You know how you can tell a person was killed by a sirena? They die standing up. To quote from After Lambana‘s tagline, “Lambana, the realm of the Diwata, has fallen, the Magic Prohibition Act has been signed into law, and there is something wrong with Conrad’s heart.” It’s a juicy premise from creators Eliza Victoria…
DC PUBWATCH – May 2022 Edition
World’s Finest #3 is still great, but as she tends to do, Catwoman #43 snuck in and stole the best book crown this month.
Worlds of Exile and Illusion Collects a Hearty Portion of Early-Career Ursula K. Le Guin
Across a nearly 60-year career, Ursula K. Le Guin left an indelible mark on speculative fiction. She is best known for her fantasy work A Wizard of Earthsea and the science fiction novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. The latter two belong to the Hainish Cycle, a series of five books that…
REVIEW: The World of Squire Is a Familiar Face
Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas’s Squire is a comic I have been waiting for — not just since it was announced, but also my entire life.
REVIEW: Boys Run The Riot Runs The Manga Section
Boys Run the Riot is an LGBT manga series with a transmasculine lead written and drawn by Keito Gaku (and team). This introductory volume to the series is a poignant and hilarious romp through gender discrimination, high school, punk philosophy, following your dreams, and how fashion is often a double-edged sword for queer people. Basically,…
REVIEW: Spider-Man 2099: Exodus Alpha #1 – Not Quite Grounded
I’ll admit that Miguel O’Hara is a character I enjoy more in theory than in practice. Spider-Man has never been my primary guy and that 2099 stuff was also never my hyperfixation. But, like Anya Corazon (who IS my girl), and Miles Morales, he’s another Latino in the gaggle of arañas, so you know, I…
VIZ Pubwatch: May 2022
Happy May, VIZ fans! In America, the school year is winding down, the weather is warming up, and VIZ has a bunch of new releases for me to share with you all! Today we’ll be talking about a few series new to me, and some new takes on 2000s classic Death Note. But first, the…
REVIEW: I Didn’t Know Fantasy Like The Bruising of Qilwa Could Exist and I’m Glad it Does!
Firuz’s family has escaped the slaughter of their people, the Sassanians, arriving at Qilwa as refugees seeking a new way of life. While Firuz dedicates themself to saving people at a free clinic, a new disease emerges with powerful political ramifications for Firuz’s people and their new home.
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: April/May 2022
Every little PUBWATCH I do, never seems enough for you, you don’t wanna lose it again, but I’m not like them (those other comics publishers)…. Maybe when you finally, get to love somebody, guess what: Silly jokes aside, this new Titan PUBWATCH includes a look at the Free Comic Book Day Doctor Who title, the latest…
REVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1 – Finally!
In a recent Indigenous speaker series I attended, Dr. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair spoke about Indigenous literature and I was excited to see John Proudstar, aka Thunderbird, included in his slides. Unfortunately, the X-Man was included as an example of how Indigenous people have been poorly depicted over the years, largely because it is not Indigenous…
REVIEW: Doctor Who: FCBD 2022 Reintroduces the Fugitive Doctor
A group of children unwittingly engage tiny hostile aliens, and it’s up to the Fugitive Doctor and the shadowy group she works for, Division, to stop them and save the Earth. Along the way, the Doctor may make some new friends.
REVIEW: Doctor Strange 2 is a Return to Camp, But it’s Not the ’80s Anymore
When Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) encounters a monstrous demon, and the teenager its chasing, he and Sorcerer Supreme Wong (Benedict Wong) realise there’s more at stake than just their world.