For the three two Octobers, horror in comics has been dominated by two legendary comic creators who never fail to slay their stories. Matt Wagner (creator of Grendel) and Kelley Jones (Sandman: Season...

Archie Comics is, of course, known for its eight decades-worth of stories set in the fictional town of Riverdale where teenagers Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, and Reggie get into a whole host of r...

The Thief video game franchise is one of the most beloved and seminal video game lines in gaming history. Filled with stealthy gameplay and innovative storytelling, it’s no wonder why this dark fantas...

Akin to the issue’s Dark Watchers, Kingdom of Earth #1 from Dark Horse Comics pulls readers in from the jump, snuffing the light from the familiar with jarring precision that rattles to the bone.     ...

The publisher Archie Comics has been entertaining readers for 80+ years with a whole host of comics set in the world of a fictional town called Riverdale, an oasis of wackiness and hilarity for thousa...

It’s not news that artificial intelligence has managed to affect (infect?) so many facets of our lives, with our feelings running the gamut from optimism for a new future to a pragmatism about the dam...

Many religious traditions teach us that deities are eternal, but what happens if God dies? That’s the conceit behind creator Joshua Ross’ wild romp of a graphic novel Divinity Calls Shotgun, on sale n...

In a press release last week, the United Nations released sobering news about global warming. Per PBS’ website, “…the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of ...

In 2024, Dark Horse Comics launched the long-awaited sequel to its culturally-minded and madcap miniseries Survival Street. Co-written by James Asmus and Jim Festante, with illustrations by Ablay Kuss...

The Mask of Haliya from Kwento Comics is a compelling Young Adult graphic novel series rich in characterization in a world of urban fantasy inspired by Philippine mythology. In addition to telling com...

We were lucky enough to be able to interview Jamie Parker Stickle at the launch of her podcast The Girl with the Same Name: The Cold Case of Jamie Stickle; A True Crime Podcast by Jaime Stickle. (You ...

There are comics in the weekly buy pile that I’ll pick up before I tackle before others. Don’t get me wrong: I wouldn’t buy the comics if I didn’t want to read them, but there are some that get consum...

One of the amazing things about Ryan North as a writer is, of course, how he’s shaped the Fantastic Four mythos over the past few years. Purely on the reader side of things, the Fantastic Four is a tr...

We have all struggled with what expectations we have set for ourselves and how they can conflict with the expectations others have for us. The unknowable, uncertain gnawing question of who we want to ...

I was late to the party for Monica Gallagher’s wonderfully romantic, awesomely action-filled, and super-frequently funny webcomic Assassin Roommate, but I’m glad I found it. I learned about Assassin R...

Y’all. YOU. ALL. We can never extol the fantabulousness that is BOOM! Studios Minor Arcana. It’s one of the books that is consistently at the top of our “to read first” pile every single month it hits...

Michael Turner is an artist whose name is synonymous with excellence, bringing a kinetic, dynamic freshness to whatever comic book property his tackled. From his crafting unforgettably iconic covers f...

The world today is, in a world, exhausting. Not that it hasn’t always been that way. I’m American and Americans speak from privilege quite often. But it’s clear that things are… different. Tribalism i...

The rabbit rōnin known as Usagi Yojimbo has been an adventuring force for good in comics and on screen for over 40 years. First appearing in Albedo Anthropomorphics, Usagi Yojimbo was brought to life ...

Big news out of Rocketship Entertainment this week! The publisher of webcomics and webtoons and bringing them to print just announced that it will partner with 11 Bit Studios to print Frostpunk 1886: ...

Family is difficult, even among demons. It’s even more of a quagmire when you have to watch your back in your insatiable quest for power over the denizens of Dis and all the rest of the plains of Hell...