Welcome to the August IDW Pubwatch! I’m thrilled to present you with this month’s findings. It’s been a busy month at IDW, and I’ve got all the interesting news coming out of the publishing house, as well as tons of IDW comic book reviews. George Takei’s eagerly anticipated They Called Us Enemy is a particular…
Last Week’s Episode: Make Like A Tree And #$@& Off
Y’all with the earthquakes and flooding happening I hope you’re all staying safe and cool!!
BOOM! Pubwatch: July 2019
I don’t know about you but I have really been enjoying the summer so far. We’ve been pretty lucky weather-wise where I am, a few thunderstorms here and there but mostly warm and sunny. I’ve been trying to spend as much time as possible sitting outdoors, soaking up the sun and working my way through…
BOOM! Pubwatch: April 2019
Welcome to another BOOM! Pubwatch! This month I’m sharing some exciting new comics announcements from the past month and a change to BOOM!’s Guarantee Program and what that means for comic retailers. Then I’ll be highlighting my favourite comics, including an adorable original graphic novel, from author C.B. Lee, and last but least we’ll round…
BOOM Pubwatch: March 2019
Welcome to the March Pubwatch for BOOM! Studios. This is my first month writing the BOOM! Pubwatch but you may remember me (Christa) from the IDW Pubwatch. I really enjoyed my time writing about IDW comics and in particular expanding my knowledge of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe, and now I am excited to dive…
An Interview With Sarah Stern, Comics Person
Sarah Stern has provided the rich color work I’ve appreciated in many BOOM! titles, including Goldie Vance and Giant Days. At FlameCon this summer, I was excited to meet her and to be introduced to her webcomic, Cindersong. Sarah, whose business card reads, “Comics Person,” balances between solo work on Cindersong and color work on various…
Marguerite Bennett on Changing the Gender Landscape of Comics
Marguerite Bennett is a name many will immediately recognise. She is the writer behind DC’s Batwoman and Bombshells, Marvel’s A-Force and Angela: Queen of Hel, as well as her own series, InSeXts and Animosity. There is one general theme in Bennett’s comics, something not often seen in comics creators’ bodies of work: a plethora of…
A Girl in the Himalayas is Fanciful Fantasy
A Girl in the Himalayas David Jesus Vignolli (Writer and Artist) Archaia April 2018 It’s hard to know what Archaia, BOOM! Studio’s fantasy imprint, is doing these days when it’s overshadowed by its Goliath parent publisher, busy churning out variant-happy Power Rangers and WWE comics. However, the fantasy comic imprint hasn’t gone anywhere, and A…
BOOM! Bar: Licenses, Lettering, and Letting Go
BOOM! Bar! Where we talk about the month’s BOOM!, KaBOOM!, BOOM! Box, and Archaia releases, try to spot trends, and think about what BOOM! “is,” as a publisher. Remember last month, when I wondered about how letterers get attached to projects at BOOM! and their substudios? Well, I got some answers. So let’s start with…
BOOM! Bar: Half-Year Check-In
If you’ve ever been curious about what BOOM! and their imprints KaBOOM!, BOOM! Box and Archaia put out into the world, this overview should give you a snapshot of their range. Ah, BOOM! Bar readers, when last did we speak? January. Forgive me. In apology, I bring you February through June, all at once. We’ll…
Gotta Catch “Pocket Mortys: Pocket Like You Stole It”
Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It Tini Howard (Writer), Marc Ellerby (Artist), Katy Farina (Colorist) Oni Press March 21, 2018 The Rick and Morty tie-in game Pocket Mortys hit mobile devices in 2016, but has had a surprisingly long … um, app store life for what’s basically a less complex Pokemon parody. The…
Trans Voices: A Sit Down with Transformers Lost Light’s Rachel Stevens
It was a warm summer morning, and I had woken up with a burst of excitement when I remembered that issue #8 of James Robert’s Lost Light was at long last released. When I had read the cover, I saw a name I didn’t recognize credited as a story consultant: Rachel Stevens. I found that…
