Here are the cool books hitting the shelves for the young and young at heart this July. Scooby Doo Team Up #5 Sholly Fisch (W) Dario Brizuela (A) DC Comics Release Date 7/2 Daphne and Velma must complete their Amazon training to help protect Wonder Woman’s homeland from spooky monsters. Zoinks! Squish #6: Fear the…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Archie, Muppets & Dark Fantasy
Archie Announces Creative Team for Horror-Themed Sabrina the Teenage Witch Series Following the success of Afterlife with Archie, publisher Archie Comics has announced that series writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will be writing the upcoming horror-themed Sabrina series. Think less Sabrina the Teenage Witch, more dark terrors of the unknown. With Robert Hack as the artist, issue #1 will be out…
Short & Sweet: Puppycats, Princesses, and Past the Last Mountain
Bee and Puppycat Natasha Allegri and Garrett Jackson Kaboom! Studios Bee and Puppycat is an experimental all ages comic overflowing with cuteness. Bee is a woman in her 20s with difficulty holding down a job. Puppycat is a mysterious, angry looking cat/dog that lands her intergalactic temp jobs. Bee is charming and upbeat. Puppycat is…
Introducing Incredible Indie Tuesday!
As we tweak the site’s approach to the news, we knew that you, beloved readers, don’t just love the Big Two with all their pomp, circumstance and horrible history of wronging creators. So every Tuesday we’ll be focusing on the independent side of comic news. Indie, for the purposes of this weekly feature, will be…
Short & Sweet: Into The Woods
Dolltopia Abby Denson Green Candy Press Dolltopia is a society for weary dolls. Dolls that are tired of being forced into tired gender roles, constantly smiling no matter what they feel, and living out warped human fantasies of what life is supposed to be like. The story follows Kitty from the time she is assembled…
FCBD Review: Archaia
Archaia Presents: Mouse Guard, Labyrinth, and Other Stories Mouse Guard: The Tale of the Axe Trio by David Petersen; Rust: Day 23 by Royden Lepp; Labyrinth: Rock Solid Friendship by Adam Smith and Kyla Vanderklugt; Bolivar: The Golden Door by Sean Rubin; Will O’ the Wisp: Missy’s Night Out by Tom Hammock and Megan Hutchison;…
FCBD: Strange Adventures Comics and Curiosities
I am a nerd. Loudly and proudly. I am also a huge procrastinator and scatterbrain. Put these two things together, and this is what you get… The Procrastinerdor Presents: Strange Adventures Comics and Curiosities, AKA the Canadian Maritimes’ Comic Mecca Every year I travel from Vancouver to Halifax to visit my parents. And every year…
FCBD KaBOOM!
This Free Comic Book Day be sure to peruse these all-age crowd pleasers in the KaBOOM! bundle. They are funny, occasionally multiethnic and/or feminist, and positive. Adventure Time Created by Pendleton Ward, Written and Illustrated by James the Stanton “Sphagnum Shmagnum” Finn is feeling jaded. Jake takes him on an outing to show him there’s…
She is the One: Bee and PuppyCat (the Comic)!
Have you ever wondered what a 20-something magical girl might be like? If so, you should probably plan on picking up a copy of Bee and Puppycat, created and co-written by Natasha Allegri. The comic, based on the animated webseries of the same title, tells the tale of hapless Bee and the mysterious Puppycat, who…
Staff Picks for May
Catie: This month, I’m most excited for yet another Image book: C.O.W.L. written by Kyle Higgins with art by Alec Siegel and Rod Reis. The story is all about a superhero labor union in ’60s Chicago, which promises me all the delicious politics that I love so much yet rarely see in my cape comics….
Noelle Stevenson Signing at Challengers Comics
Lumberjanes, the highly anticipated new mini series from Boom! Studios, made its debut this past Wednesday. Co-writer Noelle Stevenson stopped by Challengers Comics + Conversation in Chicago, IL for a flannel filled signing. On our way to Challengers for the Noelle Stevenson signing, I began to suspiciously eye each person on the bus wearing flannel….
Con Diary: Emerald City Comicon Day 1
I was taken to my very first con in 2011 by my unapologetically geeky, big sister. Back then, Emerald City Comic Con’s exhibition floor spanned only half of the fourth floor’s ballrooms. In 2014, the entire Washington State Convention Centre is home to the northwest coast’s premiere comic book and pop culture convention. With so…