Harley Quinnās attempts at rehabilitating Gothamās former clown gang members have hit a rather serious snag. Everyone in her support group has been apprehended by the villainous but State-approved Hugo Strange. Whatās it going to take for Harley to pick herself up and dive right back into the fight? Harley Quinn #4 is written by…
UPDATE: On Thursday, publisher Artists, Writers & Artisans released a statement saying it supported its artists if they chose to make NFTs featuring AWA IP and had established a program to support those efforts. The statement included quotes of support from artists Mike Choi, Kaare Andrews, Jonboy Meyers and, most notably, Mike Deodato Jr., who…
Knull? Yeah, itās Knull. Miles fights against the goop from above in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #23 written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Carmen Carnero, colors by David Curiel, and letters by Cory Petit. Iām bored with the āKing in Blackā. I donāt care about Knull. Iām tired of seeing heroes who interact with Knull or…
In October Brett Booth was announced as artist for X-Men #17. Booth has a documented history of encouraging harassment of women in comics criticism. You can read Janelle Asselinās first person account of the situation here, including the threats of sexual violence. These threats were not delivered directly by Booth, but he used his platform…
Once upon a time, there was a woman who could fly. She could fly by screaming all the time. Donāt think too hard about it. Anyway she keeps dying and X-Factor is bound to sort out why. Leah Williams, David BaldeĆ³n, Israel Silva and Joe Caramagna investigate that Siryn song in X-Factor #6. Cori McCreery:…
Itās time for the cosmic soooooul odyssey of Star-Lord, baby. Things get weird in the Twelve Houses for Peter Quill in this out of this world tale written by Al Ewing, art by Juann Cabal, colors by Federico Blee, and letterās by Cory Petit. Charlie Davis: Allison I think itās so so fitting that youāre…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). As Batman and his new rival, Ghost-Maker, fight it out, we learn more about the past between the two, and Harley confronts Clownhunter. Itās āBatmanā #103 from James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki and David Baron. Matt Lazorwitz: So ā¦ yeah. I have…
He is the lone avenger of the night. He sits atop gargoyles in Gotham City, eternally alone in his quest for justice. He is Batman. He is the father figure to a group of young people who fight in his endless war against crime. He works with them to make them better, stronger and frankly…
MISSED PART I OF OUR INTERVIEW? READ IT HERE! Black Stars AboveĀ is an existential, cosmic and survival horror comic written by Lonnie Nadler, drawn by Jenna Cha, colored by Brad Simpson and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. It follows Eulalie, a MĆ©tiswoman living in 1887 Canada, who flees the trap her family has set for her…
It had to happen. They couldn’t stay isolated forever. The Krakoa era of X-Men meets its’ first cross over in Empyre: X-Men #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Matteo Buffagni, and Nolan Woodard. It’s Alien Plants vs Mutant Zombies vs Old Ladies. Nola Pfau: Well, Allison. Itās been a while. Remember the days of yore,…
Thanks to their escapades in space, the New Mutants accidently lure The Brood to Krakoa. Lucky for them, the island has defenders in X-Men #8 by Jonathan Hickman, Mahmud Asar, and Sunny Gho. Chris Eddleman: Rob, the New Mutants are back and things have never been…mutantier? Spacier?…Newer? Well anyway, after the big reveals and high…
In September of 1998, millions of kids were racked with a decision. Pokemon Red or Pokemon Blue. The difference was 11 exclusive monsters to each version. You could still catch 139 unique little buggers, but those last few were lost to you. Cleverly, the marketing folks sold the game with a call to action for…
Peter Milligan & Mike Allredās X-Force #116 from 2001, their first issues on the book, spends itsā first 18 pages introducing readers to a new team of superheroes. They were well-branded reality stars that the world loved to watch. They were nothing like the X-Force team of the last hundred-odd issues, they were the new…
Revelations abound as we learn the secrets tying together the citizen criminals and Riddlerās secret backer in the final issue of this creative team in Detective Comics #1,061, written by Mariko Tamaki and Nadia Shammas, penciled by Ivan Reis, inked by Danny Miki, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. In the backup,…
Friends, I got too excited last week. I wanted to share this bright and shiny new toy of ours, and I donāt think I properly explained what we (Thatās you, Loyal Content Consumer, and me) are doing here. [Groteās note: I tried to tell him, folks.] Each week, Iām going to run down 10 comics…