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...
Review: Ludovic Debeurme’s Renee looks right into the abyss
In 2006’s Lucille, French cartoonist Ludovic Debeurme gave a surreal and somber tone to a doomed love story, following the individual wrecked lives of...
Review: Silent parable The Ark is science fiction as sacred text
This silent, black and white work from French artist Stephane Levallois, and the publisher Humanoids, best known for his storyboard work on films like...
The Marvel Rundown: Is The Uncanny Inhumans worth your dollars?
This week on The Marvel Rundown nothing is new...so that means we can just hang up this column and leave it out to dry...right?...
Review: Czkaj’s R2-D2 strikes back; Bangs & Beard Diary offers a whole new ‘He...
Bangs & Beard Diary
Melinda Tracy Boyce and Aaron Whitaker are cartoonists living in Los Angeles. They’re also a couple and collaborators in an interesting...
Review: mini kuš! are diverse, challenging, exciting
An off-shoot from the Latvian anthology š!, mini kuš! is a series of short single works, released in blocks of four as standalones. As always, this...
REVIEW: It’s a Dreamy Dream-Team in Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor #1
The Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Captain Jack Harkness are together again in Cavan Scott’s new adventure!
The Marvel Rundown: So Why Did C-3PO Have a Red Arm, Anyways?!
This week, Marvel is following up their stellar Black Panther #1 launch with some special one-shots and series kick-offs! First up author James Robinson (Fantastic Four) and illustrator Tony...













