Family is a powerful part of Latinx daily life, but what if you grow up without one or the family you have isn’t like others. The protagonists of Terry Blas’ forthcoming graphic novel Hotel Dare have created a “found family” or the kind of family that is created by the circle people that care about you. In…
Interview: Whitta & Robertson Twist OLIVER
This January, a project 15 years in the making is coming to Image Comics. Gary Whitta and Darick Robertson are teaming up to unleash Oliver, a post-apocalyptic twist on….well, Oliver Twist. As you can imagine with this creative team, nothing is what you expect it to be. Whitta and Robertson were kind enough to give…
Interview: Ed Laroche Sounds THE WARNING
Come to the future. Gladiator Two-Six has been deployed against an unknown threat. This is The Warning. Creator Ed Laroche was kind enough to talk about his new series, from Image Comics, which will hit stores November 28, 2018. Aaron Long: So, where did The Warning come from? Has this story been something you’ve been…
Interview: Carlin Looks Into History with MANDELA AND THE GENERAL
Global history has been, and truly still is, wrought with racial tension. One of the biggest examples we have is the apartheid that plagued South Africa for decades and ended within relatively recent history. Nelson Mandela, one of the most famous figures involved with the end of apartheid, was monumental in creating important change. A…
#MakeComics: Valiant Executive Editor Joseph Illidge
How do the pros #MakeComics? We’re here to tell you. Comicosity is picking the brains of someone who is killing it in the comics industry, and this week I was lucky enough to talk to Valiant’s Executive Editor, Joseph Illidge! Bloodshot: Rising Spirit, Livewire, Faith: Dreamside, Forgotten Queen and many more are titles that should…
Interview: Steve Orlando Heads into DC’s Future with ELECTRIC WARRIORS
The future is literally now. The DC Universe’s future, that is. With tomorrow’s arrival of Electric Warriors #1 from writer Steve Orlando and artists Travel Foreman and Hi-Fi, the future of the DC Universe restarts from the seeds of Jack Kirby’s Great Disaster. Here to share his thoughts on the impending adventure, Orlando brings us…
Cómix Latinx Interview: LESTER REY
Puerto Rico has long been a land stuck in political limbo and the ongoing struggle back from the aftermath of Hurricane Maria proves how much worse the situation really is. Though the world allows Puerto Rico to disappear to the back of its collective mind the people and it’s diaspora continue to struggle ahead in…
Interview: Ben Blacker Talks HEX WIVES
For as long as there have been powerful women, there have been men doing their damnedest to oppress them. With Hex Wives, writer Ben Blacker teams with Mirka Andolfo and Marissa Louise to tell the tale of a group of Witches, stuck in a new kind of war with a group of real bastards. Blacker…
Cómix Latinx Interview: ALE JUVERA
Fat and lazy drunks or sweaty and ugly villains are about the only ways you usually find Latinx characters portrayed in Old Western movies. That is, when they weren’t white-washed out of the picture altogether. Comic book artist Alé Juvera (Xeno-Guardian Red Visor GO!) , however, wants to change that. “It always bothered me that…
Interview: Shand and Pearson Are Gonna SNAP FLASH HUSTLE Forward
Social media is a huge part of our lives, whether directly or tangentially. What if one of the most accessed and accessible forms of media was a convenient cover for criminal activity? In Pat Shand and Emily Pearson’s Snap Flash Hustle from Black Mask Studio, we get to see firsthand how people can make a…