Rogue: Untouched is the second book in Marvel and Aconyte Books’ Marvel Heroines line; a collection of novels focusing on female characters. Written by Alisa Kwitney (Cadaver & Queen), Rogue: Untouched follows the titular character in an alternate version of her origin story. The usual players are all there and many of the events are the same…
REVIEW: Way of X #2: Questioning the Inevitable
David Haller, aka Legion, takes full control in Way of X #2. Can Nightcrawler figure out how to keep up?
DC PUBWATCH – May 2021
Mayday mayday! Waking Hours did not earn the top slot this month. Instead, that honor went to The Other History of the DC Universe #4, a book that has also been remarkably good for its run, but in a much different way than Waking Hours has.
REVIEW: Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence
Social anthropologist and novelist Jenny White (Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks, The Winter Thief) and artist Ergün Gündüz’s Turkish Kaleidoscope is dizzying. The graphic novel follows four characters, who are fictionalized composites of oral history interviewees, over four years in Turkey as political power shifted between different leftist and rightist groups. The comic, which…
REVIEW: My Heart is a Chainsaw Effortlessly Slays
Content warning: Self-harm, suicide, and emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. I’d say MHIAC it’s made for teenagers sixteen years old and older. My Heart is a Chainsaw feels like it was made for me, and me personally, which is always a wonderful thing to feel when you open a book. The volume begins with an…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: May 2021
Graduations. Greenery everywhere. The promise of barbecues and beaches on the horizon. It’s gotta be May! This month, we’ll take a look at V.E. Schwab’s return to comics with ExtraOrdinary #0, and check-in with the latest adventures of Minky Woodcock and Missy.
REVIEW: Wolverine #12 — I have…SPECIAL BLOOD
Maybe it’s me? I dunno, my eyes just glaze over when we get another plot about Wolverine’s special blood.
REVIEW: Army of the Dead – Face it, Zombie Tiger, You Just Hit the Jackpot
Invoking the late icon with sequined jumpsuits and sculpted waves of black hair, Elvis impersonators are already the walking dead—Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead only takes the extra step of turning them into flesh-eating zombies. Parachuting onto Netflix after a limited theatrical release, Snyder’s exhilarating return to the zombie genre turns the hedonistic joy…
VIZ Media Pubwatch: May 2021
Hello again! After taking April off, the monthly VIZ pubwatch is back and better than ever! This month we’re taking a look at… mostly Shonen Jump stuff, but also the latest release from horror master Junji Ito and volume 2 of Naoki Urasawa’s Asadora!. Let’s start with the news!
REVIEW: Hellions #11 Ties Things Up Before The Hellfire Gala
When last we left our decrepit band of misfits, they were in the insipid clutches of the maniacal Arcade. While they struggle through their own greatest desires and fears, Arcade holds their boss-man captive in an effort to get his own clone farm. Hellions #11 resolves this plot for now, letting the series get ready…
REVIEW: Silk #2 Has Snappy Dialogue and Literal Cat Fights
Silk recently became the most relatable adult superhero I didn’t know I needed. One month ago amid anxiety-fueled insomnia, I bought half a dozen discounted books centered on the misadventures of Silk, Spider-Gwen and Spider-Woman. I ended up devouring them all in one weekend.
