IDW puts out a lot of really fun comics every month, but this past month it felt like they really knocked it out of the park with some of their new series. But before I get into which of these new series caught my eye, there were also some exciting new announcements from the games…
No Better Words: A Study in Nakedness Versus Nudity
No Better Words Carolyn Nowak Silver Sprocket 2017 Mallory lusts after Theo so thoroughly she’s taken to creating new metaphors for just how he makes her feel. When Theo throws a party, she gathers her courage and tells him, even though she doesn’t feel she has the right words to express herself. “I—I… had a…
Mirenda Journeys Beyond Words
Mirenda Volume 1 Grim Wilkins (writer and artist) Printed by Image Comics October 24, 2018 (Comic Stores) November 6, 2018 (Book Stores) A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Comics are intended to be the melding of words and art, but sometimes a book recognizes that…
Colour Tank Girl However the Hell You Want
Tank Girl Coloring Book Various Artists Titan Comics October 10, 2018 A copy of this book was provided to WWAC in exchange for an honest review. Titan Comics held the most raucous birthday celebration ever, honouring their potty-mouthed, chain-smoking, anarchic antihero, Tank Girl. Joined by Sub Girl, Jet Girl, Booga, and more, Alan Martin and…
Dream Daddy #3: Dadsona Returns
Welcome back again for another Group Review of Oni Press’s Dream Daddy series! Issue #3, written by the Game Grumps themselves, Vernon Shaw and Leighton Gray, came out last week, and we’ve got some more thoughts. See previous reviews here and here!
How Now Top Cow: November Pubwatch
What’s New? Welcome to the Top Cow Pubwatch, where I run down the hows and nows of Top Cow Productions. What’s New this month? Well, following last week’s Library Con, Top Cow has been eager to get in touch with librarians, offering a Facebook group to help librarians and educators engage more readers with graphic…
Drawn to the Way “Drawn to Sex” Educates
Drawn to Sex: The Basics Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan Limerance Press November 2018 Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, the creators behind Oh Joy Sex Toy, used Kickstarter to bring their newest book, Drawn to Sex: The Basics, to life. A practical look at sex, Drawn to Sex takes readers through what sex is, how to have…
Sex, Cyborgs, and ’70s Style in Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection
Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection Go Nagai (writer/artist), Zak Davisson (translator), Bambi Eloriaga-Amago and Roland Amago (lettering/retouch) Seven Seas Entertainment August 28, 2018 Cutie Honey: The Classic Collection is a chunky hardcover that reprints Go Nagai’s influential 1970s manga series in its entirety. Cutie Honey was one of the taproots of the magical girl genre,…
X-Men: Red #10: “@#$% You, Humanity”
X-Men: Red #10 Tom Taylor (Writer), Roge Antonio (Artist), Rain Beredo (Colorist), VC’s Cory Petit (Letterer) Marvel Comics November 7, 2018 The penultimate issue of X-Men: Red begins with a curse that every X-Men fan must have uttered at some point: “@#$% you, humanity.” Shockingly, we see Jean Grey, of all mutants, making that explosive…
Valiant High is All That and a Bag of Empanadas
Valiant High Derek Charm (Artist), Daniel Kibblesmith (Writer) Valiant September 5, 2018 Comixology has a 60% off sale on Valiant collections that ends on the 26th of October. In this sale, the Valiant High digital collection is £1.99. That’s 50p an issue. That’s bargain back issue bin prices for one of the best superhero books…
My First Comic: Shuri #1
I had planned to write about my first comic—Classic X-Men #3 with that gorgeous picture of Storm, surrounded by what seemed like millions of exciting new heroes for my young, ten-year-old self to discover. But I’ve talked about my love for Storm before, and I’ve gone on and on about Classic X-Men enough. The fact…
Lion Forge PUBWATCH: November 2018
I know what you’re wondering. “Hm… what has Lion Forge been up to this month?” Well, reader, you’re in the right place, because this is the Lion Forge Pubwatch! First up: get ready to want to read some comics, because here are the reviews!
