KONG: GODS OF SKULL ISLAND Phillip Kennedy Johnson (writer), Chad Lewis (artist), Dee Cunniffe (colorist), Ed Dukeshire (letterer) Boom! Studios October 18, 2017 On a whim, I went and saw Kong: Skull Island in theaters. It was a warm day, and theaters have air conditioning. I liked it. It was big and loud. It presented the titular…
The Perfect Squirrel Girl Shirt And Other Stories
It’s gift-guide season, and all through the house, we’ve got presents wrapping while we scream “what else??” The listicles listing the things we could buy make us ponder and wonder and start to ask why— Is it worth it to buy things all branded and fine? Are Pop Vinyls worth much when they lose Christmas…
Ripple Effect: What Does the Disney Fox Deal Mean For BOOM!
It’s been a wild week, hell it’s been a wild year. A long, long year. The last month of 2017 hasn’t disappointed, with a whole bunch of ridiculous/terrifying news and general chaos to close out 365 days of unmitigated hell. Of course, in the comics and comics-adjacent world the conversation has been heavily focused on…
Letter 44, Volume 5, Blue Shift: A Shifted Perspective
Letter 44, Volume 5: Blueshift Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque (cover illustrator), Charles Soule (scripter), Herrara (editor), Joelle Jones (line artist), Drew Moss (line artist), Ryan Kelly (line artist), Alize Gluskova (line artist), Langdon Foss (line artist), Dan Jackson (color artist), Shawn Depasquale (lettering artist), and Crank! (lettering artist) Oni Press November 28, 2017 This series starts…
The Subtle Horror of Japanese Comics
I’m a horror fan, and I didn’t realize it. Although I’m a wide reader genre-wise, horror and suspense were one of those genres I never really got into. Gore was gross, but not shocking. Jump scares just pissed me off. Silent Hill and its ilk were fun to watch, less fun to play when the…
The Wedding Issue: Big Barda and Scott Free
Aside from “Who would win in a fight?” nothing 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 her Maid of Honor Kayleigh Hearn take a trip down memory lane to the most significant times comic companies took the plunge and…
Shadowman/Rae Sremmurd
Shadowman/Rae Sremmurd #1 Eliot Rahal (Writer), Renato Guedes (Artist) Valiant October 4, 2017 Shadowman/Rae Sremmurd #1 is an artistically pleasing, quick adventure that combines devil-dealing and soul-stealing with modern musical artists.
IR$: A Serious-Minded Economy-Law Action Comic
IR$ Bernard Vrancken and Stephen Desberg Cinebook (English Translation), 2008 IR$ is a Belgian comic book about an American tax inspector, translated to English for the British market by Cinebook. A comic about a tax man. Wild, right?
Regular Show: Parks and Wreck is a Wild Ride
Regular Show: Parks and Wreck Various Creators kaBOOM! December 5, 2017 Regular Show: Parks and Wreck is a fun series of 14 shorts, collecting kaBOOM! comics Regular Show Annual 2014 #1, Regular Show 2015 March Madness Special #1, and Regular Show Special 2017 #1. The collection dives into the world of Mordecai and Rigby with some…
The Mane Event: WWAC’s New Tourguide, Lion Forge’s New Books!
Editor’s note: Taking over from Laura Bishop, Reagan Shaw brings you this quarter’s Lion Forge PUBWATCH. Lion Forge’s line-up is really growing! Here’s a brief tour of new and upcoming releases.
Adventure Time Comics #17: Don’t Forget The Teeth
Adventure Time Comics #17 Derek Laufman, Michael Morici, Pat Shand, Jeffrey Brown (Writers), Christopher Mitten, Spencer Amundson, Jeffrey Brown, Derek Laufman (Artists), Cole Closser (cover) kaBOOM! November 15, 2017 A new collection of Adventure Time shorts has emerged, each tale separate from the others in subject matter, but all still in possession of the heart…
Goodbye Alonso We Hardly Knew (why) Ye (were fired)
Marvel in the ’00s was a barren place, unless you were a regular at your local comic shop. The company was in the doldrums following the speculation bubble bursting in the mid ’90s, not to mention a slew of constantly questionable business decisions that led to a long battle with bankruptcy. This battle saw Marvel,…