"Bet On Your Blind Obedience!!"-- quick thoughts on Ghost Cage #1
A new comic that's full of awe and wonder but light on anything else.
Scott Cederlund
The Week In Comics Journalism— March 19, 2022
A look at some of the news in the world of comic books from the past week.
Letters from Beloit, Wi.- catching up with John Porcellino’s King-Cat Comix & Stories #81
King-Cat Comix & Stories #81 is that letter from a long-distance pen-pal, catching up with them after not hearing from them since last year.
#screenshotreviews- What's the Furthest Place From Here #4 and The Nice House On The Lake #7
Capsule reviews of What's The Furthest Place From Here #4 and The Nice House On The Lake #7.
What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and George Perez’s JLA/Avengers?
An appreciation of George Pérez's stellar work on the JLA/Avengers crossover.
Getting Caught Up In the Hands of Lale Westvind's GRIP
How do you even begin to describe the ways that Lale Westvind plays with time, with movement, and with space in this comic? She molds form and space around this woman in exaggerated ways that signal this journey’s spiritual elements as much as it does its physical one.
The Week In Comics Journalism- February 5, 2022
A look at a some of the writing about comics from the past week.
Teenage Boredom in R. Kikou Johnson's Night Fisher
Johnson’s story of Loren’s “lost” senior year, marked by drug use and criminality, shows a kid who isn’t bad but just looking for something to fill a void. With no personally-held goals, the influence of other people gives Loren something to do other than school and yard work.
#Screenshot Reviews- What's The Furthest Place From Here #3 and Usagi Yojimbo #25
Capsule reviews of What's The Furthest Place From Here #3 and Usagi Yojimbo #25.
This Week in Comics Journalism - January 22, 2022
A look at the week in comic journalism, including reviews of Nod Away, Enter the Blue, and To Eat and To Drink, as well as a profile on the great Trevor Von Eeden.
From The Archives- Hellboy: The Midnight Circus by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo
Hellboy: The Midnight Circus feels like a proper Halloween story, one told late at night around a blazing campfire. Mignola, Fegredo, and Stewart keep building up the mystery of the circus as well as the creepiness of it.
This Week in Comics Journalism - January 15, 2022
Our weekly look at the week that was in comics. At least, the stuff that jumped out at us.