In June 2016, DC Comics kicked off the start of its Rebirth initiative. After a wave of criticism surrounding the way they have treated their characters’ rich histories since 2011’s New 52 relaunch, DC has decided to rebrand. They hope that by restoring their characters’ pasts, they will restore readers’ faith in them as well. […]
Review: French surrealist Nicole Claveloux celebrated in new collection
Compiled of stories from the 1970s, The Green Hand and Other Stories presents for the first time translated into English the work of French cartoonist Nicole Claveloux, whose surrealist art comics at the time represent her own personal psychological landscapes, while also wrapping in references to European art and literature. The epic title story “The […]
Review – Maya Lemaitre’s Found Questions Whether Places Remember Horror
It’s always interesting to see creators coming up with new visions or ideas in the horror genre. The past few years have been very good for horror in general with exceptional takes on movies, books and comics. Maya Lemaitre brings forward a variation on the haunted house tropes in Found, a short oversized comic about two […]
The Marvel Rundown: Christopher Priest, Don McGregor and Reggie Hudlin Return to Wakanda in BLACK PANTHER ANNUAL #1 and INFINITY COUNTDOWN draws near!
Infinity is coming to the Marvel Universe, but in what capacity and under what circumstances? The publisher is coming closer to showing readers what exactly they have up their sleeves with Infinity Countdown: Prime #1! Elsewhere, legendary Marvel writers Christopher Priest, Reggie Hudlin and Don McGregor return to the land of Wakanda with Black Panther […]
DC ROUND-UP: CAVE CARSON and SWAMP THING team-up for a grotesque, plot-forward adventure
In June 2016, DC Comics kicked off the start of its Rebirth initiative. After a wave of criticism surrounding the way they have treated their characters’ rich histories since 2011’s New 52 relaunch, DC has decided to rebrand. They hope that by restoring their characters’ pasts, they will restore readers’ faith in them as well. […]
Review: Robert Silverberg gets a makeover
Adapted from Robert Silverberg’s 1970 novel of the same title, writer Phillippe Thirault and artist Laura Zuccheri face the challenge of helping the nearly 50-year-old science fiction novel seem not so outdated. Not story-wise, necessarily, but affectation-wise — characters, situations, actions and general tone. Traditional white guy-penned science fiction at the era was not […]
INTERVIEW: Rich Tommaso’s “Dry County” Based (Loosely) on His Own Life
Writer and comics creator Rich Tommaso is known for his anthropomorphic spy-thriller series Spy Seal and his horror-based series She Wolf, both reflecting the 1970s and 1980s crime and horror movies that have influenced him. Dry County, totted as “The EVERYMAN Crime Series,” is one of Rich’s newest projects among others. This first comic, published […]
The Marvel Rundown: Dan Slott Approaches the End of his Massive Spidey Run with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #42!
As one of Marvel’s longest creator runs comes to an end, Dan Slott is taking time to stop and smell the roses with Amazing Spider-Man Annual #42. Will the quiet story centered the classic Spidey supporting cast members be the start of Slott’s big Spidey send-off? Also, the mystery of Kamala Khan’s disappearance in Ms. Marvel #27 […]
DC ROUND-UP: SHADE THE CHANGING GIRL/WONDER WOMAN #1 is a poignant look at the plight of western women
Alex reviews this week’s DC comics, also spotlighting New Super-Man #20!
Review: The mind-bending wild west meditation of ‘The Smell of Starving Boys’
In Frederik Peeters and Loo Hui Phang’s The Smell of Starving Boys, the words “virgin land” are used several times to describe America’s West. The idea is that this area is untouched, but photographer Oscar Forrest points out to his fellow expedition member Stingley, it is not untouched. It just hasn’t been possessed by white […]
