Super Sikh, Volume 1 Eileen Kaur Alden (Writer), Supreet Singh Manchanda (Writer), Amit Tayal (Artist) Rosarium Publishing 14 February, 2019 Deep Singh lives with his aunt and uncle, but they barely ever see him. With good reason: Deep’s day job is at an IT firm called IIIT, but in reality, he works for the UN…
Modern Fantasy: Escapist Fare with Excellent Worldbuilding
Modern Fantasy Rafer Roberts (Writer), Kristen Gudsnuk (Artist) Dark Horse Comics 9 January, 2019 Sage of the Riverlands has her head in the clouds. She craves adventure and some purpose for her life. Instead, she’s stuck in a boring data-entry job with unhelpful co-workers, thanks to a colossal mountain of student loan debt. This is…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #34: Rangers Unleashed!
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #34 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), Simone Di Meo (Artist), Alessandro Cappuccio (Artist), Francesco Mortarino (Artist), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 26 December, 2018 Rejoice!…
Livewire #1: Actions, Reactions, and Consequences
Livewire #1 Vita Ayala (Writer), Raúl Allén (Artist), Patricia Martín (Artist), Saida Temofonte (Letters) Valiant Comics 19 December, 2018 Amanda McKee, a.k.a. Livewire, used to be a hero. She worked alongside the U.S. government to save those in danger using her teletechnopathic powers. But the government turned against her and her people—psiots, people with abilities….
Blackwood: Magical Monster Mayhem
Blackwood Evan Dorkin (Writer), Veronica Fish (Artist), Andy Fish (Artist and Letters) Dark Horse Comics 12 December, 2018 Howard Ogden, Dean of Blackwood College, sits within his cold, dark office writing a note to his friend, Russell Colby. Ogden has hidden secrets from Colby, secrets about the college, about himself, about what he has unwittingly…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #33: A Tantalising History of the Dark Universe
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #33 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), Simone Di Meo (Artist), Alessio Zonno (Artist), French Carlomagno (Artist and Colours), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 28 November,…
The Whispering Dark #2: The Tangled Webs We Weave
The Whispering Dark #2 Christofer Emgård (Writer), Tomás Aira (Artist and Colours), Mauro Mantella (Letters) Dark Horse 21 November, 2018 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. When last we saw Chief Hannah Vance and the rangers she had helped rescue, they were trapped in the…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #32: New Players Enter the Fray
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #32 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), Simone Di Meo (Artist), Alessandro Cappuccio (Artist), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 24 October, 2018 The last we saw…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #31: Nostalgia, Colour and Suspense
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #31 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), Simone Di Meo (Artist), Alessandro Cappuccio (Artist), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 26 September, 2018 Lord Drakkon has destroyed…
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…
Celebrate Punk Music and Community with Liz Prince’s Be Your Own Backing Band
Be Your Own Backing Band Liz Prince, Hannah Templer (colorist) Silver Sprocket August 2018 Disclaimer: A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher. There’s an incredibly profound short comic in Liz Prince’s new, now fully-colored comics collection, Be Your Own Backing Band. When Prince’s childhood cat passed away, her family was able…
Book Beat: Indigenous Authors for Education and an Affirming Twitter Collaboration
Hello all! It’s Emily again, here to update you on the latest literary news. I write this from my super hot home office, so I hope you read this from someplace nice and cool.
