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…
Archie Pubwatch: December 2020
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of December! 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, there’s much Christmas merch and one of my favorite modern Archie series ever hits Archie Unlimited!
Fugitive Telemetry lets Murderbot Crack the Case: Spoiler-free Review
Fugitive Telemetry, the sixth Murderbot book in the bestselling science fiction series by Martha Wells, has the beats I love from locked room murder mysteries and procedural crime dramas, and it has the voice and themes I love from the Murderbot series. It’s just as engaging and affirming as the rest of the series has…
REVIEW Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1
Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices, is an excellent set of stories highlighting Native American creators and Marvel characters. The issue is a solid introduction to Indigenous stories from a mainstream publisher. It provides an enjoyable balance of art styles and stories that explore the past, present, and future of Indigenous characters.
REVIEW: Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #4 Breaks Some Hearts…and Bones
As they say in commercials for monster truck rallies, it all ends here. Marvel Zombies: Resurrection manages to pack some shocks into its final issue, though not enough to be fully successful.
REVIEW: Recent Reads from DC Kids: Everyone Gets an Origin Story!
Lately, I’ve been catching up on a year’s worth of DC’s graphic novels for kids and teens, growing more and more attached to checking out graphic novels digitally from my library systems, and becoming well-versed in the sprawling stories radiating outwards from Gotham and Metropolis. Perhaps understandably, most of these feel like origin stories, hinting…