Hollywood is historically rife with White Savior narratives. Hollywood is also rife with spoofs. A new comic by the team of Scott Burman, Eric Nguyen, Iwan Joko Triyono and Micah Myers hopes to combine both in comics form. Published by Dark Horse comics, two issues have been published so far of the four-issue mini-series. CXF…
Hair and hair-care is a subject that all of us reckon with every single day. It is universal, and everybody has their own specific experience and relationship to it. And yet it remains an underexplored subject in comics. Thatās something thatās been slowly changing, as there have been comics and graphic novels coming out exploring…
A classic tale of chivalry, courage, and inevitability with John Reppion and MD Penman’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Ritesh: āTis the season! Of yuletide tales and gift-giving! And so we come to a tale of oldāThe Tale of Ser Gawain and the Green Knight. Crafted with great care and intense research by John…
The Battle of Beaux Arts has begun. The American super-force the Suicide Cowboys launches an all-out assault on the Iron Star, hoping to decapitate the Soviet forces in one decisive action. Meanwhile, back in the states, we learn about President Goode’s plans for the monster known as 6Bill. It’s all in Image’s 20th Century Men…
The war rages on! Krylov, now embedded with the Iron Star’s forces, sees the brutality of battle up close. Can he make it out alive with his sanity intact? 20th Century Men #3 takes us from the deserts of Afghanistan to the U.S. capital, and all the way to Mars, courtesy of writer Deniz Camp,…
Michael Walsh explores the lost years of the Coin, bringing the reader deeper and deeper āInto The Fire,ā in Imageās The Silver Coin #15, featuring color assists by Toni Marie Griffin. Ritesh Babu: And so we return yet again, for an issue that closes off the arc, and also puts the book on pause for…
After President Goode’s shocking decision last issue, the world has gone to war. Soviet and American forces clash all across Afghanistan as the Iron Star searches for his stolen heart, faces the British super-soldier known as The Lion and tries to hide it all from a dogged reporter working to uncover the truth. 20th Century…
A screenwriter named Darren, gripped by jealousy, tries to visit his girlfriend while flashing back to the events of 2020 in The Silver Coin #14, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, written by Pornsak Pichetshote, and colored by Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin, with a backup story by Adam Gorham. Ritesh Babu: Jesus Christ. I…
Power Rangers Unlimited: The Death Ranger #1 is Written by Paul Allor, Drawn by Kath Lobo and Anna Kekovsky Chandra, Colored by Fabi Marques and Sara Antonellini, Lettered by Ed Dukeshire The Death Ranger! The brand new Ranger and queer antagonist you did not know you needed! The announcement of the character went viral on…
At the end of the 20th century, superheroes, geniuses, madmen and activists rush toward World War III. A Soviet “iron” hero, a superpowered American president, an insane cyborg soldier, an Afghan woman hellbent on building a better life for her people; these strange yet familiar beings collide in a story that mixes history, politics and…
Itās Y2K and all hell is about to break loose for a very pregnant woman named Karena in The Silver Coin #13, written by Johnnie Christmas, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, and colored by Toni Marie Griffin and Walsh for Image. Content warning from the issue: This issue contains graphic images related to childbirth,…
In āāTil Dawn,ā an American GI in World War II faces his fear of killing enemy soldiers while keeping watch. The Silver Coin #12 is written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, colored by Toni Marie Griffin and Walsh, with a backup story by Adam Gorham. Mark Turetsky: The horror anthology format…
āYear Oneā is an interesting title.Few things seem to carry the inherent prestige in their very evocation as āYear Oneā. Even decades later, we think of the high-bar and sheer power of David Mazuchelli, Richmond Lewis, and Frank Millerās classic. And in so doing here in Deathstroke Inc. #10, weāre reminded of the possibilities of…
The Silver Coin returns! In āThe Diner,ā James Tynion IV joins Michael Walsh for a story about Jean, a waitress working at a struggling diner who bites off more than she can chew. With colors by Toni Marie Griffin (with Michael Walsh) and backup story by Adam Gorham. Mark Turetsky: Ritesh, it has been a…
Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro wrestler, but sheās living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes when a wrestling-obsessed necromancer asks her to join the grandest pro wrestling tournament of all time, which is also the most dangerous. Itās The Wrestler meets Dragonball Z in a…