This was a big month for DC Comics news, and more so for three of the company’s imprints. It was announced last week that the rumors are indeed true, and at the end of the year, DC will be retiring the Vertigo label. This shutters that mature reader imprint after twenty-six years, and only a…
Suspicious (and Confused) Minds Reign In Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep #4
Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep #4 Scott Duvall (writer), Taylor Esposito (letters), Vincenzo Frederici (art), Diego Galindo, Robert Hack, Tom Mandrake and Sian Mandrake (covers), Kevin Ketner (Editor), Michele Monte (colors) June 5th, 2019 Dynamite Comics The sound of an incoming helicopter crash precipitates the final issue of Army of Darkness/Bubba Ho-Tep. It’s a noise that’s…
Batman: Rebirth #73: An Unexpected Father’s Day
Batman: Rebirth #72 Jordie Bellaire (colorist), Clayton Cowles (letterer), Mikel Janin (artist), Tom King (writer) DC Comics June 19th 2019 The first thing I want to say about Batman #73 is that it’s absolutely gorgeous. Mikel Janin draws such vividly beautiful panels, with each popping out with a cinematic quality that makes it an absolute…
Rose Book 1: An Investigation That Doesn’t Quite Bloom
Rose Book 1: A Double Life Émilie Alibert (writer), Cromatik Ltd (letters), Denis Lapière (writer), Valèrie Varnay (artist), Lara Vergnaud (translation) June 12, 2019 Dupuis (French), Europe Comics (English) Disclaimer: Izneo has provided WWAC with a VIP Access Pass. Since she was a child, Rose has had the ability to split herself and wander the…
Picture Book Roundup: Book Expo America 2019
Every spring, publishers, authors, and agents display their latest and upcoming books for booksellers and librarians in the huge industry show Book Expo America. This year, as I wandered the vast book fields of the Javits Center, my attention was particularly arrested by the range of excellent picture books on offer, from the smallest independent…
Superman Year One: A.K.A. Ah, Just What Superman’s Origin Needed, Some Rape
Superman: Year One #1 Mark Doyle (editor), Danny Miki (inker), Frank Miller (writer), John Romita Jr. (artist), Alex Sinclair (colorist), Amedeo Turturro (associate editor), John Workman (letterer) DC Comics June 19th, 2019 Is there anyone in comics more infinitely frustrating than Frank Miller? One of the most iconic, notorious, and lauded creators in the industry. A man…
Batman: Rebirth #72: Let’s Break The Bat!
Batman: Rebirth #72 Jordie Bellaire (colorist), Clayton Cowles (letterer), Jorge Fornes (artists), Mikel Janin (artist), Tom King (writer) DC Comics June 5th 2019 Spoiler warning: discussion of plot points follow Tom King and his team return to form to tie up loose ends, and carry Batman: Rebirth into its third act with issue #72.
Trans Girls Hit The Town is Too Real
Trans Girls Hit The Town Emma Jayne Diskette Press April 2019 Yesterday, while out with some friends, I found myself starting to spiral. We were hanging out in a department store, laughing at absurdly expensive articles of clothing, and as amusing as it was, I was suddenly struck with the pernicious idea that none of this…
Star Trek: The Q Conflict #5: Resistance is Futile … Against Q
Star Trek: The Q Conflict #5 Alexandra Alexakis (Colours), Elisabetta D’Amico (Artist), David Messina (Artist), David Tipton (Writer), Scott Tipton (Writer), Neil Uyetake (Letters) IDW Publishing 12 June, 2019 Having angered the powerful wormhole prophets in the previous issue, Star Trek: The Q Conflict #5 sees Q and his fellow immortal beings task their hapless…
Cemetery Beach Only Dips its Toes into Deeper Water
Cemetery Beach Warren Ellis (writer), Fonografiks (lettering and book design), Jason Howard (artist and book design) Image Comics June 11, 2019 In Cemetery Beach, Warren Ellis presents an often brutal, bleak, and technologically-filled world (so not exactly a hundred miles from our own). The story explores themes Ellis has embraced in his previous work: absolute…
You’ll Want In On This House Party: AOC and the Freshman Force: New Party, Who Dis?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force: New Party, Who Dis R. Sikoryak, Nick Accardi, Travis Hymel, Micah Myers; Sherard Jackson; Marguerite Dabaie; Kit Caoagas, K. Lynn Smith; Josh Blaylock; Peter Rostovsky; Dean Haspiel, Christa Cassano; Pat Shand, Larry Watts, Jim Campbell; Sam Wells, Liz McArthur; Hoyt Silva; Jill Thompson; Jeffrey Burandt, Sean Von Gorman, Paul…
This Is How You Lose The Time War: Savoring Each Moment
This is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Saga Press July 16, 2019 In Amal El-Mohtar’s and Max Gladstone’s upcoming novella, they answer the age-old question, what happens when a climbing vine falls in love with the Industrial Revolution? What happens when an analog pocket watch falls in love with…