Gambit #1 combines our hero’s natural, smooth charm with an odd tale of mentorship. There are some wonderful choices mixed in with some truly unexpected ones, creating a narrative mixed bag.
DC PUBWATCH: Late August 2022 Edition
I goofed a couple of times in last month’s Pubwatch… First, it wasn’t August yet, whoops. So that makes this the Late August edition. My bad. Second, apparently, the solicits did come out in the middle of Comic Con, and I just missed them. That said, I was correct in my assumption that New Champion of…
2022 Hugo Awards: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
China, 1345. A peasant girl from the Zhu family has, between drought and bandits, lost almost all of her relatives: only her brother Zhu Chongba remains. A fortune teller has predicted vastly different fates for the two of them, seeing greatness in the future of the brother – who is due to attend a monastery…
2022 Hugo Awards: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
A Master of Djinn is the first full-length novel in the series that started with the short story “A Dead Djinn in Cairo” and continued with the novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015. The setting is an alternate timeline where Egypt was able to successfully rebel against the British Empire with the aid of…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: August 2022
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of August! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In this month’s Archie Comics Pubwatch, a notorious hero returns, some exclusive covers, and more!
REVIEW: “I Want To Be a Wall” Is a Winner
The premise for I Want to Be a Wall is too great to not garner attention. An asexual, aromantic boys love (BL) fan marries a gay man still in love with his childhood best friend. The first volume of this quirky manga is a sweet slice of life story about a married couple who will…
REVIEW: She-Hulk is Refreshing, Hilarious and Relatable—Who Cares About the CGI?
Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) is a great attorney who just wants to do her job, win her cases, live her life, and pay off her enormous student loans. But when an accident turns her into She-Hulk, a green superpowered being, Jennifer’s life is turned upside down, though not always in a bad way.
2022 Hugo Awards: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
A man wakes up to find himself in a high-tech environment but has no memory of how he got there. Through observation, he is able to piece together the basics. One, he is on board a space vessel; two, he is the sole surviving occupant, the other crew being mummified corpses. Then, bit by bit,…
REVIEW: Han Solo & Chewbacca #4 Bends the Wookiee
Han Solo & Chewbacca #4 is both a semi-silent, action-packed romp seen through the eyes of Chewbacca and a quippy action romp featuring Chewbacca and Han Solo’s (apparent) biological father going on a rescue mission to rescue Han. It’s a decent story with some great dialogue that moves the story along, but the art is…
VIZ Pubwatch August 2022
Summer’s winding down, but the anime and merch output from VIZ is not letting up! This month’s drop is pretty shonen-heavy: we’re talking about Bleach, again, as well as some newer series and old favorites. Let’s get started!
2022 Hugo Awards: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
WWAC’s coverage of the 2022 Hugo Awards continues… The planet Gora sits at a convenient intersection between worlds, and so serves as a stopping-off point for galactic travellers of sundry species. Surrounding the planet is a satellite grid governing the communications and transport that anyone visiting Gora relies upon – and once that grid hits…
REVIEW: “To Strip the Flesh” Cuts to the Bone
To Strip the Flesh is an anthology by author Oto Toda collecting several of her short works together. It includes several stories of varying length about love and being yourself and features a wonderful headlining story about a transgender character titled “To Strip the Flesh”.
