Frontier #11: BDSM Eleanor Davis Youth In Decline February 2016 BDSM takes place on a porn set. Two women, one a dom the other a sub, are playing out a mistress/maid scene while an all-male crew — save the makeup artist — directs and shoots. The director calls for a halt: the sub is too…
Masamune Shirow and Brandon Graham: A Dirty, Dirty Pair
Porn comics! I wish I could say I’m a bigger fan of them than I am. Sex unbound from just about everything up to including the laws of physics and the capitalistic forces that keep real live porn mired in racism and misogyny! What a concept. I’m sure there’s plenty of material out there for…
If It Fits: Shoes, Sex, and Eroticised Withdrawal in Okazaki Mari’s “&”
Okazaki Mari’s romance comic “&” is about romance as a connection that springs from sensual experience. Its heroine, Kaoru, works in a hospital and is attempting to build her own business as a nail technician in her own time, and at the site of each job, she has a suitor.
A Quick Stop in The Nameless City
The Nameless City Faith Erin Hicks Jordie Bellaire, color First Second April 2016 Disclaimer: This review was based on an advanced reader copy. The Nameless City is the first book in a planned trilogy by Eisner-winner Faith Erin Hicks. With a long resume of excellent books, Hicks has often targeted middle-grade readers, and they are…
Criminal Underrepresentation: Big Hard Sex Questions For Fraction and Zdarsky
I was really excited by a tweet I saw from the Women Write About Comics account saying that the site would be spending the month of April focusing on the topic of sex. I’m definitely a casual reader of comics and a casual fan of sex, so I figured it was a match made in…
Build Your Own Mountain: A Conversation with a DIY Comics Writer-Publisher
Review copies are nice, but review copies that you’d be excited to buy are better. Zachary Clemente sent me two comics that he self-published, with Arielle Soutar on lettering, and Kelsi Ricks (Remnants) and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (Immolation) putting image to page. I wanted to know more about the connections between these two books, and, lucky…
Three Women Having Sex On A Boat: Ghost in the Shell’s Sex Scene
This one's porny! Look away, kids and workers! That mythic cyber sex scene. Motoko Kusanagi getting down with her girls. I've written about the scene in context before, but let's concentrate on the gang bang alone. You wanna see it? Here it is: What stands out more? The luxurious use of oils or the intense nerdery...
A Good Name Will Shine Forever: All-New Wolverine, Sisters Arc Review
In an interview given before All-New Wolverine was released, writer Tom Taylor said that, “if we’ve done our job right, all of our readers will be just as lost.” So to make sure everyone isn’t totally lost, let’s do a quick, simple review of who Laura Kinney – known as X-23, and the new Wolverine….
Urban Legends with the Crystal Gems: Review of Steven Universe #1
Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems #1 Josceline Fenton (writer), Chrystin Garland (illustrator), Leigh Luna (colorist), Jim Campbell (letters), Kat Leyh (cover) Kaboom! March 16, 2016 Disclaimer: A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher, and this review contains spoilers. In Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems, Steven treats the Gems to…
Review: Miss Fury #1
Miss Fury Vol. 2, #1 Corinna Bechko (writer), Jonathan Lau (illustrator), Vinicius Andrade (colorer), Simon Bowland (letterer) Dynamite April 6, 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on an advanced review copy from Dynamite and may contain spoilers.
Your Invitation To The Mean Girls Club
Mean Girls Club Ryan Heshka (creator) Nobrow Press February, 2016 Disclaimer: This comic will probably maim you if left unattended, but it was also given to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. A gang of ruthless rebels and riotous dames are here to partake in vices and kick some behinds. Welcome…
It’s Porn, But Is It Art? A Lost Girls Retrospective
Content Warning: Discussions of sex, rape, and pedophilia. It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the release of Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie’s Lost Girls—and all the controversy that came with it. Part an attempt to elevate pornography as a genre of storytelling, part a celebration of love and beauty in the face…