On this season of Star Trek: Discovery, the ship has been visiting the home worlds of each of the crew members and seeing what they’re up to in the 31st century. This week though, we’re revisiting not only a familiar planet, but a familiar universe, and as such it’s a two-part arc. We also escape…
REVIEW: Star-Lord, Reborn, in Guardians of the Galaxy #9
“I shall make you a Star-Lord!” said the god-like Master of the Sun in Marvel Preview #4, over 40 years ago. That origin, casting Peter Quill as a brash, angry scholar-turned-spaceman willing to kill innocent men in his quest for vengeance, little resembles the Star-Lord you probably know. The wisecracking, roguish starship captain with a…
VIZ Media Pubwatch: December 2020
‘Tis the season to… read manga! Welcome to the December VIZ Pubwatch. This month we’re taking a look at both new and established series in a wide range of genres, including How Do We Relationship? But before that, some news from VIZ.
REVIEW: The Naughty List is One Weird Sleigh Ride
The Naughty List provided the most bizarre reading experience I’ve ever had in my life. Filled with mixed messages — anti-capitalist statements that clash with frantic pro-Santa propaganda along with anti-video game statements — and extremely bizarre plot choices, it often plays like an Ed Wood fever dream. I don’t recommend reading it, and yet…
REVIEW: Marauders #16: Sweet Sweet Revenge
There’s been a lot going on for our friends, so it’s understandable that Kate Pryde had to put her promise to kill—or at least significantly fuck up—Sebastian Shaw on hold. But now that the swords have settled, the Red and White Queens can get down to business in Marauders #16.
REVIEW: SWORD #1 Takes Flight
In the wake of both Empyre and the tournament that was X of Swords, Abigail Brand looks outward to the stars and assembles a team of mutants to see what comes next.
REVIEW: X-Factor #5 – For The Children
X-Factor is a hard book for me to talk about. It’s not that it’s bad—quite the opposite—it’s that it quite literally is challenging me on every level when I read it. That’s a factor (heh) I adore.
REVIEW: Champions #3 Needs a Change
Champions #2 was “a lot of dialogue and very few action scenes.” Champions #3 is, likewise, a lot of words, but the change in line artist elevated the overall narrative. The ending, however, left a sour taste in my mouth.
REVIEW: Bill and Ted Are Doomed #2-4 Stays Non-Heinous
As Bill, Ted, Death and the Princesses wend their way through a most horrifying European tour, they find themselves pursued by angry metal bands, demonic forest trolls…and their destiny. But there’s a lot of human feeling packed in between the jokes.
REVIEW: National Anthem #3 Does Right By Most, But Not All, The Fabulous Killjoys
In National Anthem #3, the Fabulous Killjoys are painstakingly putting themselves back together, bit by bit, like a strange puzzle with unexpected pieces. An abandoned fireworks warehouse in New Mexico. An old friend with a new name. A sudden memory that wasn’t there before. Speeding through the desert, on the run from deadly enemies—this is…
REVIEW: Crossover #2 is a Smug Cover Song in Comic Book Form
I honestly didn’t think I was going to review Crossover #2. After issue #1, I felt confident that the series was both firmly not my cup of tea and has shown its hand, in storytelling terms. I was an idiot, y’all. Crossover #2 carries forward the combination of ignorant use of real-world parallels and Ready…
REVIEW: HELLIONS #7 – This Fucking Guy
Are there any characters that when they show up in a book you just sneer and say “THIS FUCKING GUY”? Not because you dislike the character, but because you know that since they’re here they’re just going to make things absolutely fucking miserable. I have a few of those. Jamie Braddock. Arcade. But the biggest…
