Maris Wicks Webcomic Your Wild City
I very much enjoyed reading Maris Wicks’ Human Body Theater last fall. She’s skilled at true-life comics; she also illustrated Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute...
View ArticleDifferent Ugliness Different Madness
Different Ugliness Different Madness is the latest release from Humanoids, a graphic novel by Marc Males that promises an intriguing period setting but disappoints with expected patterns of plot. I...
View ArticleKurt Busiek on Loss of Public Domain
A new year means another article on what famous works of art (and other discoveries) should have entered the public domain but haven’t, due to continuing legal extensions of copyright law. If the law...
View ArticleYou Are Not Owed Pre-Orders Because You’ve Been Around Before
Do most readers know who the Badger is? With help from Wikipedia and the GCD, I found out that the superhero was first published in 1983 by the short-lived Capital Comics company. Later, his series...
View ArticleThe Imitation Game Comes to Print from Abrams ComicArts
A year and a half ago, Jim Ottaviani’s newest graphic novel was published online at Tor.com. It’s The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded, illustrated by Leland Purvis, and now it’s coming to print...
View ArticleCase Study of an Indy Comic: Mixtape Space Goat Reprints Cancelled
I’ve been covering Mixtape, the slice-of-life indy comic written by Brad Abraham with art by Gervasio and Jok, for four years now. The first issue came out in April 2012 from Ardden Entertainment. As...
View ArticleCongratulations, NBM, on 40 Years!
To celebrate their 40th anniversary, independent and Eurocomix publisher NBM has unveiled a new logo, shown here. They’ve changed their name from “NBM Publishing” to “NBM Graphic Novels”, reflecting...
View ArticleShuriken and Pleats Volume 1
The concept of Shuriken and Pleats — schoolgirl ninja — is short but interesting. Sadly, the execution is slow and obvious. Author Hino Matsuri is best known for the popular Vampire Knight series,...
View ArticleThe Baker Street Peculiars: Exclusive Preview
Coming out in March is a new miniseries written by the talented Roger Langridge (Abigail and the Snowman) that takes on a particular interest of mine: the world of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Andy...
View ArticleDiamond’s How to Draw Month Makes Books on Creating Comics Available
This month’s Diamond Previews catalog, used by comic shops and their customers to determine what to buy in the comic months, has the theme “How to Draw” to “pay tribute to the DIY spirit”. That means...
View ArticleFriday Barnes, Girl Detective
Friday Barnes, Girl Detective by R.A. Spratt is an amusing blend of boarding school antics and mystery-solving. Friday, as the overlooked daughter of supersmart academics having to find her own way,...
View ArticleGet Back: Imagine… Saving John Lennon
Donovan Day explores a music fan’s biggest fantasy in Get Back: Imagine… Saving John Lennon. The teenage Lenny, named after John Lennon, is staying with his grandpa in New York City. He meets a...
View ArticleSay I Love You Volume 9
It’s been a while since I’ve caught up with the mismatched couple, school prince Yamato and shy Mei, at the center of Say I Love You. I liked the emotions she expressed as she began to understand the...
View ArticleFood Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Volumes 9-10
The quarterfinal matches of the Fall Classic cooking competition continue and conclude in these volumes. The showdown began in volume 7 and extended into the previous book, where the contest between...
View ArticleMaster Keaton Volume 2
I talked, in my review of the first volume, about how Master Keaton is an older series. I knew going in that there would be an air of “that was then” reading it. Yet it surprised me how many of the...
View ArticleCassius #2
I’m glad to see the alternate-history story of Cassius continuing, but I fear we’ve reached a point where my lack of knowledge of the time of Julius Caesar (either the play or the real history) is...
View ArticleJustice League vs. Teen Titans Coming This Spring
The next original DC Universe animated movie has been announced as Justice League vs. Teen Titans, which “welcomes the Teen Titans to the ever-expanding canon of classic DC Comics characters”. As...
View ArticleBatman: Bad Blood
Batman: Bad Blood opens with action, as Batwoman (voiced by Yvonne Strahovski) is battling a gang that includes Firefly and Killer Moth. Unlike Batman (Jason O’Mara), she uses guns, which to the Dark...
View ArticleFaith #1
Like many customers excited by the concept of the title Faith, I love the idea of a large-sized fangirl getting her own comic. It’s a shame that the comic isn’t as exciting or enjoyable as I hoped,...
View ArticleAtom Ant and the Secret Squirrel Show: Complete Series Releases
Review by KC Carlson Warner Archives recently released two key additions to the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection: Atom Ant: The Complete Series and The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series. I’ve...
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