Comics
Batman: Damned #1 is a Moody and Macabre Take on the Dark Knight [Comic Review]
Batman: Damned is out now from DC Comics and if this first issue is anything to go by, this is a dark, psychological and often horrific look at the dark knight and the world around him. This is the bo...
Ken Steacy’s Art Shines in Margaret Atwood’s War Bears #1 [Review]
In 2012 I flew from Hartford to Chicago for the Association of Writers and Writing Program’s annual conference. I was a senior in college and I’d never flown alone before. The trip would...
Comic Review: Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1 is a Good Entry in a Great Series
It’s been two years since Evan Dorkin published the last Beasts Burden, What the Cat Dragged In. Two years is a long time to wait between installments in the episodic series. The premise should...
Comic Review: She Could Fly #2 is Even Better than #1
Back in June, I wrote about how good the first issue of She Could Fly by Christopher Cantwell and Martín Morazzo was. If you slept on it, you missed out. With the second issue finally here, IR...
Graphic Novel Review: The Most Disturbing Part of Alisik is Its Sexualization of Teenage Girls
The first volume of Alisik opens with the lead character, a teenage girl, asking the reader, “Do you believe in love at first sight?” She says, but, “There’s one problem. I...
Comic Review: Buffy Season 12: The Reckoning #1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is back for its final comic book season. The end is bittersweet. While everything is clearly planned, it feels more like a cancellation, given that this new “season...
Graphic Novel Review: The Beautiful Death is Depressing and Gorgeous
Mathieu Bablet’s graphic novel The Beautiful Death combines the desolation of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend with the bleak pessimism of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. It starts foll...
Advance Comic Review: She Could Fly #1 Is a Realistic Portrait of Mental Illness
Luna is beginning her sophomore year of high school and, very early on in Dark Horse’s She Could Fly #1, shows her neuroses. When her school therapist asks her if she’s excited to dr...
Comic Review: Pumpkinhead #1 is the Sequel You’ve Been Waiting For
Full disclosure, Pumpkinhead has long been one of my favorite horror movies, dating back to childhood. It’s something that I immediately gravitated to because of the jaw-droppingly horrific mon...