Sex Criminals #9 Matt Fraction (W), Chip Zdarsky (A) Image Comics Oh, Sex Criminals. How can a comic about orgasms that has a letters section constantly referencing brimping (go ahead, Google that) make me have all these feels? This issue introduces us to Ana, who has appeared in the comic before as Jon’s porn fixation, Jazmine…
Announcing Post Comics: I Mail, You Review
Starting in January, I’m taking Reviews Roulette to the people. Here’s how it works: You trust me with your mailing address and your very soul. I send you a comic in the mail. Then you send me back a review, which I will publish on here, under Post Comics. Bonus points for mailing me back…
Review: Brass Sun: The Wheel of Worlds
Brass Sun: The Wheel of Worlds Author: Ian Edginton Artist: I. N. J. Culbard 2000AD/Rebellion Ian Edginton and I. N. J. Culbard’s graphic novel Brass Sun: The Wheel of Worlds is not what you might expect from a 2000AD story. There’s no ultraviolence or grimness, and it’s not really a straight-up SFF or action comic….
Review: The Private Eye #9
The Private Eye #9 Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Marcos Martin Colourist: Muntsa Vincente www.PanelSyndicate.com This is the second last issue of Private Eye, and, surprisingly, the most disappointing entry in what has otherwise been an amusing and shrewd mystery, and a frightening prediction of what our very near future could be. In the previous…
Webcomic Review: Stand Still, Stay Silent
Stand Still, Stay Silent Minna Sundberg Updates every weekday The scenario is a post-apocalyptic Northern Europe. A disease spread some ninety years ago, killing many people, destroying whole cities and creating a fear of the unknown. All that is left of civilization (as far as they know) is the Nordic Alliance, composed of Denmark, Sweden, Norway,…
Unlikely Team-Ups: Batman Eternal #31-32
Batman Eternal #31: Buried Deep Story by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV Script by Ray Fawkes Art by Fernando Pasarin Last issue we saw the collapse of Arkham Asylum. This issue touches on a tiny bit of the fallout from that event. Primarily, the fate of Alfred and the escape of many of Gotham’s most notorious…
Bitch Planet is All of Your Orwellian Mojo World Nightmares Remade Anew
Cover: Bitch Planet #1, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro. Image Comics, 2014. In the slough of excited tweets, glowing reviews, and general fervor surrounding the premier issue of Bitch Planet, written by 2014 Best Writer Eisner Award nominee Kelly Sue DeConnick and drawn by Valentine De Landro, I encountered but one naysayer. Let’s…
Love Is Far, You Can Wait for It: Carmen, by em est Reviewed
My friend Melissa is a professional singer and a lover of opera. I’m not a professional singer, but I am a liker of opera. A few years ago I saw the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Carmen. It was my first time and I was transported. When I told her about my experience, Melissa sighed. Carmen,…
Bruise: Sarah Horrocks at Sacred Prism
Sarah Horrocks talks comics with high standards, entry level requirements, and no quarter given. Reviewing her work feels like an exam. I’m raising my hand in McGonagall’s class. Bruise, her 2014 risograph from Sacred Prism, is the first time I’ve read Horrocks’ comic output. I’ve looked at her art before, I’ve read her crit, and…
Thunderpaw: When a GIF is a Comic is Something New
GIFs! GIFs in comics. Okay. I am WILD excited about gifs in comics. GIFs in comics push the definitions, question your complacency. WHY do you like “comics?” What makes “a comic?” This is animation, this is animated, but is it not a comic? It is. It takes what a comic has to be (a series of…
WWAC on the Town: Lush Launches Sandlewood Smugglers Graphic Novel
Gorilla Perfume, an offshoot of Lush Cosmetics, have published their first graphic novel: On the Trail of Sandalwood Smugglers – a “true tale of deceit, duplicity and decapitation.” It’s the story behind the new Smugglers’ Soul unisex perfume, which uses the sought-after ingredient sandalwood oil and whose bottle features the image of notorious sandalwood baron…
[NSFW] Sex Criminals Review: The Perfect Cervix
Sex Criminals #8 Matt Fraction (W), Chip Zdarsky (A) Image Comics The last issue ended with Suzie, Jon, and Rach adrift in a sea of black, with Suzie and Jon’s crimes suddenly exposed for Rach to see. This issue takes place a little bit later, so we aren’t shown what happened immediately after the end…
