by Zoe Gray and Angel Cruz After working as a British army nurse in WWII, Claire Randall took a trip to Scotland with her husband Frank in order to reconnect and discover their family history. Unfortunately, Claire got a little more history than she bargained for when she touched a group of magical standing stones and…
Living her Dream: Kristi McDowell Chats About Gamer Girl & Vixen
What do you get when you combine a long time dream and a love of comics and fanfiction with a great writing partner and creative team and a desire to see more diversity in comics? You get Gamer Girl & Vixen, an up and coming comic about two super villains (because super heroes are dull!) whose…
Hunie Poppin’ Ladies: This Dating Sim Should Be Offensive, and Why I Love It So Much
Most should know by now that I’m a sucker for anime games and dating sims, so when I first saw jacksepticeye playing HuniePop on Youtube, I was immediately intrigued. And then I heard Kyu speak–holy balls.
A New Voice in LGBTQ Publishing: Interview with CL Miller, Publisher at Duet
Interlude Press, a boutique publisher of LGBTQ romantic fiction, came onto the scene in 2014. Earlier this year, they announced the future launch of a new imprint, Duet, to focus on LGBTQ fiction for young adults. I had the opportunity recently to talk with CL Miller, the Publisher at Duet, about what goes into starting…
Crying Freeman, Woman Slave to Desire! Sex, Sex, Sex [NSFW]
The first volume of Crying Freeman is entirely about sex, and that’s no mistake on the part of creative teammates Ikegami Ryoichi and Koike Kazuo (like another buff brunette with tears in his eyes—Kenshiro, son of Hara Tetsuo and Buronson—Freeman is the product of two men working together. Uncommon for manga production, it’s almost as…
Review: Ares & Aphrodite
Ares & Aphrodite Jamie S. Rich (writer), Megan Levens (illustrations and colors), Crank! (letters) Oni Press April 15, 2015
Stars, Soulmates, and Shoujo: Meteor Prince Volume 1
Meteor Prince Meca Tanaka Viz Media January 6, 2015 Disclaimer: I received this copy from Viz Media for an honest review. Like many a shoujo manga heroine, Hako Natsuno just wants to get through high school. It’s bad enough that she seems to be the unluckiest person on the planet, without having to deal with…
Talking Romance Comics with Jacque Nodell & Megan Levens
After interviewing romance comic historian Jacque Nodell, I got the chance to sit down with Jacque and artist, Megan Levens, who drew Ares & Aphrodite, a contemporary romance comic written by Jamie S. Rich that is now available in trade. Megan has also drawn Madame Frankenstein (also written by Jamie S. Rich) and for the…
Where I Began: Kids’ Comics That Left Impressions
B & V & Lex Makes Three I read my first comic book when I was six or seven years old. It was a Betty & Veronica Double Digest, and I first noticed it sitting on a newsstand at the grocery store. I asked my Grandma if I could read it, thinking she would say…
Sweep Me Off My Feet! Next Gen Romance Comics, We Need Better
You’ll hear me say it again and again until I feel I’ve reached a comfort zone, but I am very new to the world of comics. I’m still shamefully Wikipedia-ing my way through definitions and origin stories, and I can honestly say after a couple of years of building a relationship with my local comic…
We Must, We Must…Support Janelle Asselin’s Kickstarter for Romance Comics Anthology!
How perfectly serendipitous. I recently interviewed the amazing Jacque Nodell, a romance comic historian, about her site Sequential Crush and her research in romance comics. When I asked her if she thought there was a current romance genre in comics, she said while there are comics with “romantic elements and romantic fare from overseas, such…