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 in the comic market! BLACK PANTHER #1…
TRADE WAITING #10: Week of November 10, 2021
Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic…
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…
John Ridley Explores THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE
Today, DC announces Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) will examine the DC mythology with a compelling new literary comics miniseries, THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE. The story will analyze iconic DC moments and chart sociopolitical gains through the perspectives of DC Super Heroes who come from traditionally disenfranchised…
Review: THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #5
THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #5 Written by John Ridley Art by Georges Jeanty, John Livesay, Le Beau Underwood, Nick Filardi, & Travis Lanham Edited by Jamie S. Rich and Maggie Howell Published by Vertigo Comics Release Date: January 3, 2018 People don’t change; they just become more of who they are.…
Review: THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #4
THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #4 Written by John Ridley Art by Georges Jeanty, John Livesay, Nick Filardi, and Travis Lanham Published by DC Comics/Vertigo Release Date: November 15, 2017 Jason tries to talk Amber away from the edge while a conversation with Missy is out of the question. Each of them…
Review: THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #3
THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #3 Written by John Ridley Art by Georges Jeanty, John Livesay, Nick Filardi, & Travis Lanham Published by Vertigo Comics Release Date: September 27, 2017 Just heavy like the truth. The lines that separate Missy, Jason, and Amber are beginning to blur as conflict escalates around them.…
Review: THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #2
THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #2 Written by John Ridley Art by Georges Jeanty, John Livesay, Danny Miki, Paul Neary, Nick Filardi, & Travis Lanham Published by DC Comics/Vertigo Release Date: August 16, 2017 Our home is burning. Jason is acquitted. Amber faces gut wrenching truth. Missy handles death and her sense…
Review: AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #1
AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #1 Written by John Ridley Art by Georges Jeanty, Danny Miki, Nick Filardi, and Travis Lanham Published by DC Comics/Vertigo Release Date: July 12, 2017 Symbols of hope in a time of change. Baltimore, Maryland. Jackson, Mississippi. Oakland, California. Each of these places is dealing with a new…
Vertigo Announces THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW by Ridley, Jeanty & Filardi
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years A Slave, American Crime) returns to comic books with THE AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW, uniting with his series artist Georges Jeanty. The six-issue monthly miniseries hits shelves in summer 2017 and will be published under DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint. Staying true to THE AMERICAN WAY, this sequel…