Do you ever think about the darker side of nightlife? It’s an entire world that only a tiny fraction of the population get a glimpse of and will vary city by city. But the stories told in these small hours are often the most fascinating. The bar staff, the service workers, the shadowy figures that…
REVIEW: Wolverine #14 Finds Its Bearings
Between the last X-Force and this month’s Wolverine, it’s nice to feel like these books are actually doing something again.
REVIEW: X-Force #21 Has Some Identity Issues
If the stretch between X of Swords and the Hellfire Gala felt like treading water, this issue of X-Force at least feels like it finally has some momentum again.
REVIEW: New Mutants #20 is Lost in Shadow
This New Mutants arc has been a bit of a slow-burn for me, and Vita Ayala and Rod Reis, and now (to a less-menacing extent) Alex Lins and Matt Milla have been able to sustain a fair amount of looming tension. But, we’re seven issues into this Shadow King storyline and I am still grasping…
(A)Round Robin – An Interview with Lauren O’Connor
As a Robin fan (Tim Drake is the best Robin I will not be taking questions at this time), I was very excited to hear about Robin and the Making of American Adolescence, a new book that will be released August 13, 2021 as part of the Comics Culture series being published at Rutgers University…
REVIEW: Monster Pulse Has a Big Heart
The webcomic Monster Pulse by Magnolia Porter Siddell came to an end on June 4, 2021, after almost exactly ten years of updates. If you haven’t read it in those ten years, here’s why you need to catch up now that it’s done.
DC PUBWATCH: July 2021 and Comic-Con@Home Edition
Happy July! It’s my birth month, and as a present, DC gave me the second dreadful issue of the series currently starring my favorite character. Joy! But also The Nice House on the Lake #2, which is a much nicer present.
REVIEW: Moon Knight #1
Opening with a multilevel marketing scheme orchestrated by vampires, Moon Knight #1 hits the ground running. Or, well, Moon Knight (Marc Spector) hits a van while it’s running, fulfilling his duty as a Fist of (the absent, see Avengers) Khonshu and protector of those who travel (unwillingly in the aforementioned van) at night.
REVIEW: The Last Book You’ll Ever Read #1 Probably Isn’t…
Books bring out the best and worst in us as reflections of or inspirations for society. In Cullen Bunn’s latest horror comic, the dark spiraling trajectory that society is already on is tipped over the edge by a book called Satyr by Olivia Kincaid. Millions of people are reading it and the resulting violence and…
REVIEW: Werewolf Meets Neo-Noir in Black’s Myth #1
Reading the pitch for Black’s Myth #1, it felt like the premise spoke directly to me.
REVIEW: Wolverine #13 Is A Great Issue of X-Force
I haven’t made a secret of how tired Wolverine has been making me feel since the end of X of Swords. This issue, they felt like the solution to that was…Deadpool!
REVIEW: Marauders #22 – Good Lourdes
The Hellfire Gala began in Marauders #21 and in issue #22, we’re looking at the aftermath of both this event as well as the one that occurred in the past.