It’s been a great week of comics and we have some great spoiler filled picks for you this week. No more fanfare, let’s get to it! GIANT DAYS #14– James Kaplan Are you reading Giant Days? If not, you’re really missing out. If you’re looking for a change of pace from overwrought superhero comics, high-concept…
Representation and Health 101: When Panels Show Pain
I introduce you to a special installment of Representation and Health 101! We’ve seen how various characters and identities in comics have brought to light just why representation matters and how that relates to our health. However, this is a slightly different spin. It’s fortunate that in recent years mental health has come closer to…
Preview: MOON KNIGHT #2
MOON KNIGHT #2 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Greg Smallwood and Jordie Bellaire Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: May 4, 2016 THE ONLY WAY OUT IS DOWN! Marc Spector is in an asylum full of faces: haughty doctor, hostile orderlies, vacant-eyed patients. Or maybe those faces are actually just masks… If some of…
Review: MOON KNIGHT #1
MOON KNIGHT#1 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Greg Smallwood, Jordie Bellaire, Cory Petit Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: April 13, 2016 Greg Smallwood and Jordie Bellaire return to the adventures of Marc Spector in the Jeff Lemire-written Moon Knight #1. The thirty-page debut checks in as the latest volume of Moon Knight, challenging…
Preview: MOON KNIGHT #1
MOON KNIGHT #1 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Greg Smallwood and Jordie Bellaire Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: April 13, 2016 THE BOOK YOU’D BE INSANE TO MISS! Marc Spector (a.k.a. Moon Knight/Jake Lockley/Steven Grant) has been fighting criminals and keeping New York City safe for years… or has he? When he wakes…
Representation and Health 101: Disability Dimensions
When you think of disability in comics, a few prominent names come to mind: Barbara Gordon, Matt Murdock, Charles Xavier, and Clint Barton. Each of these individuals experiences disabilities in different ways, but they make remarkable use of their other abilities in coping with disability. However, what we see isn’t always what can be disabling.…
TRADE WAITING: Week of October 21, 2015
It’s another Monday, which means a look at the week’s hottest trade paperbacks, collected editions, and graphic novels in this edition of “Trade Waiting” – your weekly spotlight of five noteworthy comic book collections that are being released this coming Wednesday and why you should watch out for them! MEMETIC TP Written by James Tynion…
Lemire and Smallwood Take on MOON KNIGHT in Spring 2016
New York, NY—September 28th, 2015 — Marc Spector has been defending New York City for years as the masked vigilante known as Moon Knight. Or has he? Waking up in an insane asylum shakes that confidence. Turns out he’s been institutionalized since he was a child. But that can’t be true. Can it? Today, Marvel…
Review: MOON KNIGHT #13
MOON KNIGHT #13 Written by Cullen Bunn Art by Ron Ackins, Dan Brown Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: March 18, 2015 A new challenger appears! Cullen Bunn and Ron Ackins are behind the wheel with a brand new run on Moon Knight. Bunn has promised a more supernatural take and a return to the…
Interview: MOON KNIGHT’s Cullen Bunn on Story, Deities & Destinies
A year ago, Marvel’s new Moon Knight burst onto the scene to critical acclaim and it’s now down to writer Cullen Bunn and artist Ron Ackins to carry on the torch. Their new run on the character begins tomorrow and Comicosity got a chance to sit down with Cullen Bunn and chat before everyone digs into their…