The zombie genre has seen quite a bit of the spotlight over the 2010s. And it doesn’t seem to be losing too much steam with comic creator Steve Urena‘s latest comic, Zombie Date Night, having launched on Kickstarter on July 15, 2021.
(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…
INTERVIEW: It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be With Lizzy Stewart
London-based illustrator Lizzy Stewart is best known for her children’s books, but with It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, we see what coming of age means through the eyes of several young women. Exploring their winding paths to adulthood through previously self-published short stories, Stewart’s new graphic novel from Fantagraphics will be available…
INTERVIEW: Mohsen Ashraf, Patrick Meaney, and Jeff Edwards Explore the Cost of Empathy in Syphon
If you had the ability to take away the pain of others by carrying the burden yourself, could you do it? Would you? Featuring a story by Mohsen Ashraf, written by Patrick Meaney, and illustrated by Jeff Edwards, Top Cow explores this very question in the new series, Syphon.
INTERVIEW: Juni Ba on Djeliya
While growing up in Senegal and spending summers in France in the ’90s, Juni Ba found lots of time to feed his active imagination with the likes of Xena, Beyoncé, manga, bande dessinées, and the Cartoon Network. When not busy watching or reading of the exciting adventures of any number of his favourite characters, he…
INTERVIEW: Ed Brisson and Damian Couceiro Take Us Beyond the Breach
Imagine your life as you know it has fallen apart. Leaving your cheating partner behind, you head off on a road trip, filled with rage and uncertainty about what comes next. What if that ‘what comes next’ is a giant interdimensional tear that looses monstrous creatures into our world? Writer Ed Brisson and artist Damian…
Emilia Clarke on Her New Comic M.O.M.: Mother of Madness
Comics written by celebrities are a mixed bag. From the blockbuster IP grabs like BRZRKR that attach a beloved actor in order to get a movie made, to the B-movie style indie comics which wouldn’t pass muster if there wasn’t a big name attached, through nepotism-driven Spider-Man runs that quickly run their course, it can…
A Marriage of Literacy & Tarot: A Chat With Brink Literacy Project CEO Dani Hedlund
If there was ever a tarot deck that was designed for avid readers, the Literary Tarot is it. This deck, which is being published by the Brink Literacy Project, aims to seamlessly marry classic and modern literature in an innovative way. Each of the traditional 78 tarot cards represents a piece of classic literature which shares…
House of Socks/Powers of Socks: An Interview with Al Ewing on S.W.O.R.D #1-5
As we draw closer and closer to the Hellfire Gala, we took the time to sit down with Al Ewing to talk about all thing S.W.O.R.D. We take a look at the many ways the book and its team took shape, how to offend Khora of the Burning Heart, and how to launch a title…
INTERVIEW: Eric Palicki on his New Punk Rock Noir Horror Series Black’s Myth
Coming this July is Black’s Myth, a punk rock noir horror series starring werewolf private investigator Janie Jones. At its heart, this black-and-white series is as much about discovering whodunnit as is about “outcasts finding each other and accepting their place in the world,” said writer Eric Palicki in the AHOY Comics’ press release. Palicki…
Celebrate the Little Victories of Life with Yvon Roy
Every parent has their own hopes and dreams for their children, which sometimes don’t always end up becoming reality. (I think my mom still mourns the fact that I never became an engineer.) For Yvon Roy, those hopes and dreams ended up taking a different path in life when he found out his young son…
INTERVIEW: Glenn Head’s Cathartic Return to Chartwell Manor
Content warning: Discussions of sexual and psychological abuse and trauma.