Review: Melissa Mendes’ ‘Lou’ charts family dynamics in a charming, honest way
Massachusetts cartoonist Melissa Mendes has a knack for comics that not only center on kids, but present the world from their points of view...
REVIEW: Scooby Apocalypse #1 is What You Feared
Scooby Apocalypse #1
Plot and Art Breakdowns: Keith Giffen Concept: Jim Lee Script: J.M. DeMatteis
Art: Howard Porter Color: Hi-Fi Letters: Nick J. Nap
This past Wednesday saw the...
Roundtable Review: DC Universe REBIRTH #1
"I look down at it and know without question: I love this world. But there's something missing."
In the five years since DC Comics rebooted...
The Marvel Rundown: The Nature of Freedom and Justice is Challenged in CAPTAIN AMERICA...
This week, two Marvel #1's shipped and they both have one thing in common: amazing cliffhangers that are the product of a long period of careful foreshadowing and preparation. I love it when good plans come together, and boy do they ever in Captain America #1 and Nighthawk #1.
Review: Barbara Yelin’s ‘Irmina’ shows how history destroys us in little ways
Quiet and brooding, while still warm and with a great delicacy, Barbara Yelin’s Irmina takes the author’s own discovery of her grandmother’s World War...
The Marvel Rundown: Civil War II #0 exceeds expectations
Civil War II is a Marvel comic so big that one prequel issue can't possibly cover all the details of the conflict's catalyst. This event, which pits Captain...
Review: Tracing Dylan Horrocks
This collection of work from acclaimed New Zealand cartoonist Dylan Horrocks goes as far back as 1986, and it compiles a trajectory that makes a...
The Marvel Rundown: Is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther Too Opaque to Love?
The first issue of Black Panther, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic), drawn by Brian Stelfreeze (Wednesday Comics) and colored by Laura Martin (Thor) was a...
Review: Japanese artist Rokudenashiko charts the real obscenity in her memoir
Just yesterday it was reported that a Japanese court had found artist Rokudenashiko’s vagina figurines to be considered art and not obscenity, but less...
Review: How did I miss Andrea Tsurumi???
I’m ashamed to admit that prior to reading Why Would You Do That? from Hic and Hoc, which will debut at TCAF this weekend,...
The Marvel Rundown: Is Marvel’s newest take on the Thunderbolts punishing?
This week in The Marvel Rundown, we're taking a look at a shiny pair of new #1s. First, we examine The Punisher, a series about...
Review: Brecht Evens and the complications of growing up
Unfolding like a children’s book gone horribly wrong, Brecht Evens’ Panther begins with the death of Christine’s cat and the appearance what might be...
