“I never should have shown this dork Braveheart.”
THE MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL: Kamala Khan gets new comic, new creative team, new adjective
Saladin Ahmed and Minkyu Jung will launch THE MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL #1 in March 2019, marking the conclusion of writer G. Willow Wilson’s landmark run on the character she co-created.
Saladin Ahmed and Javier Garron Announced as MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN Creative Team
Arriving just in time for Miles Morales cinematic debut!
Review: Quicksilver: No Surrender is another bold, experimental success for Saladin Ahmed
Issue #2, just released today, is a full throated rebuke of anti Romani slander, beyond anything I’ve seen in a superhero comic about the Romani people.
INTERVIEW: Saladin Ahmed on the Genesis of his ’70s Noir, ABBOTT
Writer Saladin Ahmed has been making waves from his critically acclaimed ongoing Black Bolt with Christian Ward at Marvel and with his background in fiction through the Crescent Moon series. Now Ahmed is venturing into the world of creator-owned comics for the first time with a supernaturally-tinged horror, noir period piece Abbott published by Boom Studios with art from Sami […]
Marvel introduces Tessa Thompson style Valkyrie in Exiles
I gotta admit, as a kid, the original Valkyrie from Defenders was one of my most favorite Marvel characters. A somewhat naive six foot warrior who was a fish out of water with a sword in Manhattan. But I’ve moved on and grown, and now the Valkyrie portrayed by Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok is […]
Marvel Brings Back “Exiles” Book with New Roster and Creative Team
Marvel continues its nostalgia based publishing strategy with the announcement of a new Exiles book from writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Javier Rodriguez. Ahmed is coming off his well received Black Bolt series. As those who recall that halcyon era of Marvel after a period of creative and financial stagnation and decline, the original Exiles […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/8/17: The three best think pieces about Akira Yoshida
§ Nice Art: The Inhumans comic may have been cancelled, and the tv show may have been a fiasco, but it seems the Black Bolt series by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward is beginning to build up some critical notice. The first collection comes out in two weeks, usually a good point for the jumping […]
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/26/17: Art theft, corn pops, Chris Ware buys a house
§ Nice Art: A page from Suehiro Marou’s The Laughing Vampire, reviewed here by Sarah Horrocks. Marou is a Japanese manga artist known for his extremely disturbing books, like Panorama Island and Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show, which depict erotic horror in a very precise style. Why Marou? Keep reading. § Saladin Ahmed, writer of […]
Preview: Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward’s Black Bolt #1
While Marvel’s PR crisis continues to swirl, it should be noted that they still have books coming up from important new voices, and The Beat will continue to support these projects. Individual creators shouldn’t be penalized for misguided marketing efforts. Such a voice is Saladin Ahmed, the Hugo and Locus award winning science fiction writer who’s making his […]