Marvel’s Life Story books re-contextualize Marvel’s most well-known characters as evolving and aging in “real-time” throughout their history. And for the Fantastic Four, this comes as a celebration of their 60th anniversary. A look back at their story throughout the decades seems like an excellent way to celebrate this milestone, but the memory of the…
Vault Comics Pubwatch: July 2021
Vault Comics began the month of July with a reminder that Pride doesn’t end with June. Revealing a new logo image that embraces the Progress Pride Flag, the company announced its continued commitment to supporting queer comics and creators. The announcement showcased several titles and the promise to donate 50% of the proceeds of each…
REVIEW: Alice in Leatherland #4 is Nothing Like I Expected (Which is Great!)
In Alice in Leatherland #4, protagonist Alice Snowhite goes on more miserable app dates until she realises what she’s looking for can’t be found in other people. It’s time to take a good long look in the mirror.
REVIEW: Way of X #4: Th-this Is… the Way?
Where Nightcrawler’s Giant-Size X-Men issue was a disservice in that it prioritized apparent worldbuilding over adding any particular depth to the character, Way of X #4 gives us a Kurt Wagner that is slowly becoming unrecognizable.
REVIEW: Grimm Tales of Terror Gets the Game on with Game Night
What’s a game night with old high school friends without some vengeance, ritual, horror, and gore?
REVIEW: X-Men #1 – The Mutants Take Manhattan
“Remind me again why I said we needed to be in New York?”
REVIEW: Lawrence Lindell’s Still Couldn’t Afford Therapy Reckons With Mental Health During The Pandemic
There is no sugarcoating this: 2020 was really shitty and surreal. A year into the pandemic, it feels like we are trying really hard to wake up from a very long hibernation. While some people would like us to “get back to normal” ASAP, the reality is that some of us don’t have that luxury.
REVIEW: Excalibur #22 – Alchemy Is Also Magic
Sadly, Pete Wisdom did not have the decency to stay dead for more than a single issue, as he is one of five resurrections performed in Excalibur #22.
Previously on Comics: Grief and Other Things
Hello again, friends. Kate here to bring you up to speed with what happened in comics last week that you may have missed because, you know, pandemic. The week started off with very sad news about Robson Rocha, who passed away due to complications from COVID-19. There were some very moving tributes to be found…
The Alchemy of Excalibur: Race, Magic, and the Mutant Metaphor
Earlier this year, in a piece for our Breaking In! series, I wrote, “The mutant metaphor means that the X-Men have the potential to represent people of marginalized genders and sexualities and people of color and especially people at the intersection of those identities. They didn’t under [Chris] Claremont, not fully, and I’m not sure…
REVIEW: The Best of Sugar Jones
Sugar Jones is a girl comic from a 1970s teen magazine, Pink (1974-(1979?), and at first glance, this volume of collected strips is all about commonly denominated ~girl stuff. Fashion! Make-up! Great big hair and enormous eyelashes, size-threatened only by the circumference of her bellbottoms! And these excellent and diverting aspects are certainly present throughout….
