We took a bit of a hiatus from reporting the news last month, but it seems that comics industry news did not do the same. Here are a few highlights from March.
Dynamite Pubwatch: June 2020
In this month’s Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch, the company is finally starting to circulate some of the issues it had intended to release in April, which is an improvement. Unless you read that new Nancy Drew graphic novel they just put out. Welcome to the Dynamite Entertainment Pubwatch for the month of June! I’m Lisa, Dynamite…
[Patreon Exclusive] The Fighting First Lady: Red Sonja in the 1970s
Our monthly Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. Back in the 1970s, comic covers hailed her as “Fantasy’s #1 Fighting Female” and “the Fighting First Lady of Swords-and-Sorcery”. Decades later, she retains iconic status even among people who would…
Weary of Being a Woman: Dark Agnes — from Pulp to Comics
Conan the Barbarian is the best-known of the characters created by Robert E. Howard, but he is far from the only one. Prior to his early death in 1936, Howard conceived an entire pantheon of pulp heroes including the likes of Solomon Kane, Kull of Atlantis and Bran Mak Morn, many of whom had afterlives…
Dark Agnes #1: You Will Remember Her
Look, I love a lady with a sword. I love a good bit of wordplay. I am an extremely easy mark where Dark Agnes #1 is concerned.
Dynamite Comics Pubwatch: January 2020
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of January! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
The Complete Gail Simone Red Sonja Omnibus
The Complete Gail Simone Red Sonja Omnibus Simon Bowland (letters), Walter Geovani (artist), Gail Simone (writer) Dynamite Entertainment November 26, 2019 CONTENT WARNING: This article contains discussion of rape. Slave. Warrior. She-Devil. I don’t remember Red Sonja. In fact, I think I fell asleep during it … the movie, I mean. Everything I know about…
Dynamite Pubwatch: December 2019
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of December ! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
Red Sonja: Scorched Earth Volume 1 Is Worthy of a Warrior Queen
Red Sonja: Scorched Earth Volume 1 Robert Carey (artist), Mirko Colak (artist), Amanda Conner (cover artist), Dearblha Kelly (colourist), Paul Mounts (cover artist), Katie O’Meara (artist), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (letterer), Bob Q (artist/colourist), Mark Russell (writer) Dynamite Entertainment November 20, 2019 Sonja is a fugitive, fleeing a fallen city and the murder of a friend. Red…
Dynamite Pubwatch: November 2019
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of November! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!
Vampirella/Red Sonja #2: Almost, Not Quite
Vampirella/Red Sonja #2 Jordie Bellaire (Writing); Becca Carey (Letters); Tula Lotay, David Mack, Drew Moss, Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellaire, Babs Tarr, Julian Totino Tedesco (Covers); Drew Moss (Art); Rebecca Nalty (Colors) Dynamite Comics October 2, 2019 Vampirella/Red Sonja #2 picks up right where the previous issue left off: with Vampirella confronting the “yeti” who’s…
Dynamite Pubwatch: October 2019
Welcome to the Dynamite Comics Pubwatch for the month of October! I’m Lisa, Dynamite is my explosive beat, and here’s this month’s news!