A.C. Esguerra is a comics author and illustrator. Their debut, black-and-white, original graphic novel, Eighty Days â a queer romance inspired by the early days of aviation â was published by BOOM Studiosâ Archaia imprint this month. A novella version of the story won a Prism Queer Press Grant Award in 2016. Esguerra was born…
As guardians of the gate, Excalibur has sworn to safely escort those who quest to the Otherworld within, but their duties are tested to their limits when DOOM returns to Avalon. The team escorts a dictator in Excalibur #23, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Marcus To, colored by Erick Arciniega and lettered by Ariana Maher.
We explore the secrets of Shang-Chi ahead of the Marvel Studios release “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
âWhy am I like this?â What a loaded question right? It definitely comes with a burden of uncomfortable introspection and contemplation about the changes we might want to make moving forward. After all, we canât change the past, right? What weâve already done, for better or worse, is permanently imprinted onto us, and what people…
A time traveler, a pharaoh, a despot and a savior at the end of time, Kang aka Nathaniel Richards is and has been many different people since making his debut in Fantastic Four #19. But, as a master manipulator in the Marvel Universe, the villain has always embraced mystery, using personas like Scarlet Centurion, Immortus…
Hey. You. Yeah, you. Wanna become an expert in Supreme Court K-12 public school student speech jurisprudence? Itâs fun and cool, and any olâ idiot can write a dissertation on it. Better yet, until last week, it only required a working knowledge of four cases: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969): The…
Created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino at the end of the 1950s, the Legion of Super-Heroes were initially a set of powered 30th century teens who traveled back in time to recruit Superboy. As the Silver Age became the Bronze Age, the Legion added members, allies, enemies, a clubhouse and other bits of worldbuilding,…
Loyal Content Consumer, how I have missed you. Letâs get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Deep Beyond #2. Writers: Mirka Andolfo and David Goy, Artist: Andrea Broccardo, Colorist: Barbara Nosenzo, Letterer: Fabio Amelia, Publisher: Image Deep Beyond is the sort of book that casts a sheen over my eyes thick enough to…
[Content warnings for discussions of trauma presented in WandaVision episode 8, and the 90s-00s conflicts in Yugoslavia] Mikey Zee: Another week, another WandaVision, where superhero powers definitely never cause problems! For our WandaVision episode 8 recap, this weekâs contestant will compete to win⌠a discussion on this episode, AND an article credit on hit new…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Bruce Wayne continues his quest to stop the Magistrate with no resources but his mind, and Red Hood continues his quest to prove he is the worst former Robin by joining the Batfamilyâs enemies. We see these two new tales of Gotham in Future State: Dark…
Redfork is a six-issue miniseries/six-part graphic novel by writer Alex Paknadel, artist Nil Vendrell, colorist Giulia Brusco and letterer Ryan Ferrier. It follows Noah as he leaves prison and returns to his Appalachian hometown, where he discovers sinister forces both without and deeply within that community. It is available now from TKO Studios. This interview…
Charlie Davis: Well Rob…weâve got ourselves something a little bit different this week. Our plan was to continue on with comparing great comics stories with great wrestling stories, but then X-Factor #3 happened. Which, to be clear, is not a bad thing. The beginning of September seemed to collaborate with the forces that be, to…
Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov revitalized and reimagined Angel for a new age in Angel & Spike. This September, Zac Thompson and Hayden Sherman are continuing that reimagination, starting Sept. 23 in Angel & Spike #14, and hoping to create stories in the BOOM!-fyverse that both capture the magic of the original series and critically reevaluate the source material….
Journey back in time to World War I, forward to 2024 and even farther forward to a time when Earth is just a myth in this week’s Triple Play, as Matthew Lazorwitz reviews IDW’s Locke & Key … in Pale Battalions Go … #1, Will Nevin reviews Image’s Bomb Queen: Trump Card #1 and Chris…
Hulk tries to make nice with the world while the Leader lies in wait. Itâs Immortal Hulk #35 by Al Ewing, Mike Hawthorne, Mark Morales, Paul Mounts, and Cory Petit. Robert Secundus: Iâm not sure if itâs been seven days or seven centuries since last we had the pleasure of reading The Immortal Hulk. Time…