Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of June! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In June’s Pubwatch, we’ve got some debuting characters on the docket, a new title announcement, Netflix India releases a first look trailer for The Archies, two drawing tutorials…
REVIEW: Pavitr Prabhakar Needs a Little Help From His Friends in Spider-Man: India #1
When his home and community are threatened by a new villain, Pavitr Prabhakar/ Spider-Man jumps to action. But that’s not the only obstacle in Pavitr’s way in Spider-Man: India #1—it isn’t easy being Earth-50101’s one and only Spider-Man. Perhaps it’s time for Pavitr to let go of some of that Spider-responsibility?
REVIEW: I Love All the Spider-People in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! (And the Story, Of Course)
Miles Morales/ Spider-Man (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy/ Spider-Woman (Hailee Steinfeld) reunite in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to battle a new threat that threatens the multiverse. But this new villain is hellbent on making things personal.
REVIEW: Hot Docs 2023 – Memory and History Get Put to the Test in NATHAN-ism
Editors Note: This review is part of a series of reviews from the Hot Docs Festival that took place from April 27th to May 7th 2023 in Toronto, Canada. As a young adult, Nathan Hilu was tasked with guarding war criminals and perpetrators of the Holocaust. He spent his life documenting his experiences through his…
REVIEW: Jed MacKay and Pasqual Ferry’s Doctor Strange Resurrects Its Hero in a New Series
The Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, Stephen Strange, is back in Jed MacKay and Pasqual Ferry’s new Doctor Strange book. The first issue’s title page catches readers up on what transpired just before the story begins: Stephen Strange was, of course, dead. Clea took over in his stead. A group of people from other dimensions have…
REVIEW: Nikola Tesla Utilizes a Contrived Format to Tell the Inventor’s Story
The new Comixology Original Nikola Tesla tells the story of a man ahead of his time. Highlighting Tesla’s many innovations and designs, this biography from Giovanni Scarduelli and Sergio Rossi also outlines his failures, battles with fellow inventors, and eventual fall from grace.
REVIEW: Starsigns #1 An Astronomical and Astrological Anomaly
Where was Rana Fawaaz when the zodiac constellations disappeared from the sky? The mystery of the missing stars unfolds in Saladin Ahmed, Megan Levens, and Kelly Fitzpatrick’s Starsigns #1, from Image Comics.
REVIEW: Translation State by Ann Leckie Sets Off the Space Canon
A new novel by Ann Leckie is an event to anticipate and Translation State is just as gripping and beautifully written as we’ve come to expect from her. Go ahead and take the day off from work to read this one all at once. Then you can go back and reread it at your leisure.
REVIEW: Hot Docs 2023 — Angel Applicant Examines Life, Art, and Terminal Illness
Editors Note: This review is part of a series of reviews from the Hot Docs Festival that took place from April 27th to May 7th 2023 in Toronto, Canada. In Angel Applicant, Ken August Meyer chronicles his life with systemic scleroderma, an autoimmune disease he shares with Swiss expressionist painter Paul Klee.
Seven Seas Pubwatch May 2023
It’s going to be MAY! Hello pollen, hello my face! Hello springtime allergies! Hello continued mask-wearing! This month sees some releases that fans who love fairy tale stories will be interested in, a newer English translated work of a beloved Shojo powerhouse, and also some volumes for fans of romance and a reminder that good…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: April/May 2023
Spring is in full swing here in the U.S. Northeast, with all its joys (warmer weather, longer days), and its pitfalls (allergy season, that groundhog that chews on my doorframe to my back patio door). It’s a perfect time to take your comics reading outdoors. But maybe keep them away from the woodland creatures. This…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: May 2023
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of May! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In May’s Pubwatch, we’ve got more Danni Malloy on tap, we take a deep dive into several titles, we detail more about The Archies, we preview some new…
