In the past, generations of British girls were entertained by comics with names like Sally, Judy, Diana, Debbie, Emma, June, Penny, Sandie, and Tina. The respective title character would serve as a mascot, while each issue contained a collection of stories about the exploits of various young heroines. D.C. Thomson’s Bunty, which ran from 1958 to…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: July 2019
Roll out those lazy hazy crazy days of summer and take a break from the beach and the barbecue to see what’s up in the world of Titan Comics.
Off Girl Volume One: Genesis Doesn’t Go Off Enough
Off Girl Volume 1: Genesis Tina Fine (writer), Mark Reihill (artist and letterer) www.offgirl.com Originally published January 2017 Julia has a problem: when she gets off, men get offed. She’s kept this problem under control for the past ten years by faking orgasms and tamping down her arousal through the use of medication, but of…
Bettie Page: Unbound #1 Tickles the Eyes And The Funny Bone
Bettie Page: Unbound #1 David Avallone (writer), Scott Chantler (covers), Sheelagh D (color flats), Taylor Esposito (letters), Mohan and John Royle (covers), Julius Ohta (art/covers), Kelsey Shannon and David Williams (covers), Ellie Wright (colors) June 5th, 2019 Dynamite Comics I said in my Dynamite Pubwatch that there’s something irresistible about the notion of Bettie Page:…
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins is a Critical Success
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins #1 Jody Houser (script), Ariana Maher (letters), Matthew Mercer (story), Msassyk (colors), Olivia Samson (art), Fiona Staples (cover) Dark Horse Comics July 10, 2019 I have been a Dungeons & Dragons nerd almost as long as I’ve been a comics nerd, and its wonderful seeing them both have major pop…
She Said Destroy #2 Is In Full Sprint
She Said Destroy #2 Corallo, Kangas, Nalty, Ujimori Vault Comics July 3, 2019 I can describe She Said Destroy in a word: breathless. I commented on that last time, the way that the story moves at a breakneck pace, and it only continues here in the second issue.
Gou Tanabe’s At the Mountains of Madness May Enthrall, But Fails to Chill
H. P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, Volume 1 Gou Tanabe (artist & writer) July 9, 2019 Dark Horse Manga Continuing the legacy that the Cthulu Mythos has left upon the literary world, Gou Tanabe adapts H. P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness in manga form. Tanabe adapts the work from a place…
Garcia and Picolo’s Teen Titans: Raven Soars with Ease
Teen Titans: Raven David Calderon (colourist), Kami Garcia (writer), Tom Napolitano (letterer) and Gabriel Picolo with Jon Sommariva and Emma Kubert (artists) DC Ink (a DC Comics imprint) July 2, 2019 In March 2015, I hosted a Gotham Academy roundtable featuring five book bloggers. We discussed their limited experience with comics, if the series was great for…
Birds of a Feather Flock to Xena: Warrior Princess #3
Xena: Warrior Princess #3 Vita Ayala (writer), Triona Farrell (cover), Paulina Ganucheau (cover), Emanuela Lupacchino (cover), David Mack (cover), Ariana Maher (lettering), Rebecca Nalty (colors), Jordi Pérez (art) Dynamite Comics June 12th, 2019 I don’t know if my gushing is getting repetitive here, but gush I must, and as loudly and proudly as possible. Xena:…
2019 Hugo Award Reviews: Novelettes
Welcome to the second of our series examining the prose stories that are competing at this year’s Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy. The previous post covered the Best Short Story category. Now, let us raise the wordcount and enter Best Novelette, honouring stories of between 7,500 and 17,500 words in length…
Dalí and the Marx Brothers Cook Up the Delicious Giraffes on Horseback Salad
Giraffes on Horseback Salad Josh Frank (writer), Tim Heidecker (writer), Manuela Pertega (artist) Quirk Books April 2019 Giraffes on Horseback Salad Total Time: 224 pages Ingredients: 1 Surrealist painter 3 Marx Brothers 1 Lobster phone 3 Songs 1 Stout and oyster bath Directions: HONK! And serve.
Immortal Hulk #18-19: “This is Me”
Immortal Hulk #18 & #19 Joe Bennett (artist), Al Ewing (writer), Ruy José (inker), Paul Mount (colorist), Cory Petit (letterer)| Marvel Comics May 29, 2019 and June 12, 2019 Immortal Hulk #18 and #19 introduce us to the newest gamma monsters: the new Abomination and Harpy. These two issues are some of the book’s goriest…
