Archie Modern Classics is a new kind of TPB for Archie Comics. It collects stories from recent eras instead of archival material, all of which have been published by the comics giant over the past two years, into a single volume. The TPB also includes brand-new stories. The book will street on January 26. Check…
REVIEW: X Lives of Wolverine #1 Arrives Kicking and Scheming
It’s here, it’s here! A Wolverine event that will hopefully neatly tie up the storylines that Benjamin Percy has been weaving throughout X-Force (2019) and Wolverine (2019) these past few years. But if you haven’t been reading along, don’t worry — it’s not so complex that you can’t just pick up this issue and jump…
REVIEW: Taarna: The Last Taarakian Brings a Hero into a New Century
Taarna is a universe unto herself. Born of the great warrior Taarnak and a dying world. This is a pretty auspicious origin story for the woman who made her debut in 1981 as part of the Canadian animated anthology known as Heavy Metal. Back then, she was a mute warrior summoned to save a race…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: January 2022
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of January! 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, we ring in a brand-new year with another title resurrected from the Red Circle Comics File!
REVIEW: House of Slaughter #3 Defines the Series as a Queer Love Story
House of Slaughter #3 stays true to form by exploring love amid monsters. Unlike Something is Killing the Children (SIKTC), which focuses more on children’s loss of innocence and the unfair responsibility when they learn about monsters, House of Slaughter (HoS) is shaping up to be a love story — one which SIKTC readers know…
Previously On Comics: Twenty-Twenty-Sue
Good morning! Before anything else, a hearty cheers for our former editor and occasional star writer, Adrienne Resha, who has just been named as a winner of the 2022 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award. Adrienne, you’re as brilliant as ever, and we’re so glad to know you. Congratulations! Now, as for the rest of you…
INTERVIEW: Rob Williams Slices Through Mignolaverse History with The Sword of Hyperborea
Although Rob Williams is stepping into the world of Hellboy for the first time as the writer of the new four-part series, The Sword of Hyperborea, he is certainly no stranger to the supernatural universe of Mike Mignola. “I’ve been reading Hellboy and B.P.R.D. [the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense] for many years, so…
James Aquilone Ushers in the 50th Anniversary of Kolchak the Night Stalker With a New Anthology
Forgive me; I am remiss. It seems that I omitted one very important Carl in my list of comic book Carls. Though Carl Kolchak began his career on film with the 1972 television film, The Night Stalker, the subsequent appearances of Darren McGavin as the dogged reporter on the case of supernatural happenings in the…
Previously on Comics: Image United, Indeed
Congratulations on dragging yourself through the first week or so of 2022. It’s been challenging, all of it, I know but look, a bunch of cool stuff happened too! Cool zine news! Danny Caine, the owner of Raven Bookshop in Lawrence, Kansas and creator of the zine ‘How To Resist Amazon and Why’ which…
REVIEW: Grimm Universe Presents Quarterly: Holiday Special 2021
Still have the holiday spirit? Jump into Grimm Universe Presents Quarterly: 2021 Holiday Special, an irreverent horror romp presented by Krampus himself. This anthology features three mean-spirited stories and an epilogue full of demons, monsters, magic, and holiday trips straight to Hell.
REVIEW: No. 5 Volume 2 Is Confusing and That’s Awesome
From Taiyo Matsumoto, the award-winning creator of Ping Pong, Sunny, and Tekkonkinkreet, the second volume of his science fiction and fantasy epic No. 5 raises more questions than it answers. (Spoilers for events in No. 5, volume 2 discussed below.)
REVIEW: Robins #1 and #2 Introduces a Long-Awaited Team-Up
Even before hitting stands, Robins had already won. According to CBR, back in March, DC Comics held a contest where fans could vote for the book concept they wanted to see in print as a miniseries. By the end, Robins, a team-up comic between all five of Batman’s canonical Robins, won out against 15 other…