Not familiar with Bitch Planet? Check out our other coverage of this series and read all about it! As soon as I read Bitch Planet #3, the origin story of the indomitable Penny Rolle, I wanted the recipe to make the muffins that were such an integral part of the story. I also felt like…
Beauty in the Breakdown: The Wicked + The Divine
The Wicked + The Divine is a pretty cool comic, guys. You know this, I know this—hell, I’m pretty sure Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, and Matt Wilson know this. Lots of people have lots of different readings of it and Gillen has been kind enough to provide Writer’s Notes about his work. Still, I thought…
[NSFW] Sex Criminals Review: Lonely Sex Tourists
Sex Criminals #10 Matt Fraction (W), Chip Zdarsky (A) Image Comics Damn, I’m hungry. Thick Chicken has been a minor character in the last two issues. It’s the favorite indulgence of Jon’s new therapist, and Suzie confirms it in this issue, telling Jon that “[t]his chicken is so good I want it inside of me.”…
Where Do We Stand: January Comics and Graphic Novel Sales
With snow on the ground in the Northeast US, it’s time to reflect on winter sales so we can dream of outdoor spring comic book reading. For January, we’ll see if and how often women were represented in the top ten bestsellers lists and review interesting market trends.
Where Do We Stand: December Comics and Graphic Novel Sales
I wish I had happier news to report, but unfortunately, representation of women in the top 10 comics and graphic novels lists in December was a sad state of affairs. Not surprisingly, Marvel and DC ruled the top ten list this month with Marvel placing seven titles on the list. Topping Diamond’s list of single issue comics…
Fanmade Bitch Planet Movie Trailer is Non-Compliant As Hell
Amalgam Studios has bestowed upon us the best-worst gift of all; a radical trailer for a comic-to-film adaptation of Bitch Planet that should exist, but probably never will. Fall to your knees and shake your fists at the heavens and lament with me; why are are we getting Ant Man but NOT THIS? Because life…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: All Image, All the Time
It was the 2015 Image Expo last week, and TONS of new books were announced by some very big names, including Scott Snyder, Brian K. Vaughn, and Darwyn friggin’ Cooke! We’ve already talked about how excited we are for Monstress, and there is so much more on the horizon. Rather than doing an exhaustive look,…
Image Expo Announces Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s “Monstress”
This year’s Image Expo announcements seem to have something for everyone: adventure, ridiculous exploits, grimness, comings-of-age, magic, and more. For me, the most exciting is the announcement of Monstress, a new series written by Marjorie Liu and drawn by Sana Takeda.
I Was Comics Non-Compliant Until Bitch Planet Showed Me How It Was Going To Be
I consider myself a newcomer to the comic book world. As an anime fan, I read manga from time to time, but unlike novels, which I read at least two of per month, I probably read only a handful of comic books or graphic novels every year. I read the entire Sailor Moon series in…
[NSFW] Sex Criminals Review: Porn Queen Professor
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…
[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…
The Wicked, The Divine, and The Mythology—Part 3: Baal and Inanna
This series intends to briefly point towards the original mythological material, compare it to the Gillen and McKelvie comic adaptation of it (The Wicked and The Divine), and speculate about possible meanings and foreshadowing by using a bit of background knowledge. Part 1: Amaterasu and Lucifer Part 2: The Morrigan and Baphomet The end of the first…