The creative team behind the hit OGN Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (opens in new tab) – writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Steve Pugh – reunite this week in DC’s Wonder Woman #764 (opens in new tab). While Tamaki and Pugh get along, the same can’t be said for the two …
Read More »Best Shots advance review – True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #1 “a visual feast”
Beginning with My Chemical Romance’s 2010 concept album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (opens in new tab) and continuing through with a well-received 2013 Dark Horse limited series (opens in new tab), Gerard Way’s retro-futuristic blend of Mad Max and Videodrome has been his most successful …
Read More »Brian Stelfreeze “humbled” by his work on Black Panther with Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Black Panther run is in its final issues, and Brian Stelfreeze, the original artist of that run, says it was “really moving” to discover how much the character means to people. (Image credit: Image Comics) “It was really moving to see what that character meant to people,” Stelfreeze …
Read More »Best Shots advance review: Dracula, Motherf**ker “illustrates the dangerous seduction at the heart ” of the vampire
The original graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker (opens in new tab) is about history, but shares a connection with the original prose novel as well as the notable adaptations and explorations since. First published in 1897, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (opens in new tab) is no stranger to adaptation. Dracula, Motherf**ker credits …
Read More »Best Shots review: The Rise of Ultraman #1 “a tremendous visual experience”
One of Japan’s greatest heroes gets a slickly produced, but slightly frustrating American comic debut in The Rise of Ultraman #1 (opens in new tab). Offering readers a crash course in the weird wonder that is the various Ultra Series, a staple of the tokusatsu genre that includes shows like …
Read More »Marvel imagines Japanese hero Ultraman as the inspirational superhero of our time
Marvel Comics has been home to a plethora of superheroes in its 80+ year history, but this week it’s introducing someone quite different: the Japanese superhero Ultraman. For many the face of Japan’s tokusatsu superhero genre that includes the Power Rangers, Ultraman lands at Marvel this week for a unique …
Read More »Superstar artist J.G. Jones uses his art to raise awareness about rare disease
Along with all of the accomplishments artist J.G. Jones can list on his resume — from his Eisner award nominations, to his 25 years of acclaimed interior and cover work, to his groundbreaking 52 covers for DC’s famed 52 weekly series — the artist has taken on a whole new …
Read More »Best Shots review – Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1
A few familiar elements from Hellblazer runs past come back to haunt the old son in Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 (opens in new tab). Though the pairing of superstar writer Tom Taylor and The Boys co-creator Darick Robertson is a novel one, Rise and Fall #1 reads a bit …
Read More »De Campi and Henderson raise the stakes with Dracula, Motherf**ker
Dracula has been reimagined in countless scenarios, but never quite like Image Comics’ upcoming OGN Dracula, Motherf**ker (opens in new tab). This Quentin Tarantino-esque take on the King of Vampires takes the horror, bloodlust, and domineering control issues of Bram Stoker’s original character and brings him into the heady days …
Read More »“Anti-Galactus” attacks in Fantastic Four: Antithesis from Mark Waid and Neal Adams
This Wednesday, Fantastic Four alum Mark Waid returns to the team Waid wrote to great fan acclaim for several years back in the early ’00s, with the four-issue series Fantastic Four: Antithesis (opens in new tab). (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) But Waid’s not showing up alone …
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