With a new president comes a new era in the American story, and a perfect opportunity to reexamine our culture and governmental systems. Or, if you’re in a more cynical mood, to mock them mercilessly. Comics have been taking swipes and providing social commentary since the birth of the medium, in both the savage and profane […]
Way back in February 1992, when Bush (the first one) was president and the Soviet Union was freshly out of the picture, the comic book world was undergoing its own seismic changes. A band of upstart new kids on the block (not to be confused with the New Kids on the Block, still a thing way back in […]
It’s the season of Kelly Sue DeConnick: October sees the release of the first collection of the genre-bending Bitch Planet, created by DeConnick and Valentine De Landro. It’s one of the most buzzed-about books on the stands right now: bold, subversive, gleefully feminist, and incredibly entertaining. That’s not all: the third volume of DeConnick’s superhero epic Captain Marvel hit […]
From the box office to the bookstore, 2015 has been an especially good time to be a fan of sci-fi and fantasy. Our plates are filled to overflowing with tasty treats, from Star Wars and superhero films, to killer TV shows, to more badass SF/F books than we could ever hope to read. Here’s what […]
2015 has been a great year for comics and graphic novels, and the quality cuts across every genre: science fiction, fantasy, horror, memoir. Even the big two have done groundbreaking things to mix up the tried-and-true superhero formula. More than ever, the range of material available proves the graphic medium has something for everyone, with a number of […]
