Aquaman #43 Kelly Sue DeConnick, Robson Rocha, Sunny Cho DC Comics December 19, 2018 Decompressed comics are frustrating. It’s not that they’re bad in and of themselves, it’s that they feel incomplete.
Captain Britain Reading Diary 2: S.T.R.I.K.E While the Day is Hot
After Claremont left, Gary Friedrich picked up the scripting duties. Co-creator of Ghost Rider and Son of Satan, acclaimed for scripting Marvel’s Frankenstein, Friedrich was a solid option for a character so stoutly grounded in occultism. His experience on war comics may even have tailored him well to the British readership, as to today Commando…
PUBWATCH: Dynamite Fall/Winter Roundup
In her last giant-sized Pubwatch romp, our darling Rosie Knight rounded up the details of Dynamite’s adventures during the spring. With Rosie’s busy schedule, doing stuff like chatting with Captain Marvel, she’s passed on the Dynamite Pubwatch torch, so here I am!
Book Beat: The End of Tin House, The More Canada Report, and #ReadTheOnePercent
Hello Bookmarked readers! It’s Emily again, here to share some quick book news between getting all my work and shopping done for the Christmas holiday. I hope everyone in similar positions this holiday season is getting things done on time, so you can enjoy some downtime if you have it. As Paige said last week, it’s…
All Good Things Must Come to An End: WWAC Reviews Dream Daddy 5
Welcome back for our last installment of WWAC Reviews the Oni Press Dream Daddy series! Issue #5 is the last issue in the series, written by Josh Trujillo with art by D.J. Kirkland. In this review we talk about the issue, the strengths of the series, and what we would want if (fingers crossed) the…
A Walk Through Hell Limping to Nowhere
A Walk Through Hell Vol. 1 Garth Ennis (Writer), Goran Sudzuka (Artist), Ive Svorcina (Colorist), Rob Steen (Letterer) Aftershock Comics November 28, 2018 Gentle spoilers below. When A Walk Through Hell #1 (Garth Ennis, Goran Sudžuka) was released back in June, my excitement for a modern horror comic quickly turned to half-hearted hopes. Maybe the…
Gantz Omnibus Vol. 2: Good Story, But Outdated Sensibilities
Gantz Omnibus Volume 2 Hiroya Oku (Writer and Artist), Studio Cutie (Letters), Matthew Johnson (Translation) Dark Horse Comics 19 December, 2018 The mysterious Gantz, a metallic sphere with the ability to duplicate people into a netherworld upon their death, has sent his ‘soldiers’ on a new mission. Somewhere in Tokyo, a group of Tanaka aliens…
Brother Nash: A Supernatural Adventure Full of All the Things Bridgit Connell Loves
Pegged as “American Gods meets Teen Wolf and Hellboy on the midnight road to Sacramento!” Bridgit Connell’s Brother Nash is a supernatural adventure that follows a highway trucker who can speak to ghosts, helping them along their path in the afterlife. When the moon is full, Nashoba’s dark and ancient secret emerges. This is far more than a…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, December ’18
It’s December! Gifts, snow, general frigid cheer! Regressive discourse and bizarre gimmicky marketing choices! Want to pick up some gimmick-free books that will absolutely not be published by the holidays? Look no further! (And listen, any of these still make great gifts. Just… send the recipient a card or an IOU or something.)
Across the Ocean: Izneo Pubwatch December
Welcome to the first ever Izneo Pubwatch! Izneo is a digital comic book reading service and features books by European comics publishers, often translated into English, as well as graphic novels from the United States. The website is available in Dutch, English, and French. If you haven’t visited Izeno’s website yet, you’re in for a…
Presenting the Nominees for the 2019 Bookmarked Awesome Awards
Best of 2018 lists are popping up all over the internet. Whether or not we agree with everything on those lists, we’re sure those lists missed a few of the best (and not so best) things that went on in the book industry this year. Here are our list of nominees for the Bookmarked Awesome…
Presenting the Nominees for the 2019 WWAC Awesome Awards
While everyone is putting together their best of list for 2018, we want to do something a little different with the return of our Awesome Awards. There are many, many comics we loved this year, and you’ll get to read about those, but the comic industry isn’t just about the comics we read. There have…