Batman: Urban Legends is a strange and strangely important book for DC Comics. Sporting a lead story written by longtime Marvel stalwart Chip Zdarsky, the 90-page anthology series is the first step into something new for the publisher. Not quite a total shift into the Japanese manga format of weekly/monthly anthologies, but a substantial package…
Single Issue Stories: A Conversation With Vita Ayala on New Mutants #15
Vita Ayala and Rod Reis’ New Mutants #15 is an issue that marked a personal turning point for the new Krakoan paradigm in what we can expect the stories of this era to tackle. This issue is an unfolding promise to tackle concepts such as identity, bodily-agency, and belonging in ways that no X-Men story has…
REVIEW: The Beginning of the End…Begins in Cable #9
The end is nigh for Cable, friends. Well, in a few months at least. Cable #9 is the first issue since official word got out that Cable would be ending with June’s #12, and the issue is, somehow, improved with this knowledge. Cable #9 is a quiet issue, a pseudo-farewell tour for Kid Cable as…
Previously on Comics: Catching Up
We took a bit of a hiatus from reporting the news last month, but it seems that comics industry news did not do the same. Here are a few highlights from March.
Xs and I-C-Ss: Comics and Comix
There’s something about “comix” that signals “I’m not going to like it”. I know it’s partly the kind of person who recommends “comix” but it’s also the kinds of works that label themselves “comix” in the 21st century. However, this gut reaction made me step back and think, what even are comix and why do…
PREVIEW: Izneo’s Lucky Luke Goes Digital
For more than 20 years, readers enjoyed the adventures of the world’s greatest cowboy, Lucky Luke, “the comic strip character who can shoot faster than his own shadow.” Created by Morris and later joined by René Goscinny (of Asterix and Obelix fame), Lucky Luke is a bande dessinée where the titular hero and his trusty…
Jim Balent’s Tarot and the Haunted Vagina of My Heart
Content Warning: This piece contains mature themes, nudity, and sexual content and is NSFW
Last Week’s Episode: Men Moan About Movies
Hey there cinema aficionados! We’ve got some exciting news this week for anime fans, terrible news for true indie comic fans, and more in today’s link round-up.
Is He Warm Enough?
Often time, female characters get to wear tiny clothing to show off their figure, while the men have to keep their muscular bulk covered up. Comics are rife with displays of reverse sexism like this, but every now and then, we get moments, or even entire characters, who get to break the mould. But skimpy…
REVIEW: Bashiva Is Super Cool, Actually
So like, when I saw the way these chicks were talking about this INDIE COMIC in their little roundtable or whatever, I got mad. Because like, what right do they have to hate on this guy because his orc lady has big boobs? SHE CAN’T HELP HOW BIG HER BOOBS ARE! Like way to shame…
Meanwhile on Planet Boob
Sometimes a comic artist really goes above and beyond when it comes to depicting the perfection that are boobs. Perfect orbs of perfect perfection they are, boobs. And it’s really cool when artists get them just right. Not every artist has the skill to give boobs the attention to detail they deserve, but in this…
Visible: Trans Creator Spotlight on #TransDayofVisibility
For Trans Day of Visibility we wanted to honor a few of our personal favorite trans and nonbinary creators in comics! ( A big thanks to fellow WWAC-er Zainabb Hull for helping to organize this piece)