Welcome to the first Rebirth Roundup! Here I’ll do quick reviews of most DC Comics published books. I’m not entirely caught up on everything, but am working on that front, so some titles are not included yet. But as soon as I can I’ll be reviewing everything, right here, every week. That said, there will…
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…
Valiant Buzz: A little bit of Faith and a whole lot of ICONS
With the end of July inevitably comes the end of San Diego Comic Con talk. But luckily for you, we still have some buzz up our sleeves. At SDCC, Valiant Comics unveiled their blind bag exclusives — three, individually bagged in opaque plastic, editions of their “ICONS” initiative. They include: Bloodshot: Salvation #1, Ninja-K #1, and…
Triangulating Looks: Introducing Fashion
Because we live life on hard mode, we naturally decided to use column #2 to dig into the most difficult to define point on our triangle: fashion. In simplest terms, we’re defining fashion as building designs from the ground up rather than duplicating or reworking real world outfits. That doesn’t mean runway versus rack, though!…
Red Death and Murder Machines, First Look At Dark Knights
On September 20th, the Dark Multiverse invades. As a tie-in with DC event Metal, there will be seven one-shot comics starring seven different twisted versions of Batman. Why? Why not, man. DC has released the covers to the first two issues, both drawn by Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson, who will also be drawing the other…
Women Making Comics: Sitting Down With Ann Nocenti At SDCC
As a woman, growing up as a comics fan, you’re often told that you’re in some kind of minority, that women don’t read (or write about) comics, and have certainly never MADE comics. This weird ahistorical version of things is a relatively recent one, with people of all genders enjoying newsstand comics and creating them since…
Oni Watch: Oni Press Gets Weird in the Best Way
Introducing Oni Watch: a regular column keeping the peepers on what’s happening on and off-page at Oni Press. Enjoy! —Ed So what kind of story are you feeling today? Something where some ex-criminal women break their friends out of prison? Or how about a 1920s noir involving snappily-dressed demons? No wait—a world where the Magic…
Dark Matter and the Doomsday Clock! What We Learned from DC at #SDCC2017
A little over a year ago, DC Comics announced their publishing event Rebirth and the titles that it would be comprised of. The brand-wide relaunch has been a major success, and as we head into the second year, I took in several panels at San Diego Comic Con to see what is in store for the…
Redrawing the History of Wimmen’s Comix
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum Acquires Original Works from Wimmen’s Cartoonists Comics by women have a hard time breaking into comics history. Strip queens Edwina Dumm, Jackie Ormes and Rose O’Neill footnote the newspaper legacies of Winsor McCay and George Herriman. The Wimmen’s Comix movement during the 1970s underground too often serves as…
Cinema Pop-Ups as Comics Outreach
Comic book sales professionals are stepping into the bleed. Pop-up shops have been mushrooming at cinemas in tandem with the release of comic book adaptations. Taking place on the weekend following release, shops have been taking their products to what should be huge prospective audiences.
Where Has Jem Gone and What is Jem Infinite?
June the fourteenth saw the release of Jem and the Holograms #26, a thirty-two page special, ending the cult smash title’s ongoing run. Series scripter Kelly Thompson spoke to Comics Alliance about the end of Jem back in January; at the time, the final, giant-sized issue was slated for an April release. So it had been…
So You’re Making a Comic – A Flowchart Explainer On The Direct Market
The Direct Market was the name given to the distribution channel that stocked the shelves of the fledgling comic shop network in the 1970s. It was “direct” because the books were shipped from printers straight to the stores on a non-returnable basis, bypassing messy corporate newsstand distributors. Over time, different companies have helped to supply…