It took me awhile to get into Wonder Woman: Warbringer, which is very much written for a teen audience. However, once I got into the swing of things, and once the plot kicked properly into gear, I was swept up in this book. Most importantly, the book stays true to the image of Wonder Woman that I hold dear – someone who values peace over war, someone who is deeply compassionate, and someone who recognizes … Continue reading Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo →
Alex + Ada is a series of three graphic novels by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn. The series is a love story between a man named Alex and an android named Ada. Over the course of the story, there are many parallels with past and current civil rights movements, as well as explorations of how, specifically, a rights movement for sapient androids might play out. It’s a tender, sweet story with moments of horror and … Continue reading Alex + Ada by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn →
I only have one bad thing to say about the new comic Heathen and that is that there are only four issues out as of this writing (August 2016) so I can’t go on a massive binge. I heart this comic with every cell of my heart. Crazed raving ahead. Heathen is about a Viking woman named Aydis who is exiled after she is caught kissing another woman. Aydis is fearless, determined, and deeply sympathetic … Continue reading Heathen #1 by Natasha Alterici →
Mind the Gap is a comic whose first issue I’ve had for awhile, but just never got around to reading it for whatever reason. The series was on hiatus for about a year, but according the the creator’s Twitter, he’s back in action! Which means readers have plenty of time to catch up. Ellis, the heroine, was brutally attacked for reasons that are a mystery. The attack lands her in a coma, but her spirit … Continue reading Mind the Gap #1 by Jim McCann →
Here are the main things you need to know about The Refrigerator Monologues: it is intense, painful, and triumphant. It is NOT a romance. Readers would benefit from some familiarity with common comic book tropes while reading. Also, it’s feminist as fuck. The book derives its inspiration from the Women in Refrigerators website created by Gail Simone in 1999. Simone launched a conversation that is still going strong about the frequency with which female characters are … Continue reading The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente and Annie Wu →
I heard great things about Kim & Kim, and I was not disappointed. The first issue was so much fun that I ordered Volume One (which collects issues 1-4) before even finishing that first issue. My only complaint is that now I have to wait for Volume Two! Kim & Kim is about two women who are “mostly platonic” best friends and partners in bounty hunting. Kim and Kim live in a futuristic world where everything … Continue reading Kim & Kim, Vol. 1 by Magdalene Visaggio →
We’ve heard about Oh Joy Sex Toy quite a few times from our readers, and now we have a great guest review from Reader Suzanne. Suzanne grew up on a farm in Vermont and has used books to explore the world since words started to make sense. Now, thanks to two children, she reads lots of picture books and middle grade fiction in addition to tons of fantasy and romance. When not reading or raising two young … Continue reading Guest Review: Oh Joy Sex Toy by Erika Moen & Matthew Nolan →
The heroes of the Marvel Universe have had so many storylines and incarnations that they’ve become loose templates open to a variety of interpretations. Chelsea Cain has written an eight-issue arc of Mockingbird in which her version of Bobbi Morse, AKA Mockingbird, is sexy, smart, kickass, feminist, and hilarious. While it refers to previous Marvel events, it works fine as a stand alone series. Cain’s version of Bobbi is a scientist, spy, and super soldier, … Continue reading Mockingbird by Chelsea Cain →
Hello, Richard here. I’m Mr. Elyse and Dewey’s Morning Food Servant. I’m here to tell you about Comic Bento, a graphic novel subscription box. Years ago if someone would have told that I could get a surprise box of graphic novels shipped to me monthly, I would have been overjoyed. I have had an on-again, off-again love affair with graphic novels for decades. The off-again part generally involves my bank account. So when I was … Continue reading Subscription Box Review: Comic Bento →
Aya of Yop City is a series of graphic novels by Marguerite Abouet and illustrated by Clement Oubrerie. Abouet grew up in the 1970’s in the Ivory Coast, and she wanted to write something that would show readers that Africa is not a continent on which nothing but awful things happen. She wanted to counter the stereotype of Africa as a place that is monolithic and disastrous. During the 1970’s, the Ivory Coast experienced an … Continue reading Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet →
When it comes to superheroes comics, I’m pretty standoffish. Because the structure of long-running stories means that they can’t have a neat resolution, and I love neat resolutions, I get frustrated. The constant reboots and multiple universes and retcons drive me right up the wall. So I tend to only read superhero comics when they involve a contained arc, as in Matt Fraction’s run of Hawkeye, or Sensation Comic’s Wonder Woman anthology series. But it … Continue reading Thor: Goddess of Thunder, Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron →
