From transporting expensive coffee to finding out whether a wife is cheating on her husband, P.I. Dex Parios is on the case! I interviewed Greg Rucka, Justin Greenwood, and Ryan Hill on the upcoming volume of Stumptown. Mexi Gremillion: I’d heard of Kopi Luwak vaguely before I read Stumptown Volume 4, but I never thought I’d…
THE HANGOUT featuring Greg Rucka: February 22, 2016
Greg Rucka makes his return to the Hangout to talk to Alison and Karen about Black Magick, Lazarus, Stumptown, and even a little bit of Star Wars. Greg talks about his favorite aspects of long-form storytelling, the roots of his characters, and finally learns the proper usage of the phrase “Hot Mess” (Hint: it has…
Review: STUMPTOWN #1
STUMPTOWN Volume 3 #1 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Justin Greenwood and Ryan Hill Release Date: September 10, 2014 Dex Parios returns to the page with an all-new mystery to solve — and this time it’s personal. The Case of the King of Clubs has begun, and all of Portland (and a fair bit of…
HOT FIVE: Week of September 10, 2014
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!…
GAME CHANGERS: Greg Rucka on STUMPTOWN
Welcome to our seventh inaugural interview for GAME CHANGERS, a new 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. Our goal with this interview series is to highlight the vast wealth of great female characters…
COMIC LOVE: Super-Heroines, Stains and All
My favorite comic book characters have invariably always been the ladies. Maybe because there were less of them when I was growing up. Maybe because their costumes were more fabulous than those of their male counterparts. Probably because, when written with care, the super-heroines always seemed more intuitive, more vulnerable… just more real than most…
HOT FIVE: Week of January 23, 2013
Every week, Comicosity brings you our Hot Five, 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.…
Review: STUMPTOWN Volume 2 #5
STUMPTOWN Volume 2 #5 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Matthew Southworth and Rico Renzi Release Date: January 23, 2013 Volume 2 of Oni Press’ Stumptown may have wrapped up “The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case,” but the adventures of Portland private detective Dex Parios are far from over. In the aftermath…
Review: STUMPTOWN VOLUME 2 #1
STUMPTOWN Volume 2 #1 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Matthew Southworth and Rico Renzi Release Date: September 12, 2012 Oni Press’ Stumptown continues with a new volume and a new case, as private investigator Dex Parios sets up shop in a new Portland, Oregon office and encounters a brand new, but very recognizable client.…