Welcome back to Bookmarked’s series reviewing every single finalist for the inaugural Splatterpunk Awards, to be presented next month at KillerCon Austin! The previous installment took a scalpel to the short stories and novellas. Now, let us move on to the categories covering books of short stories, be they single-author collections or multi-author anthologies. Editor’s…
Sports and Erotica Hit a Home Run in Filthy Figments’ SCORE! Anthology
When Filthy Figments was first tossing around ideas for a digitally published femme-centric erotic comic, a sports anthology was initially on the table, but “ultimately we put it on the back burner in favor of a food theme,” explains Gina Biggs, who runs the erotic comics site by women and non-binary creators with S.W. Searle….
Myopia: The Rise of the Domes Has Trouble Realizing Its Vision
Myopia: The Rise of the Domes Patrick Berkenkotter (Artist), Richard Dent (Writer) Dynamite May 30, 2018 As a critic, I’m sure it’s fairly evident that I have a certain amount of ideas I cling to about what makes a good comic book. For instance, one of the more widely-held ideas I’m fond of is the…
Previously On Comics: Musical Chairs
Good morning, and happy Monday! This past weekend was SDCC, so if you went, here’s hoping you’re recovering well, and if you didn’t, keep an eye out here, we’ll be running coverage from our team in attendance throughout the week.
The Wedding Issue: Batman and Catwoman!
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?,” no debate gets comic fans more heated than the question of whether or not superheroes should marry. In this mini-feature, former Bride Rebecca Henely-Weiss and Bride-to-Be Kayleigh Hearn take a trip to today’s spinner racks and look at the most recent times comic companies took the plunge…
Rosie’s GIANT SIZED Dynamite Pubwatch (March/April/May/June)
Hello, comic book adventurers! It’s me Rosie, back once again with your regular Dynamite comics roundup. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so we can all enjoy/despair about it together! So here we are with another…
Archie Meets Batman ’66: Colours! Conspiracies! Crossover!
Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1 Michael Moreci (Writer), Jeff Parker (Writer), Dan Parent (Artist), Kelly Fitzpatrick (Colours), Jack Morelli (Letters) Archie Comics and DC Entertainment July 18, 2018 There’s never a quiet moment in Gotham, as visitors to the 1966 World’s Science Fair find out in Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1. Poison Ivy, recently escaped…
Voltron: Legendary Defender #1 Brings Hope to the Galaxy
Voltron: Legendary Defender Vol. 3 #1 Mitch Iverson (writer), Beni Lobel (colorist), Rubine (artist) Lion Forge July 11th, 2018 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Another day, another Voltron #1. This is actually the third volume of Voltron: Legendary Defender comics that Lion Forge…
Book Beat: Indigenous Authors for Education and an Affirming Twitter Collaboration
Hello all! It’s Emily again, here to update you on the latest literary news. I write this from my super hot home office, so I hope you read this from someplace nice and cool.
Aphrodite V #1: Your Enigmatic Neighbourhood Green-Haired Assassin
Aphrodite V #1 Bryan Edward Hill (writer), Troy Peteri (letterer), Jeff Spokes (artist) Top Cow Comics July 18, 2018 A copy of this comic was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Black market technology. Biomechanical humans. Riding in on the heels of the technological terrorism introduced in Cyber Force #1, Top…
The Complete The Killer: The Craft of Pasting Ethics Over Action
The Complete The Killer Matz and Luc Jacamon, translated by Matz and Edward Gauvin, with lettering by Marshall Dillon (Chapters 1-10) and Deron Bennett (Chapters 11-13) Archaia for BOOM! Studios The Complete The Killer (RRP $39.99) is unbelievably long. Unreasonably, as a PDF—my internet’s not great, but even so—it took a full hour to load…
Halloween Comes Early in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #1
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #1 David Avallone (Writer), Dave Acosta (Artist), Andrew Covalt (Colorist), Taylor Esposito (Letterer) Dynamite July 4, 2018 Hello, darlings! Welcome to the review! This is Slayleigh, here with another EX-PLOSIVE #1 issue–and, ugh, no, it’s not another X-Force relaunch from Rob Liefeld. This little firecracker from Dynamite stars none other…