Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold for the week in the comic market!…
Comicosity Book Club: #GothamCentralClub Roundup
The week went by so quickly for Gotham Central Club! It was great seeing everyone jump in to talk about the first ten issues of Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Michael Lark. In case you missed it, we had a fun mid-week roundup with some of my favorite tweets from the first…
GAME CHANGERS: Tim Seeley on REVIVAL
Welcome to GAME CHANGERS, an interview series at Comicosity looking at female protagonists in comic books from the last decade or two (or more!) — and the original creators who brought them to life. Today, we chat with writer Tim Seeley about one of his creator-owned series Revival from Image Comics, and its central character…
THE HANGOUT featuring Heather Antos: September 29, 2014
The editor of Unlawful Good: An Anthology of Crime and Andrew Jackson in Space is joining the girls of The Hangout to talk about running a Kickstarter and how she got involved in comic book editing. Follow Heather on Twitter @HeatherAntos Follow The Comic Hangout on Twitter @TheComicHangout Check out the Unlawful Good Kickstarter which…
TRADE WAITING: Week of October 1, 2014
We are a mere 48 hours away from new comic books, and a whole fresh crop of collections as well! If your bookshelf is in need of a trade or hardcover infusion, look no further than the top releases of October 1, 2014: SOUTHERN BASTARDS VOL. 1: HERE WAS A MAN Written by Jason Aaron…
Crisis of Epic Proportion: Time for Change
September marked two years since I came on to Comicosity as Senior Editor and co-owner, and it’s remarkable how much has changed. I don’t mean just with the site itself, although that transformation is almost overwhelming to think about. We’ve gone from a staff of four to eighteen, doubled our reach year over year, expanded…
Where Are They… Now? The FUTURES END Character Guide [UPDATED]
This month, DC Comics is propelling almost every one of its monthly titles five years forward to reveal the fates of all the characters we’ve come to know in the New 52. The continuity rises out of DC’s weekly title The New 52: Futures End, in which a cadre of heroes must fight against the…
THE HONOR ROLL: September 24, 2014 Releases
The chill of fall is right around the corner. The comics are crisp and the pics are juicy. Let’s get to them! Spoilers ahead! SAGA #23 – Corey Fryia It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Lying Cat grace the pages of Saga so any chance I have to see another lying cat? I’m gonna take that…
COMIC LOVE: This Is How the World Ends
It’s amazing how much we want to see ourselves reflected in the animal kingdom. From horoscopic astrological signs to Disney’s The Lion King, we seem to desperately want to understand humans by terms of bestial natures and vice versa. We ascribe personalities to all manner of animals — from those snooty giraffes at the zoo…
Kids’ Corner: QUEST
QUEST Written by Aaron Becker Illustrated by Aaron Becker Published by Candlewick Press Release Date: August 26, 2014 Price: $15.99 Aaron Becker returns to the world he built in Journey to blow the minds of adults and children alike in the wonderful story Quest. Becker’s mastery of visual storytelling continues in this volume, with the…