We’re slowly starting to see things back on the shelves at our local comic stores, but things are still a little light. While Vault waits for the vaults to open, the company isn’t sitting idle on the more pressing matters affecting our world right now:
Titan Comics Pubwatch: June 2020
June is bustin’ out all over, and so are comics, now that Diamond’s distribution channels are back up and running. And while it’s far from normal, it’s nice to see new books on the shelves. What’s been going on across the pond? Let’s find out! (And if you are venturing out to your comic shop to…
Dynamite Pubwatch: June 2020
In this month’s Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch, the company is finally starting to circulate some of the issues it had intended to release in April, which is an improvement. Unless you read that new Nancy Drew graphic novel they just put out. Welcome to the Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch for the month of June! I’m Lisa, Dynamite…
IDW Pubwatch June 2020
Welcome to the IDW Pubwatch. The world is still on lockdown but here’s something to distract you: a few exciting comics that will occupy your mind, at least for a little while. I’ve also got the latest news coming out of IDW, along with comic book reviews. Unfortunately, I don’t have my usual selection of…
DC PUBWATCH May 2020
Welcome to the May 2020 DC PUBWATCH. The biggest news of the month is surely that comics have returned to retail shelves, and that a hint of normalcy may be creeping back in. Stay safe, and get your comics however you can. Other news is the announced ends of two runs. Harley Quinn is ending…
Titan Comics Pubwatch: May 2020
For most of us, life is still life on lockdown, with more questions and anxieties than certainties and answers as the hours and days pass. But thank goodness for comics that can provide us with moments of escape and distraction from a 24 hour news cycle that rivals even the most dystopian of dystopias. I…
Vault Pubwatch: May 2020
We’re closing in on a return to comics distribution, so, while there hasn’t been much new stuff to read of late, there are still lots of cool things on the horizon to look forward to, as well as a few bonus items to pick up along the way. Last month, Vault introduced the VaultColorUp Coloring…
AfterShock Pubwatch May 2020
Welcome back to Women Write About Comics’s AfterShock Comics Pubwatch! Times are uncertain and have been changing quickly the past few months, and this column has shifted to accommodate the changing norms of life during Coronavirus. AfterShock hasn’t released any new comics this month, following Diamond Distributors’ shipping embargo on print comics, but that doesn’t…
Dynamite Pubwatch: May 2020
In this month’s Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch, reboots are announced for both the Bettie Page license and The Green Hornet…that is, when Dynamite unpauses its book launches. Welcome to the Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch for the month of May! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
BOOM Pubwatch: May 2020
Not much has changed since March, the world has still been turned upside down by a global pandemic. Thankfully, I’ve still been able to keep working from home and everyone if my family is healthy (including my brand new baby niece Eva who made her debut a couple of weeks ago) but it’s still a…
IDW Pubwatch May 2020
Welcome to the May IDW Pubwatch. The world is on lockdown but here’s something to distract you—a few exciting comics that will take your mind away, at least for a little while. I’ve also got the latest news coming out of IDW, some comic book reviews, as well as a selection of my favourite covers…
DC PUBWATCH: Quarantine April Edition
Oof. Most of the month, there have been no new comics, which makes it pretty difficult to write about the new comics I’m enjoying and not enjoying out of DC’s stable. As quarantine continued into April, the shipping of new comics by Diamond was halted. When the whole industry relies on a monopoly to get…