Graduations. Greenery everywhere. The promise of barbecues and beaches on the horizon. It’s gotta be May! This month, we’ll take a look at V.E. Schwab’s return to comics with ExtraOrdinary #0, and check-in with the latest adventures of Minky Woodcock and Missy.
Last Week’s Episode: Monopolies and Movies and Mayhem, Oh MY!
Welcome back to Last Week’s Episode! This week we have more depressing news about a merger that will end one monopoly and create a new one, YAY! But there’s actually a ton of legitimately exciting movies and TV to talk about too, so it’s not all bad. Let’s get to it!
VIZ Media Pubwatch: May 2021
Hello again! After taking April off, the monthly VIZ pubwatch is back and better than ever! This month we’re taking a look at… mostly Shonen Jump stuff, but also the latest release from horror master Junji Ito and volume 2 of Naoki Urasawa’s Asadora!. Let’s start with the news!
Previously On Comics: In Memoriam
This week, comics lost more than it gained with the deaths of writer and artist Jesse Hamm and creator and illustrator Patrick Dean. Both deaths were announced by loved ones via Twitter with Jesse’s wife stating “Jesse just died. Blood clot on lung”. The sudden passing was met with an outpouring of love and support…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: May 2021
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of May! 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, the Archie App shuts its doors, the title of the first Archie audio adaption has been announced, a Robot Chicken special…
Previously on Comics: This is the May
Hello brave readers! Kate here again for your post May the Fourth Be With You/Mother’s Day comics news you may have missed last week because, hoo boy, did it feel like a week. And a weird one, at that. On Monday the news broke that legendary comics artist John Paul Leon had passed away. He…
Last Week’s Episode: Hit Me (May)by One More Time—With the COVID Vaccine
How is it already May? This panorama is still messing with how I perceive time and it is not appreciated. What is, though, is the shift between the last few years and this one; seems like people collectively decided not to honor the yearly *NSYNC meme anymore after being reminded of Justin Timberlake’s treatment of…
Previously on Comics: Quick Hits
Comics stuff happened last week! Here’s what you might have missed!
Last Week’s Episode: The State of the Entertainment Union is Meh
Two big political events happened this week. President Biden gave a state of the union address covering his first 99 days in office. Meanwhile, former President Trump put out an official statement with… his opinions about The Oscars. The first we don’t cover here thankfully, but the second I will certainly dig into later. So…
DC PUBWATCH: April 2021 Edition
April showers bring May Milestone comics! Surprising nobody, The Dreaming: Waking Hours #9 continues to be the cream of the crop, but surprising everyone, including me, The Joker #2 was actually my second favorite book of the month.
Previously On Comics: Rising Stars
Good morning! I don’t know about you but it’s been another of those weekends that just aren’t long enough for me. For our most important news item, last week had some great news on the Former-WWACers-moving-up front: Kelly Kanayama has joined the Scottish BAME Writer’s Network as their Admin and Media Support! Joining alongside her…
Vault Pubwatch: April 2021
A website redesign, 18k followers on Twitter, and Tor.com singing the praises of the short-lived Vagrant Queen television series. Seems like Vault has had a pretty good month!