Playing By The Rules in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi’s The Good Asian
If any book can live up to the legacy of “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown,” it’s Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi's The Good Asian.
My Claremont Year- January 2023
Chris Claremont's earliest X-Men stories chart a new course for superhero comics.
The Empty Writing of Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane’s two recent books lack one critical thing— actual writing.
From Cover to Cover's Favorite Comics of 2022
Scott and Mike take a look at their favorite comics from 2022.
From Cover to Cover's 2022 Favorite Archival Editions and Collections
Mike and Scott take a look at some of their favorite collected editions from 2022.
Can a kid just be a kid? Thoughts on Casanova Frankenstein and Glenn Pearce's How To Make A Monster
Casanova Frankenstein and Glenn Pearce map out the childhood trauma that forges the person we become, allowing us to accept the monster in us.
"Go home, traveler"- thoughts on Tradd Moore's Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #1 (and maybe a few words on Ronin Book II #1)
Tradd Moore’s artwork is strange and fantastic, inspired by pop art as much as it is by comics. He’s telling a story about magic and his art is imbued with a different kind of magic.
Ducks: Two Years In the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton is giving us this insight into Kate’s story that she and the people in her life at the time don’t have. And the cruelty is that we’re even less capable of nurturing or protecting Kate than the people and systems that are part of her life.
An Introduction To the World in Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's Miracleman: The Silver Age #1
Young Miracleman wasn’t resurrected because of who or what he was but because one old man with too much power felt alone and rudderless in the world that he has made.
From the Archive- Miracleman: The Golden Age
Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham reveal this post-superhero world through the stories and lives of normal but unsettled men and women.
Welcome the Mighty Marvel Age of Miracleman
Miracleman #0 feels less like a celebration and more like a warning of what can happen to the character once Gaiman and Buckingham are finally done with him once and for all.
Newburn Volume One by Chip Zdarsky and Jacob Phillips
Chip Zdarsky and Jacob Phillips’ Newburn Volume One pulls at the private eye story, operating in the established noir rules but giving us a protagonist that may be an actual bad guy.