We’re hard-pressed for good news in these trying times, so we’ll take what we can get. This week’s entertainment news has been mostly uplifting, though not without some… questionable decisions. Let’s get into it.
Spotlight on Nadia Shammas
Recently announced as the writer of a Ms. Marvel graphic novel to be published by Scholastic, Nadia Shammas might be a new name to some of you, but she isn’t new to comics. A former Marvel intern, Shammas edited CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments (which was covered by WWAC here and here), co-wrote…
REVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1 is All Style, No Substance
Under the pen of Rod Reis, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex is a beautiful comic. But that’s really…all it is.
REVIEW: Queer Eye For the Mutant Guy: X-Factor #1
Leah Williams and David Baldeon’s X-Factor #1 marks the newest title in Marvel’s ever-growing Dawn of X lineup. The new team addresses some of the strange wrinkles of Krakoan society, namely the minutiae and bureaucracy of mutant resurrection. This week’s oversized first issue is the classic getting-the-team-together story, but it delivers more than enough personality…
REVIEW: Bad Mother #1 Taps Into a Parent’s Worst Nightmare
We know what Liam Neeson is capable of if you mess with his teenage daughter, but what about a middle-aged suburbanite mom whose dreary life is circling the drain? Better yet, what if her daughter gets to have a say in her own role as damsel in distress?
REVIEW: Cable #2 Provides A First-Page Stinger
I mentioned last time that Cable had been among my lowest expectations for the current line of X-Books, and how happy I was to be surprised. While the second issue feels a little slight in comparison, it’s got some really, really gratifying moments.
IDW Pubwatch August 2020
Welcome to the IDW Pubwatch. The world is still mostly on lockdown but here’s something to distract you: a few exciting comics that will occupy your mind, at least for a little while. I’ve also got the latest news coming out of IDW, along with comic book reviews—including Snake Eyes: Dead Games #1—and a selection…
ComicCon@Home: My First SDCC Experience Was Not What I Had Planned
I’ve been a geek longer than I’ve known about comic conventions, but the moment I learned that spaces existed where people who liked the things I liked could hang out, I’ve wanted to be there. And ever since I learned about SDCC, I’ve been hoping to get there.
REVIEW: Empyre: X-Men #1 Brings the Weed Whacker
The Cotati are on Earth! Worse than that: they’re on Genosha! Somehow this all leads to [Alien] Plants versus [Mutant] Zombies versus Old Ladies, and with a three-way fight like that, we need three writers to review Empyre: X-Men #1!
INTERVIEW: Maurice Broaddus on Sorcerers and Afrofuturism
Like so many children from marginalized groups, Maurice Broaddus wanted to see himself in the media that he saw on the screen or in the books he read He wanted to be able to see people who looked like him shaping the future, whether it be commanding starships or wielding magic. Like so many of…
2020 Hugo Awards Reflect Struggle Over History
The weekend saw the presentation of the 2020 Hugo Awards at CoNZealand, this year’s iteration of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon, for short). Although the ongoing pandemic prevented CoNZealand from being held in physical form, like many similar events, it adapted to the situation by offering a virtual convention – and the Hugos were,…
