Clearly, Tyler Crook and Cullen Bunn were not ready to say goodbye to Harrow County and the dark and creepy goings on in the woods surrounding the home of Emmy Crawford. The southern gothic horror story, nee Countless Haints on Bunn’s personal website, has evolved since its creation, morphing from the ten-chapter serialized prose to…
X-Men #2: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
X-Men #2 Gerry Alanguilan (inker), VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Sonny Gho (colorist), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Tom Muller (design), Leinil Francis Yu (artist) Marvel Comics November 13, 2019 What’s remarkable about the Hickman era of the X-Men—unbelievably, we’re still only five months in, all of us having fallen into a swirling pool of Comic Book Time—is…
Previously on Comics: White Feminist Tears on a Bookshelf Near You
Though our book news column isn’t running anymore, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the book industry mess that occurred last week when YA author Sarah Dessen had her feelings hurt by Brooke Nelson, a graduate student who felt, as quoted in the Aberdeen News, that Dessen’s books were “fine for teen girls” but did not…
I Went to Narnia and All I Got was this Lousy Complex: Lewis, Gaiman, Grossman, Fearscape
In October 1950, C.S. Lewis’s novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was published, and this was the birth of Susan. In this novel four kids are evacuated to the large country house of an old professor, because the war—World War II—is on. In this house they find a gateway to another, more magical…
X-Men Book Club: Justice for Madelyne Pryor
Madelyne Pryor first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #168 as a seemingly normal woman who bore an uncanny (ha) resemblance to the dead X-Man Jean Grey. Jean’s lover Cyclops rushed to marry Madelyne and had a child with her, but abandoned them both when Jean returned from the dead. Madelyne allied herself with the X-Men for…
Last Week’s Episode: Uncharted Loop
Honestly I put the thing I’m most hype about first in this week’s column, but the whole thing is packed with news about The Batman, animation scandals, and a bonus Timothy Omundson.
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: November 2019
Read on to find out what we’re thankful for from Titan Comics this month.
Family Tree #1 Roots Itself Beneath Your Skin
Family Tree #1 Ryan Cody (Colorist), Eric Gapstur (Inker), Phil Hester (Artist), Jeff Lemire (Writer), Steve Wands (Letterer). Image Comics November 13, 2019 Family Tree #1 is unsettling, in the best possible way. It roots itself beneath your skin and lingers, leaving you thinking. It’s apocalyptic in scope, but it’s also the story of a…
Far Sector #1 Introduces a Gorgeous New World of Murder and Deception
Far Sector #1 Deron Bennett (letterer), Jamal Campbell (artist), Maggie Howell (assistant editor), N. K. Jemisin (writer), Andy Khouri (editor) DC’s Young Animal November 13, 2019 Far Sector #1 opens up with a scene of beauty: a decapitated hand, spattered in violet blood, a spike-tipped wingfin, torn and splintered, and the reflections of a towering…
Folk Magic and Healing: A Treasure Trove of Botanical Folklore
Folk Magic and Healing: An Unusual History of Everday Plants Fez Inkwright Liminal 11 October 2, 2019 The latest addition to the Liminal 11 catalogue is a new edition of Folk Magic and Healing: An Unusual History of Everyday Plants. Previously self-published by British author and illustrator Fez Inkwright, it’s a book about the folklore…
Black Stars Above #1 Lures You Into Its Inky Abyss
Black Stars Above #1 Jenna Cha (artist), Tim Daniel (designer), Lonnie Nadler (writer), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letterer), Brad Simpson (colourist) Vault Comics November 13, 2019 Black Stars Above #1 opens with a bird’s-eye view of a desolate, snow-covered clearing, slowly closing in to the surrounding forest and a pack of animals moving through it. A man comes into…
Fallen Angels #1 Has A Rough Landing
Fallen Angels #1 Frank D’Armata (colors), Bryan Edward Hill (writing), Szymon Kudranski (artist), Tom Muller (design), Joe Sabino (letters) Marvel Comics November 13, 2019 In an interview with Adventures In Poor Taste, X-Men Group Editor Jordan White clarified that the reason we would see the newly-reestablished Kwannon going by the codename of Psylocke, as well…
