At 24-pages long, Nicole Goux’s Rituals is a colorful and vibrant mini art book that does its fair share of silent storytelling through glimpses into several different getting ready rituals.
REVIEW: My Date with Monsters #2 – Bad Dates and A Good Dog
This metaphor of what it is like to date as a single mom is an entertaining and relatable read. Filled with bad dates, rejections, government training programs, high school drama, and, of course, living nightmares, what more could one want from a horror comic?
REVIEW: Monsters, Family, and Flying in Asadora! Volume 4
Asadora! Volume 4 is the latest volume of Naoki Urasawa (creator of Monster, Pluto and 20th Century Boys)’s ongoing series about teenage stunt pilot Asa Asada and a mysterious ocean monster threatening to ruin the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, and it continues to be awesome.
REVIEW: The Feast Serves Up Anti-Colonial Welsh Folk Horror
Folk horror often examines tension between the “modern” and the “premodern,” the latter represented by folklore, witchcraft, and superstition which threaten the “modern” protagonist. Many folk horror flicks, like the classic The Wicker Man and the more recent The Witch, use this dynamic to critique modernity, traditionally defined by western white men and used to…
No Mercy! Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1
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Mirenda Journeys Beyond Words
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Valiant High is All That and a Bag of Empanadas
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Labors of Love: A Review of Manga in America
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