Pathfinder Spiral of Bones #2 Crystal Frasier (writer, main), Rob McCreary (writer, backup), Tom Garcia (artist, main), Diego Galindo (artist, backup), Morgan Hickman (colourist, main), Mohan (colourist, backup), Thomas Napolitano (letterer, main and backup) Dynamite 2 May 2018 A small confession: I was always likely to enjoy this issue as Val (a.k.a. Valeros) takes centre…
It’s Back! Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1
Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1 Jeff Lemire (Writer), Dean Ormston (Artist), Dave Stewart (Colors), Todd Klein (Letters) Dark Horse Comics April 18, 2018 Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1 is a continuation of Dark Horse’s Black Hammer series written by the prolific Jeff Lemire. Black Hammer takes place after a group of superheroes, long…
Self-Care and Ghosts: A Review of Archival Quality
Archival Quality Ivy Noelle Weir (writing), Steenz (art and color), Joamette Gil (letters) Oni Press March 6, 2018 I have struggled with mental illness all my life. From depression to extreme anxiety, it is something that at times I feel like I should hide. The beauty of a book like Oni Press’ Archival Quality (AQ), written by Ivy…
80 Years of Leaping Tall Buildings: Action Comics #1000
Action Comics #1000 Covers by Jim Lee and Scott Williams (Main), Steve Rude (1930s), Michael Cho (1940s), Dave Gibbons (1950s), Michael Allred (1960s), Jim Steranko (1970s), Joshua Middleton (1980s), Dan Jurgens (1990s), Lee Bermejo (2000s) DC Comics April 18, 2018 The issue eighty years in the making. Action Comics is the first mainstream comic to…
BSG v BSG #4: Good Plot, But No Context
BSG vs BSG #4 Peter David (Writer), Edu Menna (Artist), Mohan (Colourist), Taylor Esposito (Letterer) Dynamite Comics 18 April, 2018 The original Battlestar Galactica has been sucked through a wormhole into a universe where they face… the reboot Battlestar Galactica. Following the OG-Galactica is the OG-Pegasus, bearing an alien called Kali who proclaims to be…
Resident Alien #1: More Than Meets the Eye
Resident Alien: An Alien in New York#1 Peter Hogan (Writer), Steve Parkhouse (Artist) Dark Horse Comics April 2018 An alien stranded far from home, Harry Vanderspeigle works as a doctor in Patience, Washington. Harry also investigates crimes freelance to keep himself occupied. With four positive outcomes under his belt, he finds himself on the case…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #26
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #26 Kyle Higgins (writing), Daniele di Nicuolo (art), Walter Baiamonte (colors) Boom Studios April 2018 Spoilers ahead! When watching the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television show, one thing viewers could generally count on was that no matter how high the stakes got, the heroes would get out of their predicament…
Supergirl: Friend to Those Who Need It Most
Supergirl #19 Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala (writers), Jamal Campbell (artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letterer), Jorge Jimenez with Alejandro Sanchez (cover) DC Comics March 14, 2018 Supergirl has been my favorite character in comics for almost as long as I’ve been reading them. She means the world to me, and she is what drives me…
Women of Mangaka: Yuu Watase
During the 1990s, a time of relatively few shojo manga series (or manga series in general, really) being translated to English, one of the cornerstones that everyone at least knew of was Fushigi Yuugi, an anime based on the manga by Yuu Watase. For lots of girls of that age, the protagonist, high school girl…
Wolverine: The Long Night
In Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s first Wolverine-based mini-series, we’re introduced to the titular hero as he stalks a bear through the Canadian wilds. It’s not the first time his solo adventures will deposit him out there, and indeed some of my favorite Wolverine stories have him traipsing through the woods and snow.
Riverdale Volume #2 Fights The Post-Season Blues
Riverdale Vol. 2 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (stories); Aaron Elling, Will Ewing, Michael Grassi, Ross Maxwell, Brian E Paterson, Tessa Leigh Williams (writers); Joe Eisma, Thomas Pitilli (artists); Janice Chiang, John Workman (letters); Andre Szymanowicz (colors) Archie Comics March 2018 As season two of the CW’s hit TV show Riverdale draws to a close, Archie Comics stands ready…
Dejah Thoris #3 Lacks The Beauty of the Original Barsoom
Dejah Thoris #3 Amy Chu (writer) Pasquale Qualano (illustration) Valentine Pinto (colors) Dynamite April 4, 2018 The setting for the emerging Dejah Thoris comic book series is our solar system; the backdrop is a dusty alien city on a red planet we call Mars. This stage is taken from a series of novels written in…
