Features and reading guides for various comic book runs. Mainly focusing on Marvel currently.
It’s Pride Month! This means celebrating with Pride events and enjoying LGBTQ+ television, games, books. Star Wars, in recent years, has finally started including LGBTQ+ characters, writers and directors into the franchise. For a long time, they were not showing these characters in the movies, with audiences having to wait all the way until 2019 just to see a background kiss
Read MoreSutekh is back! The iconic classic Doctor Who villain finally made his return to our TV screens in last week’s episode, “The Legend of Ruby Sunday.” Like with the return of the Toymaker, Sutekh’s reappearance is both exciting and a little confusing. After all, Sutekh hasn’t been seen since season 13 of classic Who back in 1975. What’s more, his original
Read MoreHappy Pride month! To celebrate all our favorite queer stories in comics, we’ve put together a giant LGBTQ+ reading recommendations guide just for you! These comics cover community picks, creator spotlights, popular recommendations & critical darlings. We’ve got everything from superhero books to indie gems to webcomics. Enjoy reading! Make sure to also check the “Additional Resources” section at the end
Read MoreJeff Lemire’s Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. is a nine-issue run focusing on the bizarre and scary adventures of Frankenstein and his allies. This series began in 2011 when DC Comics rebooted the DC universe with Geoff Johns’ Flashpoint and ran until 2013, after an additional eight issues by Matt Kindt. [Editor’s Note: This review of Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. was written
Read MoreSuperman Smashes the Klan is a three-issue miniseries from 2019, written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Gurihiru. The first Superman comic from a creative team entirely of Asian descent, it is an intentionally refreshing retelling of the Superman origin story. And being outside from canon, it’s easily accessible for new readers as well. The resonant themes and lovable art
Read MoreIt feels like it’s been forever since Marvel Studios released The Marvels in theaters, even though it’s only been a few months. With the only Marvel movie coming to theaters this year being Deadpool and Wolverine, fans are itching for tidbits of information about future projects. Today, we’re bring you some news about the Thunderbolts* film. Specifically, about the seriously shady
Read MoreNowadays, just about every popular manga gets picked up, spun around, and put out as an anime. For the most part, that’s great! It can be wonderful to have multiple versions of your favorite stories, or to see a story you love reach a wider audience. But manga is an art in its own right, and some manga simply does not
Read MoreJames Gunn broke the fandom internet yesterday by posting an image of David Corenswet’s brand-new Superman suit on a random Monday morning. As always, fans went crazy on social media, dissecting what they liked and didn’t like. And it was fun, but I still wanted to dive deeper into the differences and references to past suits. For me, the most interesting part
Read MoreEarly May is often the best time to be a nerd, with Free Comic Book Day, which takes place on the first Saturday in May and May the 4th (Also known as Star Wars day) often happening mere days from each other. Sometimes, however, the nerd gods make it so they both fall on the same day, as with this year,
Read MoreUndead, rise from your mortal coils and come forth for the Blood Hunt comics reading guide! Blood Hunt is Marvel Comics’ summer blockbuster event for 2024. With over 50 issues, this massive crossover is already being compared to classics like Civil War and Secret Invasion! Like any major event, Blood Hunt is expected to have huge repercussions for the whole Marvel
Read MoreSome friendships last a lifetime, some last even longer. Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have just such a friendship. Both died when they were just kids at St. Hilarion’s Boarding School, admittedly a century apart. And both ran from death. Now they spend their time sneaking into theaters and searching for cases to solve. From the creative mind of Neil Gaiman
Read MoreWelcome from the present to the future to the past to the… (Hang on, I need my notes). Anyways, this is the Cable comics reading guide! The child of Madelyne Pryor and Scott Summers, Nathan Christopher Charles Summers was sent to the far-flung future as a toddler. Raised in a brutal apocalyptic world, he returned to the present a grown-up, hard-edged
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