I spent last weekend in San Diego, attending as many DC-relevant panels as I could to gather information for you, dear readers. I was also invited to attend the DC Press Breakfasts, one of which turned into a cult initiation, but they gave me a snazzy robe, so all hail Tom King!
The Seeds #1 Questions the Truth
The Seeds #1 Ann Nocenti and David Aja (creators) Dark Horse Out August 1, 2018 I get push notifications from three different news outlets: the BBC, the Associated Press, and the Guardian. I actually didn’t read the news at all for years: between twelve years of primary school warnings against bias in media and seven…
Jinty: ’70s Schoolgirl Sci-Fi Still Relevant in 2018
Jinty Vol. 1: The Human Zoo & The Land of No Tears Pat Mills, Malcolm Shaw (writers), Guy Peeters (artist) Rebellion Publishing June 28, 2018 (UK release), July 11, 2018 (US release) A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. While the boys of 1970s Britain…
2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Collections and Anthologies
Welcome back to Bookmarked’s series reviewing every single finalist for the inaugural Splatterpunk Awards, to be presented next month at KillerCon Austin! The previous installment took a scalpel to the short stories and novellas. Now, let us move on to the categories covering books of short stories, be they single-author collections or multi-author anthologies. Editor’s…
Myopia: The Rise of the Domes Has Trouble Realizing Its Vision
Myopia: The Rise of the Domes Patrick Berkenkotter (Artist), Richard Dent (Writer) Dynamite May 30, 2018 As a critic, I’m sure it’s fairly evident that I have a certain amount of ideas I cling to about what makes a good comic book. For instance, one of the more widely-held ideas I’m fond of is the…
Rosie’s GIANT SIZED Dynamite Pubwatch (March/April/May/June)
Hello, comic book adventurers! It’s me Rosie, back once again with your regular Dynamite comics roundup. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so we can all enjoy/despair about it together! So here we are with another…
Archie Meets Batman ’66: Colours! Conspiracies! Crossover!
Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1 Michael Moreci (Writer), Jeff Parker (Writer), Dan Parent (Artist), Kelly Fitzpatrick (Colours), Jack Morelli (Letters) Archie Comics and DC Entertainment July 18, 2018 There’s never a quiet moment in Gotham, as visitors to the 1966 World’s Science Fair find out in Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1. Poison Ivy, recently escaped…
Voltron: Legendary Defender #1 Brings Hope to the Galaxy
Voltron: Legendary Defender Vol. 3 #1 Mitch Iverson (writer), Beni Lobel (colorist), Rubine (artist) Lion Forge July 11th, 2018 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Another day, another Voltron #1. This is actually the third volume of Voltron: Legendary Defender comics that Lion Forge…
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Aphrodite V #1: Your Enigmatic Neighbourhood Green-Haired Assassin
Aphrodite V #1 Bryan Edward Hill (writer), Troy Peteri (letterer), Jeff Spokes (artist) Top Cow Comics July 18, 2018 A copy of this comic was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Black market technology. Biomechanical humans. Riding in on the heels of the technological terrorism introduced in Cyber Force #1, Top…
The Complete The Killer: The Craft of Pasting Ethics Over Action
The Complete The Killer Matz and Luc Jacamon, translated by Matz and Edward Gauvin, with lettering by Marshall Dillon (Chapters 1-10) and Deron Bennett (Chapters 11-13) Archaia for BOOM! Studios The Complete The Killer (RRP $39.99) is unbelievably long. Unreasonably, as a PDF—my internet’s not great, but even so—it took a full hour to load…
Halloween Comes Early in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #1
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #1 David Avallone (Writer), Dave Acosta (Artist), Andrew Covalt (Colorist), Taylor Esposito (Letterer) Dynamite July 4, 2018 Hello, darlings! Welcome to the review! This is Slayleigh, here with another EX-PLOSIVE #1 issue–and, ugh, no, it’s not another X-Force relaunch from Rob Liefeld. This little firecracker from Dynamite stars none other…
Of Window Washers and Walkovers: Bella at the Bar
Bella at the Bar Jenny McDade & Primrose Cumming (Writers), John Armstrong (Artist) Rebellion July 2018 In 1971, Fleetway began publishing Tammy, a weekly comic for girls. One of its long-running stars was the newly-collected Bella at the Bar. However, what new readers might not realize (and what no one mentions in the collection’s introduction)…
