KELLY SUE DECONNICK IS BACK! KSD sits down with Alison, Jessica, and Karen to talk about her latest creator-owned book, BITCH PLANET, out December 10 from Image comics. Throw up your middle finger and get non-compliant! Also on the docket: Captain Marvel! Race in America’s prisons! A hypothetical story involving Groot and Spider-Woman! Pretty Deadly…
Review: SPIDER-WOMAN #1
SPIDER-WOMAN #1 Written by Dennis Hopeless Art by Greg Land Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: November 19, 2014 Since I started reading Marvel with the 2012 Marvel NOW! titles, no character connected to me quite like Jessica Drew. I cosplayed as Jess at my first NYCC, overcoming a personal phobia of being out in public…
Review: MEMETIC #1
MEMETIC #1 Written by James Tynion IV Art by Eryk Donovan Published by BOOM! Studios Release Date: October 22, 2014 The best thing about Memetic is that it’s a story that could happen tomorrow, and that scares the bejesus out of me. Dystopian end-of-the-world scenarios are almost passe in comics at this point; the market…
Advance Review: WYTCHES #1
WYTCHES #1 Written by Scott Snyder Art by Jock Published by Image Comics Release Date: October 8, 2014 Witches, very simply, are women who don’t belong. No matter the mythology, no matter the historical context, two things are always true: they are necessarily apart; and they are women. Wytches, from dream team Scott Snyder and…
Interview: Cullen Bunn Brings Back the Dead in BRIDES OF HELHEIM
Cullen Bunn revisits the world of witches and undead Vikings with his new mini-series Brides of Helheim, a sequel to last year’s Helheim. A beautiful and brutal combination of Frankenstein’s Monster and Nordic living, Helheim ended on a bleak note – while evil was (seemingly) defeated, mighty Rikard remains far from Valhalla living in the literal ruins of his…
Interview: Talking Process with BATMAN’s Greg Capullo
Greg Capullo’s run on Batman is one of the most storied in the history of the character, already cemented for many readers as a definitive interpretation of The Dark Knight. Wildly popular and critically acclaimed, this is only the latest entry on his long resume. Mr. Capullo was kind enough to take time from his…
Baltimore Comic-Con 2014: Growing Up & Branching Out
This year was the first year Baltimore Comic-Con ran a 3-day show, and they moved it to a new space from my previous years attending. My nerd instincts had me suspicious of change, but I needn’t have been: this was their best con yet. I honestly don’t understand why more people don’t come to…
Review: SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN #1
SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN #1 Written by Gail Simone, Amanda Deibert Art by Ethan Van Sciver, Cat Staggs Published by DC Comics Release Date: August 20, 2014 Whether you are new to comics or you’ve been reading since before the New 52, and whether you’re an old school Wonder Woman fan or you’ve never…
Review: MOON KNIGHT #6
MOON KNIGHT #6 Written by Warren Ellis Art by Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: August 6, 2014 Ellis, Shalvey, and Bellaire’s run on Moon Knight concludes with issue 6, with a story that holds a mirror up to our main protagonist and explores the central theme: who is Moon Knight?…
Interview: HERE WE GO with Jesse Young’s New Kickstarter Anthology
Writer Jesse Young (@writejessewrite) wants to show the comics world what he can do with his first print collection of short stories, Here We Go. The stories span numerous genres, including all-ages, Western, sci-fi, and pulp adventure. The Kickstarter ends Friday, July 25. After having a great time with Jesse on The Hangout, I wanted…