Heartthrob: Season Two #4 Christopher Sebella (writer), Richard Wilson IV (artist), Nick Filardi (colorist) Oni Press October 2017 If you’ve ever wondered what the couple in the Eagles’ song “Life in the Fast Lane” looked like, pick up an issue of Heartthrob. Everything seems simple enough at first glance, just a loving couple going about their…
Betty and Veronica Kick Ass and Look Good Doing It in Vixens #1
Betty & Veronica: Vixens #1 Jamie L. Rotante (script), Eva Cabrera (art), Matt Herms (colours), Rachel Deering (letters) Archie Comics Publications Released November 22, 2017 The premise for the new Betty & Veronica: Vixens book might feel familiar, especially if, like me, you’re a fan of DC Bombshells; it’s an alternate-universe reimagining of classic characters that…
Kid Sherlock #3: “Missing Equipment” by Justin Phillips and Sean Miller is Light and Fun
Kid Sherlock #3 Justin Phillips (writer and letterer), Sean Miller (pencils and inks), Lesley Atalansky (colors) Action Lab Comics August 23, 2017 In the third issue of Kid Sherlock, the playground equipment for classroom 221 at Baker Elementary has gone missing, and the eponymous kid Sherlock and his faithful pal Watson solve the mystery of…
Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook: As Strangely Charming as its Hero
Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld (Writers), Joshua Cassara (Art), Luis Guerrero (Colors), Simon Bowland (Letters) Titan Comics September 5, 2017
Monthly Marvel Muster: Flux!
Welcome to Monthly Marvel Muster! It’s a new column where I’ll be taking a monthly look at some of what’s going on in the Marvel Comics universe – both the big events and the smaller stories – and highlighting some of my favourite series and creators. Let’s catch up. July was something of a transitionary…
Presenting Dark Horse: Cats, Hammers, Berger Books
Welcome to the first installment of Presenting Dark Horse ! This cleverly named column will be a monthly roundup of all the latest comic releases, industry news and miscellaneous musings about Dark Horse Comics, presented by a longtime comics fan and admirer of this publisher’s unique content library. Here is a brief introduction for those…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: July 19, 2017
Or However Many I Feel Like, And Some Might Not Be Facts Hi! I’m Annie Blitzen, and I’ll be doing a weekly round-up of about half of that week’s DC Comics. Corinne McCreery will be covering the other half. It’s a lot of books to cover, so I’ll be breaking down the first five pages…
The Transmedia Tales of September Mourning
September Mourning Volume 1 Top Cow Productions, Inc. Betsy Gonia (c), Katarina Devic (c), Sumeyye Kesgin (a), Emily Lazar (w), Mariah Mccourt (w), Troy Peteri (l) June 2017 “September Mourning has no past that she can remember, only a strange and shadowy present filled with the voices of the dead. Turned into a unique hybrid…
Odyssey of the Amazons is a Throwback, All Right
Odyssey of the Amazons #1 Kevin Grevioux (story and script), Ryan Benjamin (pencils), Richard Friend (inks), Tony Washington (colours), Tony Aviña (colours pp21-24) DC Comics January 2017 It’s great that DC is making an effort to provide more and different Wonder Woman content in her seventy-fifth year. Legends of Wonder Woman and Bombshells, not to…
Review: Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal
Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal Ed Luce Fantagraphics November 2016 Disclaimer: Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal was reviewed using a copy provided by Fantagraphics. This is probably the raunchiest non-fuck comic I’ve read in recent years. Do not read until midnight. It is not appropriate for kids. Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal is the followup to…
Review: Wren McDonald’s SP4RX
SP4RX Wren McDonald Nobrow Press December 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on a copy provided by Nobrow Press. SP4RX is a world you’re familiar with. Punky cyborg hackers eke out a living in squats shadowed by glittering towers while robots and AI are pushing more and more of the working class into the underclass. What makes SP4RX different…
Exploring Our Fathersons in Frontier #13
Frontier #13: Fatherson Richie Pope Youth In Decline September 25, 2016 I got to see Richie Pope on The Black Comics/Race and Comics panel at the 2016 Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF). It was the first time I heard of Pope and got to see his art projected on the hotel conference room screen. I left…
