Fashion Forecasts Yumi Sakugawa Retrofit September 2018 It can be difficult to look forward to a new year, especially as the world moves in a downward progression politically and morally. There’s a pressure to reflect on the past year, which means considering how we’ve grown, but also remembering all the negative experiences and difficulties. Fortunately,…
Emma G. Wildford: A Poetic Adventure
Emma G. Wildford Zidrou (Writer), Edith (Artist) Éditions Soleil (French), Titan Comics (English) 21 November, 2018 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review, It’s the hottest summer in London, but Emma G. Wildford has her mind on colder climes. Her fiancé, Roald Hodges, left for an…
Top Cow Pubwatch: January
Though the Christmas season was slow for Top Cow’s publications, the publisher and its creators have lots on the horizon for the new year. Here’s a rundown of what’s been going on.
Ordinary Girls, Not Yet Ordinary Women: Clueless: One Last Summer
Clueless: One Last Summer Amber Benson and Sarah Kuhn (writing); Siobhan Keenan (art); Cathy Le (colors); Jim Campbell (letters); Natacha Bustos (cover art) BOOM! Studios December, 2018 For ’90s kids who rented it every weekend from Blockbuster, Clueless represented something iconic. Delicious costuming, arch one-liners, and relatably memorable moments (Tai knocking herself out while dancing!…
Hipster Manga: 7 Seeds
7 Seeds Yumi Tamura Shougakukan Content warnings: 7 Seeds contains violence, death that is sometimes gruesome, and an attempted rape. Yumi Tamura hasn’t had a series released in English since Basara, her award-winning fantasy epic of the 1990s. This might lead her fans in the Anglosphere to think she’s stopped work or that she peaked…
Blackwood: Magical Monster Mayhem
Blackwood Evan Dorkin (Writer), Veronica Fish (Artist), Andy Fish (Artist and Letters) Dark Horse Comics 12 December, 2018 Howard Ogden, Dean of Blackwood College, sits within his cold, dark office writing a note to his friend, Russell Colby. Ogden has hidden secrets from Colby, secrets about the college, about himself, about what he has unwittingly…
DC PUBWATCH – December
It wasn’t a great month for DC Comics in the news. The biggest news of the month was the cancellation of Border Town after allegations of sexual harassment and assault came out about Eric M. Esquivel. Both colorist Tamra Bonvillain and artist Ramon Villalobos released statements stepping away from the book, and days later DC…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #33: A Tantalising History of the Dark Universe
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #33 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), Simone Di Meo (Artist), Alessio Zonno (Artist), French Carlomagno (Artist and Colours), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 28 November,…
The Freeze #1 is Filled with Psychological Chills
The Freeze #1 Phillip Sevy (illustrator and colourist), Troy Peteri (letterer), Dan Wickline (writer) Top Cow Comics December 5, 2018 After going through the sweet but mundane morning routine of his life and heading into the office to deal with the frustrations of co-workers and technology, Ray crawls out from under his desk to discover…
All I Want For Christmas is Doop: Merry X-Men Holiday Special
Merry X-Men Holiday Special #1 Various Artists and Writers, VC’s Travis Lanham (Letterer) Marvel Comics December 5, 2018 “Hot claws roasting over an open fire, Iceman nipping at your nose…” What’s your favorite holiday special? Does your family gather every year for A Charlie Brown Christmas, or A Rugrats Chanukah? Have you re-watched Christmas at…
Lion Forge PUBWATCH: December 2018
Merry Christmas, comics fans! I hope the gift that you were hoping to see under your Christmas tree was…reviews of Lion Forge comics! Because my December Pubwatch happens to fall on Christmas! In fact, if you felt like you hadn’t heard any Lion Forge news from us in a while, you’re right! We moved the…
A Very Runaways Christmas
Runaways #16 Kris Anka (Artist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer), Rainbow Rowell (Writer), Matthew Wilson (Color Artist) Marvel Comics December, 2018 This review contains spoilers for Runaways #16.
