Banished from the throne and a fugitive in his own homelands, T’Challa still can’t leave Wakanda without its sworn protector. A king without a crown, he finds new purpose lurking the streets and shadows of the Wakandan city that bears his father’s name. Black Panther #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen,…
The feelings of exhaustion, oscillating to exasperation and back again; the anger, masking sadness; the wounds that I keep seeing over and over and over again. I was tempted to say I was tired, but that is a lie. I am not tired. I am traumatized. And I am not alone. Comics are many things,…
An invocation, an invitation “Our father; who art in heaven Hollowed be thy name” An appreciation, an ask of giving “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against us” The…
More Sabretooth(s) means more mayhem and everyone needs their Nanny in this epic conclusion to the second story arc recounting Victor Creed & Co’s ongoing escape from Krakoa. Sabretooth and the Exiles #5 is written by Victor LaValle, drawn by Leonard Kirk, colored by Rain Beredo, and lettered by Cory Petit. Jude Jones: Gordon Plaza…
The Sins Of Sinister continue bearing fruit in Storm And The Brotherhood Of Mutants #2 by Al Ewing, Andrea Di Vito, Jim Charalampidis, Rachelle Rosenberg and Ariana Maher. Expectations are a (pick your curse word), aren’t they? More than just a way to ensure disappointment, they color how we view people. View experiences. View art. …
I remember reading Black Panther, the penultimate issue of the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, featuring just about every Black Marvel hero, from mutant to avenger and everyone in between, coming together to save Wakanda. It was pure fantasy fulfillment, and I felt joy. I remember reading X-Men, following Synch’s story of self-realization in and redirection…
Some people come face-to-face with themselves, other people get ripped in half, and a new generation of outsiders searches for hope and better leaders in a revelation-packed Sabretooth and the Exiles #4, written by Victor LaValle, drawn by Leonard Kirk, colored by Rain Beredo, and lettered by Cory Petit. Anna Peppard: I have a specific…
Ten years from now, Mars has been destroyed, and Storm wants revenge. To get it, the New Brotherhood will battle their way through hell to seek the greatest secret of the Sinister Age. But are they fighting to save the world, or end it? And who the hell is Ironfire? Storm and the Brotherhood of…
Sometimes, someone’s body is a bomb and you need an out-of-body experience to save everybody from going ka-boom. High stakes and grounded metaphors keep us anchored in the Astral Plane in Sabretooth and the Exiles #3, written by Victor LaValle, drawn by Leonard Kirk, colored by Rain Beredo, and lettered by Cory Petit. Jude Jones:…
Storm vs Vulcan. It all comes down to this. Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli, Jacopo Camagni, Federico Blee and Ariana Maher deliver X-Men Red #10. Writing reviews of individual issues can sometimes feel like the writing equivalent of Groundhog Day: You’re praising (or parcing) the same things in every issue. Writers have their styles, their preferences…
Will Victor Creed survive getting saved by the Exiles? It’s tough to lead when your team hates you, and even harder when your powers are on the fritz, courtesy of a new invention that threatens the survival of all mutantkind! Come for the mutiny, stay for the medical malpractice in Sabretooth and the Exiles #2,…
Everything dies. Everything ends. This is not a bad thing. The problem isn’t ending; the problem lies in not planning for the eventuality of the inevitable. Nothing defines great art more than its ending. A last line, a final note – that defines all that came before it. Think of a television show that meanders…
Krakoa’s prisoners are out of the Pit but there’s no rest for the weary–or the wicked. Victor Creed has a new jailer and he’ll need the help of his fellow Exiles to save him–and the future of mutantkind–from a fate worse than death. Sabretooth and the Exiles #1 is written by Victor LaValle, drawn by…
So, a confession: I saw a total of one (1) season of Game of Thrones. The first season. I never finished it. This, apparently, is a good thing, as I never got disappointed by the last few seasons. Everything I know about the series, the lexicon that stretches from “Winter is Coming” to “Dracarys,” picked…
“No, I didn’t like it. At all.” She told me (of all people!) she doesn’t like Black Panther. Not the movie, not the comic. Nothing. But I wasn’t mad. How could I be? She was born in East Africa, educated in Kenya and Namibia. She speaks Amharic to her mother and father. How could she…