This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘Spirit of the Shadows’ #1 is bold, weird, and bursting with imagination SHADOWS OF THE SEA seeks hope in an absurd world ‘DC K.O.: Harley Quinn vs Zatanna’ #1 gets magical and metaphysical Rebellion’s SCREAM collections are a treasure trove for horror fans A Graphic Novel About Rage and Repression in Montreal: For the characters in Lee Lai’s “Cannon,” home is the place most resistant to r

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This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘The Terminator: Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ #1 brings hell to the holiday season DREAD THE HALLS and STARTLING TALES OF SANTA make Christmas scary Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a beautiful beat-'em-up throwback to a merrier Marvel era ‘Creepy Presents: Alex Toth’ honors one of horror’s greatest visual innovators Lego’s First ‘Star Trek’ Set Should Be a Sign of Great Things to Come Beauty a

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: I Feel Awful, Thanks – Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth ‘The Infernal Hulk’ #1 is a must-read chapter for longtime fans LUNASOMNIA is a cyclopean delight ‘DC’s I Saw Ma Hunkel Kissing Santa Claus’ #1 is a festive mix of heart, humor, and heroics We are all in the gutter: Starman at 30, part 1 Crowdfunding worth your time & mon

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: Metafictional mayhem in Morrison & Mora’s BATMAN/DEADPOOL #1 ‘Nova: Centurion’ #1 is a sharply written start Mimi Pond’s new book DO ADMIT! is an engaging dual narrative Nocturnos The anime Guillermo del Toro made James Cameron watch also blew my mind Crowdfunding worth your time & money: Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now LABYRINTH, Vol. 0 Mike Allred's Madmaniverse: Madmania #0 &

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This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘Harley & Ivy: Life & Crimes’ #1 might be the DC romance fans have been waiting for 5 More Minutes – Existential Angst is at the Heart of Hannah Berry’s Study of the Mother-Daughter Relationship ‘Planet She-Hulk’ #1 has everything fans love about Jennifer Walters The Rebellious Comics in Jason's Death In Trieste ‘DC K.O.: Knightfight’ #1 is the fair fight we’ve always wanted GRAN FAMILIA V

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page ‘Absolute Batman 2025 Annual’ #1 mirrors the rage we’re all feeling Why DICK TRACY works surprisingly well with Halloween, and more The B-Rank Adventurer with a Scary Face Becomes a Father for the Hero and His Friends Volume 1 MORE WEIGHT is a monumental achievem

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: Ben Passmore’s BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP is anathema to sterile Big Box graphic histories ‘Nocturnos’ is an uncannily familiar visual poem City Hunter Omnibus Volume 1: Ryo Saeba, Japan’s own James Bond, is back and ready for action Down North, Where No One Goes #1 – Ramón Perales Cano and Company’s Brutal Far Future Tale of Conquest and Greed The Mongoose by Joana Mosi THE ONCE AND FUTURE

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack: The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library’ Vol. 29 shows a truly refined great artist at work Brooklyn Dreams – DeMatteis and Barr’s Darkly-Humoured Meditation on Truth and the Efficacy of Memory is an Exultant Masterpiece of Sequential Art He Was Always Himself: Hagai Palevsky on NIGHT DRIVE by Richard Sala ‘Fantastic Four/Garg

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This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘The Bat-Man: Second Knight’ #1 continues to be a Golden Age masterpiece How Comics Are Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page GOOD AS DEAD #1 is one of the year’s best series launches, and more The Hive Vol. 1 – An Ultra-Violent Thrill-a-Minute Crime Caper from Lieberman, Henderson, Azpiazu and Image Comics ‘Marvel Zombies: Red Band’ #1 has big stakes worth inve

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘Spectators’ is a multi-faceted epic: The creators of Pride of Baghdad reunite for a long-awaited masterpiece X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE ALPHA #1 is a blast to the past Night Terror – Grisly, Whimsical and Sinister Dreams from John Kenn Mortensen and Fantagraphics ‘Powers 25’ #1 celebrates a comics anniversary in style The Weight – D+Q Gives Melissa Mendes’s Beautiful Webcomic the Attention It Ha

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: Witch Hat Atelier: The Work of Art The Adventures of Lumen N. A WHITE HOUSE ROBOT ROMANCE, zombie cowboy stories, and more ‘Blood Honey’ #1 review: Love is a burning thing I ♡ Kill – Monsters, Fantasy and Pointless Bureaucracy All Come Together in April Newton’s Frenetically Funny Comics One-Shot ‘Batman’ #1 feels like coming home Crowdfunding worth your time & money: SHARP EYE - Issue 1:

This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘The Mortal Thor’ #1 is a bold and refreshing reinvention ULTRAMEGA, VOL. 2 gets lost in awesome mayhem Cannon – Lee Lai Lives Up to All The Promise of Her Award-Winning Debut ‘Stone Fruit’ with a Powerful, Bittersweet Follow-Up ‘Alien: Paradiso’ offers a unique lens to experience the Xenomorph through FAREWELL, DAISY embraces womanhood with its every facet ‘Immortal Legend Batman’ #1 is o

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This past week's assorted news highlights, Kickstarters to check out, and more Reviews: ‘Cruel Universe 2’ #1 is socially conscious and...