TRADE WAITING RETURNS! It’s been a bit, but we’re back, baby. And with this return, we’re going to call this column “issue #1”, cause comics have volumes and issues and stuff, right? Yeah. Yeah, let’s do this. Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read…
Transmyscira: Party Like It’s 1999 With LOIS LANE
I want to go back to 1999. – Charli XCX, 1999 In Russia, a journalist critical of the government has been found dead. Meanwhile in the United States another journalist — in the midst of a personal scandal — is expelled from the White House and loses her press pass for asking pointed questions about…
DCOCD Episode 19: BATMAN – NO MAN’S LAND
DCOCD is the DC Comics Events podcast where we discuss, score and rank every single DC event in order starting with 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths up to… we’re not sure yet. Paul and guest host Reggie from Chris and Reggie’s Cosmic Treadmill to do hard time in the 1999 event Batman: No Man’s Land from the creative…
Review: BLACK MAGICK #11
BLACK MAGICK #11 Written by Greg Rucks Art by Nicola Scott, Jodi Wynne, and Chiara Arena Edited by Alejandro Arbona Published by Image Comics Release Date: March 28, 2018 The confrontations come fast and furious in this issue of Black Magick: between Alex and Laurent, between Rowan and Morgan, and between Rowan and the demonic…
DC Comics Announces BLACK LABEL Imprint
BURBANK, CA (March 8, 2018) – DC Black Label, a new publishing imprint from DC Entertainment, gives premier talent the opportunity to expand upon the canon of DC’s iconic Super Hero comic book characters with unique, standalone stories that are outside of the current DC Universe continuity. An all-star lineup of creative teams will craft their own personal definitive…
Review: BLACK MAGICK #10
BLACK MAGICK #10 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Nicola Scott, Chiara Arena, Eric Trautmann, and Jodi Wynne Edited by Alejandro Arbona Published by Image Comics Release Date: January 24, 2018 Rowan gets some much-needed rest, as Alex finally confronts the witch-hunter from Aira and Morgan is about to welcome his son to the world.…
First Look: DC UNIVERSE HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2017 #1
DC UNIVERSE HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2017 #1 Written by Jeff Lemire, Dennis O’Neil, Tom King, Greg Rucka, Joshua Williamson, Shea Fontana, Christopher Priest, Max Landis, and more Art by Francis Manapul, Neil Googe, Otto Schmidt, Bilquis Evely, Rafael Albuquerque, Steve Epting, and more Published by DC Comics Release Date: December 6, 2017 DC Comics’ finest talents…
Review: BLACK MAGICK #8
BLACK MAGICK #8 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Nicola Scott, Chiara Arena and Jodi Wynne Published by Image Comics Release Date: September 27, 2017 In this issue, the tension gets ramped up as Laurent joins Stepan in Portsmouth to surveil Rowan for himself. Meanwhile, Morgan is stressed about his child being a day overdue…
Mary Jane, Mary Sue, and the Rise of Forever Carlyle
Hey, describe Mary Jane Watson for me. Should be easy enough, she’s been around since 1965. That’s over 50 years of Spider-Man storylines to draw from! Go on, I’ll wait. Got an answer? It’s probably a small-paragraph in length, right? Nice job. Now take that small, fully-functional paragraph and remove the words “Spider-Man,” “red hair,”…
Review: BLACK MAGICK #7
BLACK MAGICK #7 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Nicola Scott, Jodi Wynne, Chiara Arena Published by Image Comics Release Date: August 30, 2017 After a hiatus and last month’s flashback issue, Black Magick #7 picks the ongoing plot back up. Rowan and Alex are dealing with the fallout from the attack on Alex in issue…