The period following the publication of Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire saw vampire fiction entrench itself not as a subgenre of horror, but as a substantial body of fiction in its own right. Author David J. Schow would look back on this state of affairs in his 2018 collection DJStories: You know how zombie-flavoured…
X-Force #2 Forces the Issue of Death
X-Force #2 Joe Caramagna (Letters), Joshua Cassara (Art), Tom Muller (Design), Benjamin Percy (Writing), Dean White (Colors) Marvel Comics November 27th, 2019 I was not kind in my review of the first issue of the new X-Force title. It’s not the worst of the Dawn of X books, but it certainly was not a strong opener; it led…
Girl on Film: Cecil Castellucci’s Journey Through Memory and Her Filmmaker Dreams
Girl on Film Jon Berg (artist), Cecil Castellucci (writer), Melissa Duffy (artist), V. Gagnon (artist), Kieran Quigley (colourist), Joanna Lafuente (colourist), Vicky Leta (artist), Mike Fiorentino (letterer) Archaia (Boom Studios) November 27, 2019 When Cecil Castellucci first saw Star Wars: A New Hope, her future was sealed. She would become a filmmaker. Girl on Film is her…
Romance and Tragedy with Goth: Young Lovers at War
Goth: Young Lovers at War Paul Allor (writer), Seth Adams (artist), Josh Jensen (colorist), Claire Napier (editor) Source Point Press November 27th, 2019 What does it mean to be goth? Is it the music? The fashion? The films? The culture? Can goth be narrowed to a finite place in time? Does it breathe in the…
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #50 is a Fitting End to a Wonderful Series
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #50 Derek Charm (artist), Erica Henderson (artist), Travis Lanham (letterer), Ryan North (writer), Rico Renzi (colorist) Marvel November 13, 2019 There are some series where a neat and tidy ending in which everybody lives and the bad guys are all defeated would feel like a cop-out. Those series are not The…
La Voz de M.A.Y.O: Tata Rambo: Recapturing Lost History
La Voz de M.A.Y.O: Tata Rambo Volume 1 Henry Barajas (writer), Bernardo Brice (letterer), J. Gonzo (artist), Claire Napier (editor — full disclosure, former WWAC EiC and current contributor) Top Cow Productions November 13, 2019 The beauty of graphic novels is simple: they can take even the most complex subject matter and, through the combination of…
Pubwatch: Aftershock Comics November 2019
Happy November! Exciting tidings from AfterShock Comics this month, as the year draws to a close, and AfterShock starts giving us a look at what’s to come in the new year.
Changeling Times: Melanie Golding’s Little Darlings
Little Darlings Melanie Golding Crooked Lane Books April 30, 2019 Having given birth to a pair of twins, Lauren Tranter is filled with the mixture of delight and anxiety that is to be expected from a new mother. But then, something strange happens in the maternity ward. Lauren becomes convinced that there is a woman…
Excalibur #2 Stumbles a Bit, but Keeps Pressing Forward
Excalibur #2 Erick Arciniega (Colorist), Tini Howard (Writer), Tom Muller (Designer), Cory Petit (Letterer), Marcus To (Artist) November 20, 2019 After a dynamic beginning, Excalibur #2 struggles to find its footing with the same surety of the first issue. As the newly minted Captain Britain and her companions leave Krakoa to save Brian Braddock and find…
Marauders #2: Long Live the Queens
Marauders #2 Federico Blee (colorist), Russel Dauterman (cover artist), Gerry Duggan (writer), Matteo Lolli (artist), Tom Muller (design), VC’s Cory Petit (letterer) Marvel Comics November 20, 2019 Kate Pryde’s piratical romp continues, but first, some business. Emma Frost continues to be the Emma Frost I have wanted to see for so long, holding back-astral plane…
Previously on Comics: For Your Consideration
Happy Monday! Did you know Tres Dean has a new book out? Well, he does! That’s definitely the only reason people should be discussing him publicly this week. We have a few obits to get out of the way: Tom Lyle, co-creator of Starman (Will Payton) and Stephanie Brown, famed for his runs on Spider-Man,…
Homestuck Part Deux: Thoughts on the Sequel to a Spectacle
What is a Homestuck, exactly? On the most basic level, it’s a long-running webcomic about kids playing video games and forming friendships amidst the apocalypse. It’s a phenomenon that took the internet by storm, inspiring such depths of fandom that the size and enthusiasm of its followers became a meme (“Let me tell you about…
