Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions #4 “Tasty” Sina Grace (Writer), Hannah Templer (Artist), Shawn Lee (Letters) “Jemojis” Kevin Panetta (Writer), Abby Boeh (Artist), Heather Danforth (Colours), Shawn Lee (Letters) IDW Publishing 7 March, 2018 In the final issue of Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions, the two rival bands find themselves at the receiving end of…
Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Rose and Paige are Sisters in Action
Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny #5: Rose and Paige Delilah Dawson (writer), Nicoletta Baldari (artist and colours), Tom B. Long (letters) IDW Publishing 31 January, 2018 In the final Forces of Destiny comic, sisters Rose and Paige Tico set out to explore a new planet, as the Resistance tries to stay alive and defend…
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call: Fear is a Construct
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call #3 Kelly Thompson (writer), Corin Howell (artist), Valentina Pinto (colours), Neil Uyetake (letters) IDW Publishing 7 February, 2018 The Ghostbusters are in bad shape. The evil Schreckgespenst, a.k.a. Shrecky the Ghost, a.k.a. Kruger the Mad Scientist, got the whammy on them and forced the quartet to face their worst fears. They…
Jem and The Holograms: Dimensions #3: Starlight Scares
Jem and The Holograms: Dimensions #3 “Shooting Stars” Nicole Goux (writer and artist), Rebecca Nalty (colours), Shawn Lee (letters) “Haunted” Sam Maggs (writer), Rachel Stott (artist), Marissa Louise (colours), Shawn Lee (letters) IDW Publishing 7 February, 2018 There are two more fun and colourful stories to enjoy with the latest issue of Jem and the…
The Comic Book History of Comics #2: Into the Murky World of Copyright
The Comic Book History of Comics #2 Fred Van Lente (Writer and Letters), Ryan Dunlavey (Artist), Adam Guzowski (Colours) IDW Publishing 24 January, 2018 Following The Comic Book History of Comics’ fun first issue about the birth of graphic novels, the series moves into much darker territory in issue #2 – copyright and rip-offs.
Jem and the Holograms – Infinite: Colourful Caper through Parallel Worlds
Jem and the Holograms: Infinite Kelly Thompson (Writer), Stacey Lee, Jenn St-Onge (Artists), Jen Hickman (Artist and Letters), Sarah Stern, M. Victoria Robado (Letters and Colours), Shawn Lee (Letters), Brittany Peer (Colours) IDW Publishing 13 February, 2018 Jem and the Holograms and the Misfits are at it again: not singing, but arguing. Can these two…
Love Addict: How I Learned to Love the Problematic Narrative
Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater Koren Shadmi (Writer and Artist) IDW 31 January, 2018 With almost fifty million people using dating apps, it’s no wonder that there’s a comic written about them. Koren Shadmi’s Love Addict doesn’t just cover quirky disasters and mishaps that come with online dating, though; by showing the personal…
Ghostbusters – Answer the Call: The Ladies Are Back
Ghostbusters – Answer the Call #2 Kelly Thompson (Writer), Corin Howell (Artist), Valentina Pinto (Colours), Neil Uyetake (Letters) IDW Publishing 3 January, 2018 You know you are in for a good story when it opens with “Everything is awful.” And everything really is awful for the Ghostbusters at the moment. Having unknowingly unleashed the Schreckgespenst,…
Robots, Knights and Magic: Q&A with Magdalene Visaggio
For the past few years, IDW has been publishing comics set in what’s called the “Hasbroverse”, which consists of various Hasbro properties such as Transformers, G.I Joe, M.A.S.K, ROM and the Micronauts. The latest addition to this universe are the Visionaries, made up of two factions: the heroic Spectral Knights and the nefarious Darkling Lords.
Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions is Girl Power Personified
Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions #2 “Face Off” Sarah Kuhn (Writer), Siobhan Keenan (Artist), Shawn Lee (Letters) “Stargirl” Sarah Winifred Searle (Writer and Artist), Shawn Lee (Letters) IDW December 27, 2017 The newest Jem and the Holograms series is an anthology of stories featuring the eponymous group and their musical rivals, the Misfits. Each issue…
The Comic Book History of Comics #1: Fun, Detailed but Limited
The Comic Book History of Comics: Comics For All #1 Fred Van Lente (Writer and Letters), Ryan Dunlavey (Artist), Adam Guzowski (Colours) IDW December 20, 2017 We all know the term “graphic novel.” Most of us have graphic novels on our bookshelves. But where did this term originate? How did comic strips lead to comic…
Sword of Ages Stars An Epic Heroine
Sword of Ages #1 Gabriel Rodriguez (Writer and Artist), Lovern Kindzierski (Colorist), Robbie Robbins (Letterer) IDW November 29, 2017 The first issue of Sword of Ages reminds of my childhood, partly because it combines, without contradiction or explanation, the mythic register of high fantasy with spacefaring technology, and partly because the protagonist, Avalon, is exactly…