Listen: we’ve all had terrible first dates. The kind that makes us want to crawl into a hole and never come back out, or makes us want to move and adopt a new identity. Why should superheroes be any different? If I have one complaint about Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #12, it’s that it didn’t come out…
REVIEW: Superman #1 Revitalizes The Man of Steel
DC is launching into another brand new era: the Dawn of DC. While not as significant of an overhaul of the line as 2016’s Rebirth, it’s a chance for several characters and books to dust themselves off and get a fresh start. Now, I don’t think the Superman family of books needed such a fresh…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: February 2023
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of February! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In February’s pubwatch, Bingo Wilkins develops a cult and Jinx Holliday holds an exorcism; Forbes talks up Archie Comics; some fresh cover exclusives, and much more.
REVIEW: Keep Your Friends Very Close in Star Trek: Picard, Season 3 Episode 1
In Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 1, Jean-Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) is about to make big changes in his life when he receives a distress call. What does a retired admiral do when the past comes calling? He gets by with a little help from his friends.
REVIEW: The Flash Season 9 Episode 1 is a Celebration of Barry and Iris
In The Flash’s season 9 opener, Wednesday Ever After, Barry Allen/The Flash (Grant Gustin) has fought his worst enemy, and is finally reunited with Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton), his wife, and co-leader of Team Flash. Everything should be perfect and simple. But this is Team Flash. Nothing ever goes as planned. Definitely not this particular…
REVIEW: Space Trash Stages a Lunarpunk Rebellion
Jenn Woodall’s Space Trash is a colorful riot of individuality railing against the capitalist underpinnings of space colonization. For the students attending high school in a sealed dome in the twenty-second century, the fantasy of living on the moon is an unpleasantly gritty reality. These young women’s minor acts of rebellion against an unfair system…
REVIEW: Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson Is a New Year’s Treat
Nine Liars, Maureen Johnson’s latest mystery in the Stevie Bell series, has her sleuth traveling to England for funzies, only to be caught up in a cold case there. Both the cold case and Stevie’s life are as engaging as always in this gratifying page-turner.
REVIEW: She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Finding the relationship you need is a nourishing experience. Even more so when food is involved. A comforting slice-of-life manga, She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat volume 1, is about two neighbors bonding over food and cultivating a new caring space for each other.
REVIEW: Gordita: Built Like This Is a Heartfelt Flashback to Teenage Girlhood
I remember seeing a few pages on Twitter of Daisy “Draizys” Ruiz’s black and white comic titled Built Like Spongebob. It was a minicomic about a teen girl’s observations and woes about her body which left her uncomfortable and even sometimes feeling a little worthless. The work grabbed my attention and introduced me to Ruiz…
DC PUBWATCH: January 2023 Edition
Hope everyone’s 2023 is going well! I’ll tell you who it’s not going well for: Catwoman. Between Catwoman: One Bad Day and Catwoman #51, she’s had a rough month. It’s also not going great for the Flash family in the “One-Minute War” saga. And a new status quo is established in Action Comics #1051.
REVIEW: Die Horny is a Love Letter to Power Rangers and Kink
Rebecca Mock’s Die Horny is a kind of story we’ve all seen before—the alien conqueror lands on Earth and begins a wave of devastation! Earth’s pre-interstellar technology and defenses are nowhere near advanced enough to defeat the encroaching army! The towering general of the alien armies falls in love with a kinkster in a gimp…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: December 2022/January 2023
Happy New Year! Titan PUBWATCH is back for 2023 and it’s looking to be a great year of comics coming from across the pond. This first installment of the New Year takes a look at two new series: the newest Blade Runner installment and one of Titan’s first titles from their new manga imprint!
