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Stan Sakai’s beloved rabbit samurai has won countless fans over his 35-year history, thanks to a clever blend of thrilling action, heartwarming characters and realistic portrayal of Japanese culture. Chibi Usagi brings these fun and thoughtful stories to middle grade readers as an original graphic novel packed with adorable art and captivating energy by Julie…
Hey. You. Yeah, you. Wanna become an expert in Supreme Court K-12 public school student speech jurisprudence? It’s fun and cool, and any ol’ 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…
In their first series of Shang-Chi, Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan reexamined the character, ahead of his feature film debut. It was no small task. Shang-Chi was created as a spin-off of Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu, a character that was considered offensively racist back in the 1930s. But Yang was largely successful in recontextualizing…
Charlie Davis: It’s a new week in wrestling! Wheels are turning on some stories! We’ve got some NJPW news to catch up on and Raw was… it wasn’t SO BAD? No, that can’t be right. Mikey Zee: Well, Charlie, good for Raw doesn’t necessarily mean… good? But thankfully there was some really solid wrestling this…
Loki’s finally come face to face with himself – or has he? The Variant that the TVA has been hunting down calls herself Sylvie, and clearly wants nothing to do with the Loki name. A mad scramble and a ruined plan leaves the two on a moon on the verge of an apocalypse, and the…
Our buddy Beta Ray Bill has had a rough little bit. His friend broke his favorite hammer and his girlfriend called him ugly. It’s enough to drive a man, or horse alien mutated to become the perfect weapon, to drink. Which Bill has done. Along with wrestling moves; many many wrestling moves. But he’s found…
The Immortal Hulk’s allies take center stage in the new 5-issue Gamma Flight miniseries from Al Ewing, Crystal Frasier, Lan Medina, Antonio Fabela and Joe Sabino. Starring Puck, the Absorbing Man, Titania, Doc Sasquatch, Dr. Charlene McGowan and Rick Jones, the series notably marks the first-ever multi-issue story written by an openly trans writer in…
The Hellfire Gala continues as some titles thrive and others stumble hard. This week we have SWORD #6 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia and Ariana Maher, Wolverine #13 by Benjamin Percy, Scot Eaton, Oren Junior, Matthew Wilson and Coret Petit, and Way Of X #3 by Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia and…
This week, Marvel Comics is releasing the next in their series of Marvel Voices anthologies, designed to give exposure and voice to to a more demographically diverse segment of creators and characters. And since this is June, Pride Month, Marvel’s special is focusing on LGBTQA+ representation. Marvel Voices: Pride features stories from Luciano Vecchio, Mike…
The newest episode of THE COMICSXF GUIDE TO FAST FOOD FISH FILET SANDWICHES is embedded above! PREVIOUSLY, ON FISH GUIDE: In Episode 1, Rob began his journey to review every fast food fish filet sandwich and use these reviews to ramble about Lent and Catholicism! In Episode 2, he ran into trouble, and began to…
Charlie Davis: More WWE PPV’s than you can shake a stick at. Which means more predictions! I also watched Raw this week because I hate myself! Forrest Hollingsworth: If you or your loved ones have been impacted by Raw, consider watching literally anything else. Monday: RAW Charlie: Takeover: In Your House happened and it was…
If you have been paying attention to Planet-Size X-Men you will know that Magneto, and the entire Sol system, have had a pretty big week. Proving some people weren’t just spouting lies and fables years ago, the mutants have taken control of Mars. They have terraformed the planet for two reasons, to give a home…
Even among the many comic shops in Philadelphia, Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse is unique. Yes, there’s the coffee part of the equation, but there’s also the fact that Amalgam is one of the few Black-owned comic shops in the U.S. Community and social justice are baked into its fabric in equal measure, important things as…
Virgil Hawkins was the kind of bullied kid who was shy about raising his voice…until the first time he did, he got a shocking surprise, and so did his world. It’s a brand new era for a classic character in Static: Season One #1. Written by Vita Ayala, drawn by Chriscross and Nikolas Draper-Ivey, colored…
The Hellfire Gala rages as mutants reveal their Omega level potential on Mars. Meanwhile at the Gala, X-Corp negotiates leadership and the New Mutants wonder if they are growing apart. It’s a spectacular in Planet-Size X-Men by Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles, New Mutants #19 by Vita Ayala, Alex Lins, Matt…