Good morning! Next week is Emerald City Comic Con, and yours truly is looking forward to once again being on the ground to take it in. In the meantime, let’s talk about the past week’s news! Firstly, after the news of layoffs once again hitting the company hard just before last year’s SDCC, Oni-Lion Forge…
REVIEW: Rituals is a Colorful Peek into the Sacred Rite of Getting Ready
At 24-pages long, Nicole Goux’s Rituals is a colorful and vibrant mini art book that does its fair share of silent storytelling through glimpses into several different getting ready rituals.
REVIEW: Godfell #1 Has A Hard Landing
Godfell‘s first issue is the story of a warrior’s journey home. Whether it’s because she’s weary or I am, the journey so far feels like a chore.
VIZ Pubwatch February 2023
It’s been a weird winter for a lot of people, I’m sure — weather’s been unusually warm where I live, Twitter is continuing to fall apart in new and interesting ways, headlines seem more and more dire by the day — but VIZ media is here to make it all better with news and new…
REVIEW: The Worst Date In History in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #12
Listen: we’ve all had terrible first dates. The kind that makes us want to crawl into a hole and never come back out, or makes us want to move and adopt a new identity. Why should superheroes be any different? If I have one complaint about Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #12, it’s that it didn’t come out…
REVIEW: Superman #1 Revitalizes The Man of Steel
DC is launching into another brand new era: the Dawn of DC. While not as significant of an overhaul of the line as 2016’s Rebirth, it’s a chance for several characters and books to dust themselves off and get a fresh start. Now, I don’t think the Superman family of books needed such a fresh…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: February 2023
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of February! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In February’s pubwatch, Bingo Wilkins develops a cult and Jinx Holliday holds an exorcism; Forbes talks up Archie Comics; some fresh cover exclusives, and much more.
Previously On Comics: Cartoon Museum Conference, Nimona, and more!
Good morning! It’s been a couple months, but here we are. If you’re in the UK, there’s a Cartoon Museum Conference on Feb 27! It’s at the Cartoon Museum in London, and a good bet if you’d like to go meet other creators or learn some exciting things about the shape of modern cartooning. After…
REVIEW: Keep Your Friends Very Close in Star Trek: Picard, Season 3 Episode 1
In Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 1, Jean-Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) is about to make big changes in his life when he receives a distress call. What does a retired admiral do when the past comes calling? He gets by with a little help from his friends.
REVIEW: The Flash Season 9 Episode 1 is a Celebration of Barry and Iris
In The Flash’s season 9 opener, Wednesday Ever After, Barry Allen/The Flash (Grant Gustin) has fought his worst enemy, and is finally reunited with Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton), his wife, and co-leader of Team Flash. Everything should be perfect and simple. But this is Team Flash. Nothing ever goes as planned. Definitely not this particular…
Hairology – A Comic Book Celebrating All Hair Types
New Crowdfunding Project Alert! Following the success of Bi Visibility: A Bisexual Anthology, Lifeline Comics launched a new anthology on Kickstarter Feb. 6th – Hairology. A 56-paged comic book all about hair with the creative minds of Kat Calamia (WEBTOON’s Slice of Life), Phil Falco (Slice of Life), and Jamila Rowser (Wash Day Diaries) at…
REVIEW: Space Trash Stages a Lunarpunk Rebellion
Jenn Woodall’s Space Trash is a colorful riot of individuality railing against the capitalist underpinnings of space colonization. For the students attending high school in a sealed dome in the twenty-second century, the fantasy of living on the moon is an unpleasantly gritty reality. These young women’s minor acts of rebellion against an unfair system…
