You may have heard whispers about shadow banning—that thing social media platform do where they block or partly block users and/or their content in a sneaky way so that, as Wikipedia puts it, “it will not be readily apparent to the user that they have been banned.” The practice seems to have started as a…
Previously on Comics: The Evil is Defeated
Hello again! Kate here, and let’s be honest, there’s only one headline that people have been talking about this week–the exit of Dan Didio from DC Comics. As first reported by Comicbook.com, Dan Didio was fired this week, and the rumors seem to confirm what people have been saying for years–that he made editorial a…
Sarai Is a New Hero for a Harsh World
I picked up Sarai from Comixology after learning about it through Sonica Ellis’ viral tweet encouraging independent comic book creators to ask local comic book stores to carry their books. Released in 2018, the story’s message the story presents and its creator’s encouragement are no less relevant today.
Pay Attention to the Woman Behind the Curtain: Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Royal Book of Oz
Everyone knows about Frank L. Baum’s world of Oz. Though some may have stopped with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum’s world continued on for many, many more books. But while the 15th book in the series, The Royal Book of Oz, was originally attributed to the creator and released after his death in 1919,…
Kat Crow Strikes: Electricity is Her Element
Astronomers say that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has only 300 more years before it shrinks into nothing. The dragons at the storm’s eye say otherwise and will do their utmost to show the galaxy what they are made of. In Electricity is Her Element, Kat Crow shapes gorgeously rendered chaos into a unique story of four…
A Fistful of Comics: Crowdfunding Roundup, August ’19
It’s August and as of yesterday I am rid of all the packages from my own Kickstarter, which means the website no longer seems to carry malevolent, threatening energy. So let’s take a look a this month’s bounty!
Weekend Warriors Comics Magazine Wants to Renew Our Faith in Superheroes
While superheroes are so hot right now, the stories that we’re currently seeing tend to fall short of heroic for many. Inside and outside the panels, the fight for representation continues even as diversity is blamed for comics’ downfall. For readers who grew up loving cape comics, it’s disheartening to hear too many creators repeat…
Monty Nero and Yishan Li Introduce Your New Best Frenemies
“If you imagine Saga meets X-files with a sprinkling of Raiders Of The Lost Ark in space you won’t go wrong.” Throw in some Star Wars, and you’ve got a pretty big claim on your hands. But writer Monty Nero (X-Men, Hulk) and artist Yishan Li (Paradox Girl, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy) promise to…
The Tap Dance Killer Takes Centre Stage
The curtain opens and we are introduced to Nikki St Clair, the Tap Dance Killer. She’s a sweet woman who started out as a talented actress—until she took the wrong role. Now she and her stage mates are trapped, believing they are deadly, badass gangsters who need to bring Cleveland to its knees. Written by…
Cayti Bourquin and Yishan Li’s Paradox Girl Makes Time for Top Cow
Paradox Girl is her own worst enemy. Literally. With the power to accurately teleport through time and space on a whim, with not a care in the world and no consequences to worry about, this superhero is a recipe for fun and funny disaster. After two successful Kickstarters, the six-issue series will be published in…
Anthologizing Illness in Shammas’s CORPUS
CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments Nadia Shammas (editor) September 2018 Nadia Shammas’s illness-and-healthcare anthology, CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments, came out late last year, and I’ve been meaning to write about it since I got the gorgeous physical copy in the mail. A full-color, close to 300-page volume, CORPUS delivers a…
DYNAMITE PUBWATCH – March 2019
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of March! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
