dig in! First, remember that Nimona movie that was going to happen, then got shelved? Well, it’s alive! Annapurna has reached a deal with Netflix, with a release aimed for 2023. In other news, Ringo nominations are open!…
REVIEW: Deadpool: Black, White and Blood #4 Cuts to the Quick
Marvel’s Deadpool: Black, White and Blood #4 miniseries closes with a quip and a bang, but it still lags behind the series’ first outing.
Superman: Son of Kal-El #5 – Truth, Justice, and a Bisexual Tomorrow
On October 11th, 2021 — National Coming Out Day — DC Comics announced Jon Kent, Superman’s son with Lois Lane and Earth’s new Superman, would come out as bisexual. Think pieces, tweets, statements from former actors, clapbacks — reactions came in droves in advance of the November 9th release of Superman: Son of Kal-El#5. A…
REVIEW: X-Men Red #1 – Life on Mars?
Storm versus Storm, disco revival, an austere castle, a name change — this first issue of X-Men Red has it all. Most importantly, it has a strong theme, with this issue examining the power and malleability of names, and how those names create identites. Names for people, their titles, and the names we give things…
INTERVIEW: Otava Heikkilä Breaks The Silence on Letters for Lucardo: The Silent Lord
Otava Heikkilä’s Letters for Lucardo is a delightful queer erotic horror comic that’s been crowdfunding volumes since 2016. It’s a must-read for fans of vampire fiction as a whole, and especially fans of the queer subtext found in stories like Interview With The Vampire; if you liked that film, imagine a comic where the queerness is much…
INTERVIEW: BHP Comics’ Gary Chudleigh and Sha Nazir on Their Bold New Universe
Glasgow, Scotland-based indie publishing house BHP Comics is boldly stepping into a new universe of exciting new one-shot comics, crowdfunding now on Kickstarter. With each book promising its own jam-packed adventures with exciting and unique characters — including Britain’s first south-Asian superhero — the Bold Universe Collection then combines to tell a bigger story within a…