Charles Soule and Ryan Brown collaborate to create CURSE WORDS, an interesting and entertaining story about a wizard named Wizord in modern day NYC. But like most magic-wielders, it appears that he has quite the illustrious past. While the story is seemingly contrived, it is deceptively interesting and so much fun. Who doesn't like fun?
Horror, thriller, and Sci-Fi are not genres for the faint of heart. Writer Simon Graves fully embraces the mystique and hyperbole of these genres in his new collection of stories, FIND'M, about a dating app for gay men that's killer!
Originality doesn't aways come out of a reinterpretation of characters that already exist. Max Wittert successfully portrays JEAN & SCOTT in a way that's both fun and unique.
Kevin Wada is the kind of comic book artist that not only stands out in the beauty of his art's execution, but also how distinctive it is from everyone else's work! Not only are his watercolors pretty, but they dress well to boot!
From a gender-bending, queer interpretation of Odysseus’ travels after the Trojan War in a hallucinogenic sci-fi spacescape, Matt Fraction and Christian Ward take ODY-C to two other narratives: Queens and captains, Mene’s and Gamem’s. In issue twelve, Fraction rounds out the third storyline, “The Fall of the House of Atreus,” outlining the curse in the Atreid bloodline, leading all the way …
Not everyone can pull off a retro style in their art. Dave Perillo succeeds in doing so in his illustration and design. He takes the classic look of old-school advertising and uses it to stylistically highlight content of all kinds in a new and innovative way.
Successful forms of parody can be a polarizing medium in that it is so easy to offend or do it poorly. Jesse Rubenfeld doesn't have that problem! He can very easily use his air tight artistic technique to not only create beautiful reinterpretations of masterful works of art history, but also express his deep appreciation for fun cartoons of the past.
RINGSIDE isn't just for someone who enjoys pro wrestling, but for anyone who enjoys a strong story about finding one's identity. Using the performative aspect of pro wrestling as groundwork, RINGSIDE touches upon themes of morality, identity, and legacy.
In issue five of Amy Chu's POISON IVY: CYCLE OF LIFE & DEATH, we start to see why Poison Ivy really puts the "Mother" in her title as Mother Nature. What could this say about the sexy redhead bombshell we all associate to the Poison Ivy name? Does it change anything? We see all those dimensions in her character as she raises her sporelings and tries to find who has killed her colleagues for her information in this issue of CYCLE OF LIFE & DEATH.
Feminism is an oft mistaken term, when in reality, all it suggests is the equality of human rights for men and women. To avoid reading an analysis that comes off as either misogyny or misandry, read the Valiant Comics FAITH, then read the analysis of why FAITH is a great human, superhero comic.
In any storyline you see, Selina Kyle has never been just a cat burglar. She has a past and a history that continues to chase her, and one day, two familiar faces from different parts of her life are going to collide.
Nobody knows pranks, violence, and how to have a good time like Harley Quinn! Who else would you want to read about for April Fools' Day?
