Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay #1 Tamra Bonvillain (colors), Daniel Chabon (editor), Johnnie Christmas (story adaptation, art), William Gibson (story), Nate Piekos (letters) Dark Horse Comics November 14, 2018 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. When James Cameron introduced some badass marines in his follow…
MD Marie Talks Vindication, Creativity, and Why She’s Like a Rubik’s Cube
Science fiction and steampunk author MD Marie is best known for her series The Saints of Winter Valley, described as the Wild West meets Judge Dredd meets the Terminator, as well as Cinders of Angels, a thriller about a woman who gains superpowers trying to save her sister, set against the backdrop of a battle between…
When Fiction and Fact Collide in Undertaker: Rise of the Deadman
Undertaker: Rise of the Deadman Chad Dundas (writing); Rodrigo Lorenzo, Edu Menna, Serg Acuna, Kelly Williams, Travis Hymel, Tim Lattie, Kendell Goode (art); Weselli Manoel, Vladimir Popov, Doug Garbaok (colors); Deron Bennett (letters); Cover Art: Oliver Barrettt Boom!Studios October, 2018 With the Undertaker preparing for what’s likely to be a final retirement from the wrestling…
The Lumberjanes Find True North in The Infernal Compass
Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass Lilah Sturges (writing); Polterink (art); Jim Campbell (letters); Cover Art: Alexa Sharpe Boom! Studios October 17, 2018 What the Rosalind Franklin?! The Lumberjanes is what, and they’re embarking on their first hard-cover adventure with a story about possessed compasses!
Bitter Root #1: A Monstrously Vibrant Swing into the Harlem Renaissance
Bitter Root #1 Chuck Brown (writer), Sanford Greene (artist), David F. Walker (writer) Image Comics November 14, 2018 A copy of this comic was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The 1920s brought the social, intellectual, and artistic explosion known as the Harlem Renaissance in New York. Apparently, unbeknownst to those…
An Adventure into The Teenage Subconscious in Alice: From Dream to Dream
Alice: From Dream to Dream Giulio Macaione (writer & artist), Jackie Ball (English adaptation), Guilia Macaione (colorist), Jim Campbell (letterer) BOOM! Studios September 26, 2018 Alice: From Dream to Dream follows a teen girl gifted with the power of entering other people’s dreams. For Alice, however, these powers are more a curse than a gift….
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News this week started off big when the story of Dave McKean and Jack Gantos’ book, A Suicide Bomber Sits In The Library, went viral. Gantos and McKean, two white men, created a book purportedly about a child bomber, who is moved to nonviolence by the act of…reading Western literature. It’s a blatantly racist and…
Prism Stalker: A Primer on a Sordid Past
Content Warning: Generational/Historical Trauma I am not North American Indigenous. However, the least I can do as someone who lives on occupied land is to learn the history of, and about, the peoples who are Native to the North American Continent and advocate for others to learn more through my academic research on Native American boarding…
Exploring A Princess’s Past in Dejah Thoris: The Gardens of Mars
Dejah Thoris: The Gardens of Mars Volume 1 Amy Chu (writer), Pasquale Qualano (artist), Anthony Marques (editor), Thomas Napolitano (letterer), Valentina Pinto (colorist) Dynamite Entertainment September 26, 2018 Dejah Thoris was raised on stories of the Gardens of Ephysium, beautiful structures where water flowed night and day. Now Helium is dry, and this drought is the…
Should You Grab It? The Life of Captain Marvel #1-3
With the Captain Marvel trailer release and the announcement of a new creative team in January, things are abuzz with news about Carol Danvers. She has shot into the spotlight to bring us higher, faster, and farther. Unfortunately, in the years since Carol’s taking of the mantel, beginning in 2012 with V.C.’s Joe Caramaga (Letterer),…
Monthly Marvel Muster: Let the Answer Sustain You
Welcome to the Marvel Muster. We start things on a solemn note this month with last week’s news of the death of Stan Lee, the man who did more than anyone else to create and shape the Marvel comics universe. There have been many lovely tributes to Lee in the last few days; he influenced…
Book Beat: Rick Riordan’s Emails, William Goldman’s Death, and A Criminal Reception to Grindelwald
Hello readers! It’s Emily, back again to share the latest in book news. As the weather takes a dive and the snow rolls in, we have even more reason to curl up on the couch and binge-watch our favourite movies (and why yes, I did just finish rewatching the extended editions of Lord of the…
