Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles return to the world of DIE after a six-month hiatus with the first issue of the final arc of the series, âBleed.â Our intrepid heroes take a sea journey to try to reach the center of DIE and save both the game world and the real one.Mark Turetsky:…
Torture, paranoia and the fascist remains of America — itâs all just another day in Nuclear Family #3.
Itâs all fun and games until someone loses an eye – or a trailer full of clues in a mysterious fire. Joe Bradleyâs search for her missing friend Mac Guffin has yielded a number of clues, but no actual answers, and the deeper Joe dives into this mystery, the less likely it seems that sheâs…
The cult of Mylo grows, but the mystical mushroom secret has roots in the much deeper, darker world of I Breathed a Body #4 by Zac Thompson, Andy MacDonald, Triona Farrell and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. CW: I Breathed a Body #4 features images of suicide and self-harm, and this article will be discussing those images. Zachary…
We all float down here. But sometimes, we float up in the sky, too. Haha #4 is written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Patrick Horvath and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin: Ari, what do you think about It? I take it youâre not quite of the generation that was traumatized by Tim…
The birth of a prophesied child in Mumbai heralds the start of a new age â one that brings peace, prosperity and most notably eternal life â meaning the Avatar of Death is out of a job. As Brahma sends her hurtling down to Earth to enjoy her retirement as a mortal, a last-minute deal…
Basil Hallward has painted again, and this time the painting is affecting all of Paris. Itâs a strange world in Vault Comicsâ The Picture of Everything Else #3 by Dan Watters, Kishore Mohan and Aditya Bidikar. Ari Bard: More than the previous two, The Picture of Everything Else #3 feels like a bridge in many…
The action ramps up in the penultimate issue of DC Black Label’s Far Sector in a story written by N.K. Jemison with art by Jamal Campbell. In medias res is, without question, my favorite literary phrase. Latin for âin the middle of things,â Itâs a tacit acknowledgement of lives and loves, motivations and missions unbeknownst…
Released in print this week, after debuting digitally, The Next Batman: Second Son #1 begins the story of how Jace Fox, the forgotten son of Lucius Fox, becomes the Batman of âFuture Stateâ in a story written by John Ridley, drawn by Tony Akins, inked by Mark Morales, colored by Rex Lokus and lettered by…
Endings and new beginnings across Venom #34 by Donny Cates, Iban Coello, and Jesus Aburtov and King in Black #5 by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, and Frank Martin and Jason Keith, letters by Clayton Cowles Forrest Hollingsworth: Itâs here. The months-in-the-making finale of King in Black and the penultimate issue of Donny Cates and Ryan…
Itâs colder, now. You could sense the cold was coming last issue, with the crisp autumn air and pale sunlight, but now winter is here, and the missing Cormac Guffinâs trail has gone cold. Her friend Joe Bradley is still hot on her trail, however â but if sheâs not careful, itâs only a matter…
The truth comes out – or most of it does. Enough for the Justice League to publicly decry the actions of Adam Strange during his first war with the Pykkts, just as Earth is embroiled in its own Pykkt invasion. The public, however, doesnât appear to be all that concerned with Adamâs unheroic actions –…
As Anne architects a social media campaign of looming dread, she begins to doubt her actions and fear her co-workers. Locked in a terror-shrouded fortress of her own design, with nowhere left to run, Anne confronts the fury of a Fungal God long thought dead in I Breathed a Body #3 by Zac Thompson, Andy…
Can FBI agent Miranda Keller save the day, or will dark forces consume her and the rest of a sleepy little valleyâs humanity? Itâs curtains for Miskatonic, the riff on H.P. Lovecraftâs lore and personal lousiness by writer Mark Sable, artist Giorgio Pontrelli, colorist Pippa Bowland and letterer Dave Sharpe. Harryâs on a train. The…
Time to move into the endgame as we read the penultimate issue of The Union by Paul Grist, Andrea Di Vito, Le Beau Underwood, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham. Liz Large: Well, weâre back, after a month spent pining for Snakes. How are you holding up? Nola Pfau: Iâm very glad that The Union is…