February brings us to discoveries of several new webcomics across various platforms. Some of these webcomics have been going for a while. Some of them are ones we’ve just discovered. Now you can discover them too!
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager Offers a Feel-Good Return to High School
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager Ben Philippe Balzer + Bray January 8, 2019 Norris Kaplan is about to enter his worst nightmare. He’s moving from his home in Montreal, Quebec to Austin, Texas. He’s leaving behind his best friend and his favourite sport (hockey, of course) and entering the land of heatwaves…
A New Slayer Rises in Buffy #1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer#1 Jordie Bellaire (writing); Dan Mora (art); Raul Angulo (colors); Ed Dukeshire (Lettering); Matthew Taylor, Kevin Wada, Dan Panosian, Kaiti Infanti, George Schall, Jonathan Case, Miguel Mercado, Jen Bartel, Becca Carey, Royal Dunlap (covers) January 23, 2019 Boom! Studios After concluding a very long, partially Joss Whedon-written run with Dark Horse that…
The Whispering Dark #3 Review: Where Gods Fear to Tread
The Whispering Dark #3 Christofer Emgård (Writer), Tomás Aira (Artist and Colours), Mauro Mantella (Letters) Dark Horse 2 January, 2019 Chief Hannah Vance and her remaining rangers are making their way through treacherous weather and enemy-riddled territory with the help of their hostage, Erina, the young girl they spared after killing her family. Erina knows…
Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #1 Dives Through the Mysterious Constructs of Time
Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #1 CRANK! (lettering), Addison Duke (colourst), Germán García (artist), Leah Williams (writer) Dynamite Entertainment January 2019 I am enjoying Dynamite’s various team ups, which serve as a great way to get to know other characters in the company’s roster that I haven’t quite focused on before. In Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #1, my favourite Barsoomian princess…
Hulk Gets Horrific in The Immortal Hulk Volume 1
The Immortal Hulk Volume 1: Or Is He Both? Al Ewing (writer), Joe Bennett (penciller), Ruy Hosé (inker), Paul Mounts (color artist), Cory Petit (letterer), Paul Hornschemeier, Marguerite Sauvage and Garry Brown (Immortal Hulk #3 guest artists), Travis Lanham (Immortal Hulk #2 co-letterer), Jim Zub and Mark Waid (Avengers #684 co-writers) Marvel Comics December 4,…
Modern Fantasy: Escapist Fare with Excellent Worldbuilding
Modern Fantasy Rafer Roberts (Writer), Kristen Gudsnuk (Artist) Dark Horse Comics 9 January, 2019 Sage of the Riverlands has her head in the clouds. She craves adventure and some purpose for her life. Instead, she’s stuck in a boring data-entry job with unhelpful co-workers, thanks to a colossal mountain of student loan debt. This is…
Archie Meets Batman ’66 #6: The Team-Up We’ve Been Waiting For
Archie Meets Batman ’66 #6 Jeff Parker (Writer), Michael Moreci (Writer), Dan Parent (Artist), J. Bone (Artist), Kelly Fitzpatrick (Colours), Jack Morelli (Letters) Archie Comics and DC Entertainment 9 January, 2018 The villains of Gotham have captured Batman, and by using the Siren’s song, now have complete control of all the adults in Riverdale. With…
Female Furies #1 Doesn’t Hold Back
Female Furies #1 Cecil Castellucci (Writer), Adriana Melo (Artist), Carlos M. Mangual (Letters), Hi-Fi (Color) DC Comics February 6, 2019 No buried ledes here–I love this book.
Vindication #1 Has A Chip On Its Shoulder
Vindication #1 MD Marie (Writer), Carlos Miko (Artist), Dema Jr (Artist), Thiago Goncalves (Colours), Troy Peteri (Letters) Image Comics 6 February, 2019 Turn Washington was just a teenager when he was sentenced to life in prison for killing a young woman. Ten years later, new evidence helps overturn Turn’s conviction. Now exonerated, Turn looks forward…
Dead Girls Explores A Dark American Cultural Obsession
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession Alice Bolin HarperCollins Publishers June 26, 2018 I admit, when I first saw Alice Bolin’s Dead Girls on display at my local library, I was both repulsed and attracted. As much as I like a good thriller or any female-centric story, I’m tired of trendy book titles…
Aldo: An Endearing Story About an Everyday Immortal
Aldo Yannick Pelegrin (Writer and Artist), James Vandermeersch (Translation) Ballon Media (Dutch), Europe Comics (English) December 19, 2018 Disclaimer: A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Aldo is 28 years old. He has been for 300 years. He has seen the people he loved die; worse,…