Hello, lovely readers. Long time no see! Welcome to this week’s Book Beat, brought to you by your book editor Paige. As always with my weeks, the latest news starts with a pretty serious controversy in the YA world. But we do have some fun new books coming, both from a prolific author and a…
Runaways #18: While Our Hearts Were Young
Runaways #18 Kris Anka (artist), VC’s Joe Caramagna (letter), Rainbow Rowell (writer), Matthew Wilson (colorist) Marvel Comics February 13, 2019 At some point in their lives, all kids are afraid of becoming their parents. For the Runaways, that threat is bigger than wearing polyester pants or DVRing every episode of NCIS. Their parents were the…
Lucy: A Peanuts Collection Kicks The Football
Lucy: A Peanuts Collection Jason Cooper, Charles M. Schulz, Vicki Scott, Riley Pell-Jenkins, Art Roche, Jeff Dyer (story), Alexis E. Fajardo, Paige Braddock, Justin Thompson, Charles M. Schulz (inks); Charles M. Schulz, Vicki Scott,Scott Jeralds, Stephanie Gladden, Robert Pope (pencils); Nina Taylor Kester, Lisa Moore, Alexis E. Fajardo, Art Roche, Donna Almendrala, Katharine Efird (colors);…
The Continuing Super Adventures of Sarah Graley
Sarah Graley’s life is filled with love, laughter, and kitties, and she’s been sharing the special moments and the experiences she has with her four cats and her partner, Stef Purenins, with fans for several years now. The adorable, completely relatable slices of their lives first appeared as webcomics that were later collected into their…
Lettering Inspirations and Approach with Caitlin Yarsky
Caitlin Yarsky isn’t a comic book letterer by profession, but it was her lettering as much as her spectacular illustrations in Coyotes from Image Comics that caught my eye. In fact, her unique lettering style is what prompted my recent hyper focus on the art of comic book lettering in this “By the Letters” series. Typically,…
DYNAMITE PUBWATCH – March 2019
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of March! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
In the Light of a Dying Sun: The Vela from Serial Box
In The Vela, which will be released by Serial Box starting March 6th, we are introduced to an ex-military sniper who is teamed up with a seemingly spoiled politician’s kid to investigate whatever happened to the Vela: a refugee ship that has gone off the radar. The story takes place in a solar system with…
Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones
Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones Crystal Frazier, Tom Garcia, Morgan Hickman, Thomas Napolitano Dynamite Entertainment January 30, 2019 I’ve played a lot of Pathfinder in my days, enough that I recognized Crystal Frazier’s name when it was attached to this comic. (She’s also written adventure paths for Paizo. I own those too.) So, a fellow trans author writing…
Previously… on Comics: Super @AOC, Comics on the Screen
Superheroes are so hot right now, especially after Black Panther’s unprecedented dominance at the Oscars and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s win for Best Animated Film. Though neither film got the Best Film recognition they deserved, no one can deny the continuing influence comic books are having on mainstream media. Here is some of the latest…
BANG! POW! What Was That? Find Out at The Comic Book Sound Effect Database
Looking to shine a light on the creativity of letterers, as well as hone his PHP coding skills, Rick Metzroth has carved out a unique corner of the internet with The Comic Book Sound Effect Database. A site dedicated purely to the fine art of comic book SFX, Metzroth has meticulously been adding panels of quirky…
Young Love is Perfectly Baked in Bloom
Bloom Savanna Ganucheau (artist), Kevin Panetta (writer) First Second Books January 29, 2019 Bloom is the story of Ari Kyrkos, a Greek teenager who feels suffocated by the expectation he’ll continue working in his family’s struggling bakery. Unable to afford to go to music school, he wants to move to the city with his friends…
DC PUBWATCH – February 2019
The biggest news this month came from the annual Comics Pro conference held right before convention season kicks off. Dan DiDio was there to talk about the company’s future. Among things talked about were the rumor of a massive cutback of the publishing line, and DiDio confirmed that it was true, but the cuts have…