Good morning! The pandemic is getting worse here in the States, because no one in charge values lives over property! Let’s talk about comics, I guess. WarnerMedia is laying off a few more people in addition to the several mentioned this past summer. 2020 has hit the comics industry particularly hard, and once again, those…
Last Week’s Episode: Double Stuffed News
Seeing as the US election was last week–is it over? who knows–and we were all just trying to survive, we’ve got a double stuffed stack of news for you this time round. From hilarious schadenfreude to shocking exposes and of course plenty of casting, releases, and overly optimistic announcements about movies and TV in the…
REVIEW: Phobos and Macroverse
Phobos by Jason Brubaker is a new premium comic on the mobile comics platform Macroverse, a platform whose unique selling point is the fact that instead of scrolling the reader taps to progress in their comics reading. Phobos follows the humorous and horrifying misadventures of a mad scientist and his wacky assistants in a vampire’s…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: November 2020
In the year that seems like it will never end, we somehow have made it to November. (And through a contentious election week in the United States, which itself felt like a year!) This month, we take a look at a few finales (Adler and Horizon Zero Dawn), as well as the debut of Cutting…
REVIEW: The Low, Low Woods is a Haunting Tale of Strange Memories
Sitting in a cinema together, teenage friends El and Vee realise that neither of them has any memory of the film that has just ended. They soon find that Vee has unexplained mud on her shoes, no-one else went to see the film, and the sole staff member present is behaving oddly. Clearly, something has…
REVIEW: What Lies Beneath at Devil’s Reef in Miskatonic #1?
Placed in the Red Scare era of the early 20th century and dripping with classic sci-fi horror, Miskatonic #1 is a unique combination of American history, H.P. Lovecraft, and noir fiction from Aftershock Comics.
REVIEW: Star Trek Discovery’s “Forget Me Not” Angers Me Greatly
Discovery somehow becomes both more timeless and more current each week. The cast grows, changes, and deepens with every episode, and so too does Discovery‘s growing pains.
REVIEW: Dune: House Atreides: This is Fine
Dune: House Atreides starts with a FAAWHOOOM, introducing audiences to the intergenerational Herbert series. A primer for the major players in the upcoming Legendary movie adaptation Dune, this adapts Dune: House Atreides but it is not quite a tie-in comic.
Archie Pubwatch: November 2020
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of November! 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, two new digests are announced, along with start dates for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Riverdale!
REVIEW: Under the Cape Isn’t Insightful About Romance or Relationships
Under the Cape: An Anthology of Superhero Romance delves into that ubiquitous part of every superhero story—love and romance. With stories across the spectrum of romantic relationships, the book shares the sweet and steamy side of what brings two people together—and what can tear them apart when one or more participants have superpowers and secret…
Previously On Comics: Time To Get To Work
Good morn—err, Afternoon! It’s time for a definitely-punctual news update that absolutely did not skip a week in light of intense amounts of stress and worry due to a large national event.
REVIEW: Marvel Zombies #3 Takes a Bite Out of Fear…And Franklin Richards
Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3 combines fascinating story with just-okay art and uneven character development.