Just when you think you have all the answers, itās time to change the questions. The Splash In the fracas between writer Tom King, artist Jae Lee and comic book fans who want works created by people who arenāt intolerable assholes, there are no winners. Not King, who now looks like a bully for taking…
Big, big news that I am proud to break this week. Letās get right to it. Today (July 20): DClassified: Week of Announcements Begins After last weekās news that DC will be releasing Rorschach, a 12-issue maxiseries by writer Tom King and artist Jorge FornĆ©s that represents a mystifying return to the Watchmen well, the…
This week in our roundup of indie comics, Ian Gregory examines The Rob’s latest attempt to shake up a storied franchise, Robert Secundus jumps all the way into the deep end of Savage Dragon, and Will Nevin goes to Hell (or a simulation thereof?) with Rick and Morty. G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes: Deadgame Story/Art: Rob…
Dear Content Consumer, Please forgive me. You see, Iām taking this week off after the heaviness of our last time together. But donāt worry ā Iāve arranged for my brother Bill to take over my duties this week. Bill is 43, a successful concrete contractor and is Extremely Offline. We are not close. And forgive…
Last week when I said I need to write? This was one of those weeks. Today (July 6): Clifton Park, New Yorkās Adirondack Taekwondo Reopens āThe virus is with us, but with need to live with it.ā Thatās what the anonymous Trump administration official told NBC News, and I swear to Christ it was the…
Writer W. Maxwell Prince ā the man behind the scripts behind the surreal āIce Cream Manā anthology series at Image Comics and the similarly weird āKing of Nowhereā at BOOM Studios ā is reclusiveā¦ish. He escaped Twitter (genius), and he gets his comic book industry news, he says, from friends ā like when one told…
The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #1 Writer: Jason Aaron, Artist: r.m. Guera, Colorist: Giulia Brusco, Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher, Publisher: Image Content warning: The following review of āThe Goddamned: Virgin Bridesā contains discussion of child sexual abuse.Ā Animal sacrifice. Blood drinking. Child sexual abuse. The McMartin Preschool case ā a criminal trial that consumed Manhattan…
Hi, Xavier Files friends, family and fiends ā Iām Will (a Libra, bourbon fan and fake doctor), and Iāll be here every Monday with your weekly planner, the thing thatās gonna keep you on track for success. Or keep you informed. Or something. Look, I canāt figure out for this bit whether Iām your secretary…