Normally I’d review these separately, but since they’re two chapters of the same event, written and drawn by the same creative team, and releasing the same week, here you go with both Wolverine and X-Force! Wolverine #6 and X-Force #13 Victor Bogdanovic (Art), VC’s Joe Caramagna (Letters, X-Force), Tom Muller (Design), Benjamin Percy (Writing), VC’s Cory Petit (Letters,…
Travelers: Following the Path of Aron Wiesenfeld’s Artistic Journey
Aron Wiesenfeld grew up with comics and became an artist largely because of them, but it’s been a long time since the comics world has seen him. Fans have watched his style evolve from work on X-Men, Cable, and Image Comics’ Team 7 in the early ’90s. These were followed by written and illustrated work…
REVIEW: X-Factor #4: X of Swords Part 2: Chekhov’s Rockslide
X-Factor #4 doubles as X of Swords part 2, with regular writer Leah Williams returning alongside guest artist Carlos Gomez. I was equally excited for the next installment of X of Swords and frustrated that this wasn’t a regular issue of X-Factor, but the creative team delivered on both counts. This issue features an emotional…
REVIEW: An Unkindness of Ravens #1 Is Almost Bewitching
An Unkindness of Ravens from BOOM! Studios provides stunning visuals, which contrast with a somewhat anemic plotline.
REVIEW: Champions #1
“The Champions have always been about standing up against what’s wrong. Standing up for people who can’t always stand up for themselves. And doing the work that the adult super hero community is too busy fighting among themselves to do,” says Ms. Marvel in Champions #1, an issue largely defined by infighting among the team’s…
Raising a Glass to Tom Peyer and Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Blood #1
Edgar Allan Poe might be rolling in his grave, but that won’t stop AHOY Comics’ Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer from keeping the horror and humour pouring in with the new Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Blood #1.
Previously on Comics: I’m Not Allowed To Say I Hope Donald Trump Dies On Twitter
Good morning! Happy first full week of Halloween. I definitely hope Donald Trump dies. Ngozi Ukazu, creator of Check, Please!, has had her first strip printed in the New Yorker! Congratulations! …and now for the rest. LA Comic Con is moving ahead full steam in December! This seems like a terrible idea. Houghton Mifflin has shuttered its 14 year…
I Draw (A Graphic Dissertation), Comics as Method and Holding Environment
Last week, in “I Draw (A Graphic Dissertation), Therefore I Am,” I wrote about how I got to drawing my dissertation, drawing comics as scholarship, and about comics as a way to think. Building on that, this week I want to start with the concept of “holding environments” (term originally coined by Donald Woods Winnicott…
[PATREON EXCLUSIVE] Fumetti Nightmares: Belzeba, Italy’s Intersex Imp
Our monthly Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. The erotic-horror fumetti published in Italy through the seventies and eighties may seem arcane to outsiders. The plots of these comics are built around sex, violence and combinations of the two,…
DC PUBWATCH – September Edition
Sorry, we missed last month; technical difficulties got the best of us. Over the last two months, we saw quite a bit of change at DC. There were mass layoffs, that included long-time Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras and a good swathe of editorial. Full details aren’t available, but we wish everyone who was affected the absolute…
REVIEW: Teen Titans: Beast Boy Has Animal Magnetism
In Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo, the most likeable teenage boy in the world discovers he has unforeseen abilities and rocks supportive friendships. I liked it far more than I’d anticipated, and frankly, I’m ready to adopt Beast Boy now.
A Tiny Review of Tinyview
Tinyview is an app by Newput Inc. that first launched in December 2019, promising “bite-size comics for your phone! Instead of reading in a zigzag order, read comics by scrolling up and down.” But what separates this app from other apps like Webtoon or Tapas? Let’s look at the content.
