In the world of indie tarot decks, Lisa Sterle’s Modern Witch Tarot has been highly anticipated for quite a long time. The first tarot illustration she posted on Twitter was all the way back in March 2017—the Ten of Swords, depicted as a girl casually checking her phone while the swords jutted out of her…
New Mutants #4: Ugh, Nebraska
In New Mutants #4, the young X-Men assembled by Armor in the previous issue are in trouble in Pilger, Nebraska. In the second issue of this storyline in the Dawn of X title, the young New Mutants face down high stakes with lives on the line, in a straightforward conflict with the villains of this…
The Witcher Is a Confusing Mess of Timelines, Violence, and Boobs and I Look Forward to Season 2
The Witcher’s first problem is going the route of Game of Thrones early on by offering up gratuitous nudity and violence in its first few episodes, as if an audience will only latch on to a show if boobs and Mortal Kombat-style finishing moves are involved. Fortunately, it does settle down eventually, but it takes some time…
X-Force #4: No Moral Compass Except Nationalism
Four issues of X-Force, and I’m once again revising my opinion. I’m very annoyed with this book and its continual ups and downs!
Fallen Angels #4: It Doesn’t Make Sense, Any Of This
I’ve been pretty clear with how I feel about this series, and Fallen Angels #4 doesn’t really do much to change those feelings. This series is still an unbelievably sloppy and downright confusing book. It’s a book that like it’s main characters, is struggling to find it’s identity. It feels like the book wants to…
Excalibur #4 and the Matter of Britain
With every issue of Excalibur, I find myself reevaluating the book as a whole. At the beginning of this arc, this was the Dawn of X title I was most tentative on, loving the concept and liking the first issue, but struggling with the second. Now, as the end of the first arc draws near,…
Ladies-in-Waiting (Las meninas) Is a Docu-Drama about Murder, Ambition, Deceit, and Palace Intrigue
As a Spanish professor with an affinity for comics and graphic novels, I am known to make time to peruse the comic book stores whenever I get to Spain. But I also have a special affinity for the great masters of art, and so I also make sure I have time to visit El Prado…
Marauders #4: Storm. Finally.
In the last issue, I said that all the pieces were on the board, but, unsurprisingly, that grandiose statement was wrong. In Marauders #4, we discover that there’s a whole other chess board that the Hellfire Corporation and mutantdom may not be ready to handle.
Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir #1 Sings a Song of Horror
If you have not visited Harrow County before, then fear not, says creator Cullen Bunn, you’re more than welcome to visit in this new series from Dark Horse Comics, Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir. Ten years later, the original series’ protagonist, Emmy, has moved on, leaving the care of the town’s supernatural concerns to…
The Lumberjanes Return in The Shape of Friendship
Lumberjanes is one of those series that I wish had been around when I was a kid. Filled with fun adventures and a memorable cast of characters, it’s hard not to fall in love with the Lumberjanes and Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. From BOOM! Studios’s YA imprint BOOM!…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promises to answer all fan hopes and desires, but who exactly is this fan service for? WARNING: Spoilers below.
Wolf Cop Dodges a Silver Bullet
Disgraced cop Lou Garou (and yes, Loup Garou Means “Werewolf” in French), run out of town on account of being accused of two murders, has stolen his cop car and cut a somewhat sociopathic, hard-drinking (while driving) path through the state. When he’s bitten by a thug he encounters on a roadway, Garou is transformed…
