In Katy Keene chapter 12, The Pepper Plant finally opens. The truth about Pepper’s past as a con artist is also finally revealed to her friends. Alex worries that Pepper might screw him out of his investment though, leading to his relationship with Josie entering wobbly ground. Meanwhile, Katy’s super-hot relationship with Guy hits a…
Even Quarantine Can’t Redeem the Hot Mess that is Bloodshot
Bloodshot, aka Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel), an elite soldier with several successful missions under his belt, sees his wife killed before his eyes and vows revenge against her murderer. There’s just one problem: he was killed too. But Garrison wouldn’t let something like death stop him, would he?
Archie Meets the B-52s, And the World May Never Be the Same
Combining playful pop-punk camp and cheerful cheesiness, the Archie Meets the B-52s is handsome, funny and fun.
Lockjaw Volume 1 is “D” for Delightful
Lockjaw Volume 1: Who’s a Good Boy? has everything from the Savage Land to Spider-Ham to horse racing to space hamsters. And of course, our favourite slobbering doggo. What’s not to love about a giant teleporting bulldog who just wants to save his littermates from evil and will drag around a washed-up superhero to do…
IDW Pubwatch May 2020
Welcome to the May IDW Pubwatch. The world is on lockdown but here’s something to distract you—a few exciting comics that will take your mind away, at least for a little while. I’ve also got the latest news coming out of IDW, some comic book reviews, as well as a selection of my favourite covers…
Network Effect Catapults Murderbot into the Wider Universe: Spoiler-free Review
Network Effect is the fifth and as-yet longest installment in the adventures of Murderbot by Martha Wells, introduced in the multiple award-winning novella All Systems Red in 2017. The novel is a great addition to the series, giving readers exactly more of what we love from the Murderbot books: a beloved and sarcastic unreliable narrator,…
Katy Keene “Turns” the Page to the Met(a) Gala
In Katy Keene chapter eleven, It’s Met(a) Gala Time, Kiddies! As Katy struggles to balance her new Lacy’s job with life designing for Guy, she takes a risk with her client’s dress that might backfire. Add some drama with K.O. onto the pile, her latent feelings for Guy, and a revelation about the result of her…
Jane Mai’s Soft is a Brilliant Retelling of Carmilla
CONTENT WARNING: This article contains discussion of abusive relationships. When a friend recommended I watch a low budget webseries about a lesbian vampire who falls in love with her plucky college roommate, I didn’t realize it was based on Carmilla, a vampire novella by Sheridan Le Fanu older than Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I was fascinated…
DC PUBWATCH: Quarantine April Edition
Oof. Most of the month, there have been no new comics, which makes it pretty difficult to write about the new comics I’m enjoying and not enjoying out of DC’s stable. As quarantine continued into April, the shipping of new comics by Diamond was halted. When the whole industry relies on a monopoly to get…
Death to the Army of Darkness #2 Goes Back to the Well…Again
The art gets a little better in Death to the Army of Darkness #2, and so far the writing is on-point. But can good crack win out? Or will yet another visit to Ye Old Cabin in the Woods lead to bad times?
Portrait of an Artist: Georgia O’Keeffe Is a Lush Account of the Mother of American Modernism
Portrait of An Artist: Georgia O’Keeffe, written by Lucy Brownridge and lavishly illustrated by Alice Wietzel, broadly depicts an iconic artist whose life was vast and encompassing. O’Keeffe is widely known as the mother of American modernism; her art is powerful and potent, and her association to the sprawling Arizona desert synonymous with her name.
Tokyopop (Gay) Manga Review: Still Sick and Don’t Call Me Daddy
For the month of April, Tokyopop is making a number of its first volumes free to read digitally. I took the opportunity to read Still Sick by Akashi and Don’t Call Me Daddy by Gorou Kanbe. These two manga fascinated me, particularly in conjunction with each other, as depictions of homophobia and queer desire in…
