Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
[Patreon Exclusive] American Ways: The Superman Family in the 2020s
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ESSAY: Mazel Tov, Kate Pryde! A Look at Uncanny X-Men #143
In Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s Uncanny X-Men #143 (1981), Kate Pryde’s Judaism enables her to undertake a series of Home Alone-style shenanigans when the rest of the X-Men leave to visit their families for Christmas. But the role of Kate’s Judaism in this story goes beyond serving as the plot device that leaves her alone…
Roundtable: Happy Anniversary Carmilla
2022 marks the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic vampire story Carmilla, which was originally serialized in The Dark Blue magazine between 1871 and 1872. As well as ranking alongside John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Bram Stoker’s Dracula as a foundational text for the vampire genre, Carmilla is remembered as a pioneering work…
Previously on Comics: Unholy Digital Dealings
Good morning! Oh right, it’s Halloween. Pretend I said that in a Vincent Price imitation. Anyway, here’s the news! James Gunn and Peter Safran are set to lead DC Studios going forward, according to THR. This is presumably in the wake of Gunn’s successful The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, both of which were highlights for both DC…
REVIEW: Dark Horse’s Cloaked Is a Tepid Noir
New from the folks at Dark Horse comes a comic that asks a sobering, never-before-considered question: What if Batman was a bad guy????
PREVIEW: Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #17: Best of the 1980s
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TIFF22 Review: Soft Is a Lively Story About Queer Youth, But Lacks Coherence
In writer-director Joseph Amenta’s feature-length debut, Soft, three young friends find their friendship tested when someone close to them disappears and leaves them reeling.
PREVIEW: The Notch Makes His Mark in Interpop’s Emergents Presents #12
InterPop Comics prides itself on letting readers shape the Emergent Presents series, inviting voters to choose which three characters return for additional short stories. In Emergents Presents #12, the anthology is once again spotlighting its newest creations, namely, Bookworm, The Notch, and Makeshift. With digital copies on sale now, you can check out this preview…
DC PUBWATCH: October 2022 Edition
It’s spooky season! While there are some fun stories in the annual Halloween collection (this year’s is DC’s Terrors Through Time), the real treat of the month was John Ridley and Stefano Raffaele’s GCPD: The Blue Wall #1 while the worst trick was Flashpoint Beyond #6.
Carmilla’s Kindred: A Good Lady and a Cold Embrace
Women Write About Comics celebrates the 150th anniversary of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla with a series of posts on female vampires in nineteenth-century literature.
Previously On Comics: Collective Action Gets The Goods
Good morning! We’re coming up on the end of October, despite the weather here in Washington insisting up until a few days ago that it was still Summer. It’s hard to believe there are only a couple of months left in the year!