In recent years, indie comic readers have been gifted with more and more works, from short autobiographical comics to webcomics and zines to anthologies with the erotic in mind. More comics and comic-related reading material crowdfunded, printed out for conventions, and uploaded online exploring not just queer identities but queer desire and queer liberation. This…
REVIEW: Immortal X-Men #1 Shows the Sinister Power of an Unreliable Narrator
There’s been no small amount of curiosity about the next stage of Krakoa after the departure of Jonathan Hickman from the line. With Immortal X-Men, it’s safe to say that the future is…Sinister.
REVIEW: Raising Hell with Grimm Spotlight: Hellchild
Half-goddess, half-vampire, and all edge, Angelica Blackstone is back in her first solo appearance since 2016. Grimm Spotlight: Hellchild serves as a reintroduction to the character, pitting the abominable daughter of Hades and Dracula against a brutal crime boss. But does this spotlight deliver on its promise of a bloody good time?
REVIEW: Pixels of You Snaps an AI Romance in High Contrast
Pixels of You is a slow-burn, rivals-to-lovers human/AI romance. It’s also a nuanced narrative speculation on how near-future AI will shape human culture and be shaped in turn. This sleek and stylish graphic novel is a collaboration between a superstar indie creative team — writers Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh (Barbarous, Lucky Penny, and Johnny…
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Archie Milestones: Jumbo Comics Digest: Best of the 1990s
Ever wanted to go back to those merry days of Pocket Rockers, Doc Martens, and grunge? Archie Comics has you covered with their latest Milestones digest, which covers the best of their born-in-the-’90s stories while adding a brand-new tale onto the pile. That new story is called I Won’t Be There For You, and it…
REVIEW: Sports is Hell is a Familiar, Twisted Odyssey
In Ben Passmore’s one-shot comic Sports is Hell, a Super Bowl celebration becomes a pretext for a riot in this biting satire. Follow Ash as she and a ragtag group seek safety from the ensuing chaos and violence.
INTERVIEW: Adam P. Knave Breathes Deep with The Airless Year
Middle school is hard. In The Airless Year, we meet Kacee, a young Black queer girl who is struggling to find her path as a teenager. Her grades are failing and her parents are constantly on her case about doing better. Her crush doesn’t know she’s her crush, and her two best friends are their…
INTERVIEW: Alek Shrader and the The Arizona Opera Bring Carmen to a New Stage
Carmen is an auspicious name. Not just because it’s my mother’s name, but because it’s the title of one of the greatest operas of all time. Filled with drama and passion, it is the story of the downfall of Don José. He is a naïve young soldier in the 1830s who abandons his childhood sweetheart…
Previously on Comics: #VisibleWomen Returns
Good morning friends, and welcome to the last week of March. Today, #VisibleWomen returns for its twelfth Twitter event. Conceived by writer Kelly-Sue Deconnick, #VisibleWomen provides a free and relatively accessible opportunity to raise the profiles of women within the comic book industry via the use of a fun little hashtag. Submissions to the hashtag…
Controlling Fascism with Surrealism on Tradd Moore’s Variant Cover for The Department of Truth #4
Conspiracy theories, secret histories, and supernatural activity are themes at the center of The Department of Truth, written by horror-thriller mastermind James Tynion IV with its premiere art by Martin Simmonds. Several of its most collectible issues are variant covers, where artists take liberties with the general ideas within the popular comic. Tradd Moore has…
DC PUBWATCH: March 2022
For the first time in years, the Batman and Superman team-up book is titled World’s Finest, and issue #1 lives up to the claim.
REVIEW: Connections and Expectations in Ima Koi: Now I’m In Love
Shojo manga reigns supreme in my heart, always. Reading about young people figuring out how to navigate school, their developing relationships with others, and what it means to be a young adult in whatever day and age they are living with is always worth reading for me. The first volume of Ima Koi: Now I’m…
