The Dora Milaje are a household name after the massive success of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. Now, Wakanda’s group of elite warrior women is stepping into the spotlight in a Wakanda Forever trio of one-shots teaming these female fighters with Marvel’s most popular heroes. Writer Nnedi Okorafor wrote a fantastic…
There’s no shortage of reinterpretations of Romeo And Juliet—William Shakespeare’s version was itself a new take on an already established story—but few have the style, energy, and imagination of The New World, a new Image Comics series from writer Aleš Kot, artist Tradd Moore, colorist Heather Moore, letterer Clayton…
Mark Millar is a major force in Hollywood, making bank on film adaptations of his creator-owned comics Wanted, Kick-Ass, and The Secret Service (which became Kingsman on screen) and playing a significant role in superhero movies by writing the comic-book source material that inspired Marvel’s Avengers franchise and…
Psychedelic visuals have been a constant of DC’s Young Animal imprint, differentiating these books from other superhero titles with bold, experimental artwork that is directly tied to the characters’ unique perceptions of the world. Perception is a key element of Cave Carson Has An Interstellar Eye, a series that…
As the co-creator of AMC’s Halt And Catch Fire, Christopher Cantwell developed a talent for writing captivating, complicated characters who constantly revealed different facets of their personalities. He brings that skill to comics with She Could Fly, a new series from Dark Horse Comics’ Berger Books imprint that…
Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it is Exiles #4. Written by Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt, Abbott) with art by Javier Rodriguez (Royals, Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme), inker Álvaro López (Royals, Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme) and…
Combining the Hulk and Wolverine into a single character might seem like a low point for superhero ingenuity, but the Weapon H series has sold the idea by putting this new hero at the center of an over-the-top action thrill ride that only gets bigger with each new issue. Writer Greg Park, artist Cory Smith, and…
If you could meet your teenage self, what would you say to them? Thirtysomething Luisa Arambol gets the opportunity to find out in Luisa: Now And Then. It’s the latest release from Humanoid’s Life Drawn line of graphic novels, which tell more grounded, intimate stories than the publisher’s signature sci-fi and fantasy…
Plastic Man is experiencing a resurgence in the DC Universe after the events of Dark Nights: Metal, joining The Terrifics superteam and gaining his own six-issue miniseries courtesy of writer Gail Simone, artist Adriana Melo, and colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick. Eel O’Brien is trying to piece together the details of his…
Comic books from the 1960s and ’70s, even the good ones, often ask contemporary readers to bring to them some degree of moral relativism, and Baron Yoshimoto’s The Troublemakers (Retrofit/Big Planet) is no different. Collecting a number of short stories that the author produced in the late ’60s and early ’70s, the…
The Fantastic Four are slated to make their grand return after two and a half years away in August’s Fantastic Four #1, but Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and the rest of the Future Foundation are still presumed dead by the rest of the Marvel Universe. Victor Von Doom and The Thing have resigned themselves to…
Anyone who has been on a comic convention floor in the past 20 years knows there are a lot of superhero fans who wish they could be Deadpool. Marvel gives them the opportunity to step into Wade Wilson’s shoes in You Are Deadpool, an interactive weekly miniseries that combines a choose-your-own-adventure story with a…
Sherlock Holmes is one of the greatest detectives in the literary canon, and he’s about to face off against one of the universe’s greatest terrors in A Study In Emerald, a new graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s short story pitting Holmes and his trusty partner, John Watson, against H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu.…
DC’s Justice League line is getting a major rehaul after the events of Dark Nights: Metal, and writer Scott Snyder is leading the charge with a new Justice League #1, which introduces a new team and features the return of artist Jim Cheung to DC Comics after years at Marvel. Metal was one of the most exhilarating…
Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it is Love And Rockets #5. Written and drawn by Jaime Hernandez (Whoa, Nellie!, Penny Century) and Gilbert Hernandez (Assassinistas, Blubber), this issue finishes a heartfelt journey down memory lane that builds on over 35…
Mark Waid’s return to Captain America takes the name of Marvel’s Legacy initiative to heart, exploring the hero’s place in the present before jumping to the future to show how his legacy withstands the test of time. Steve Rogers previously joined a team of rebels to defeat a despot that had taken over the United…
Fantasy stories typically break from reality to create spectacular worlds, but the new Dark Horse Comics miniseries, Modern Fantasy, seeks to fold relatable real-world struggles into a story inspired by Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy adventures. Written by Rafer Roberts with art by Kristen Gudsnuk, the title…
You’d expect a miniseries about an oversized teleporting bulldog to be a lot of fun, but the creative team of Marvel’s Lockjaw has gone above and beyond to create an exciting superhero adventure that showcases the wide scope of the Marvel Universe. Written by former Clickhole associate editor Daniel Kibblesmith with…
So much of entertainment comes via screens nowadays, but when you’re a kid, there are few things as thrilling as getting together with a group of friends and going on an adventure built by your imaginations. The Cardboard Kingdom, a new children’s graphic novel from Knopf Books, has cartoonist Chad Sell working with…
Gentrification is a machine made of many moving parts. There are the developers that come to low-income neighborhoods and force out the established residents by building new properties they can no longer afford; the politicians who paint members of a community as undesirable and dehumanize them so the rest of the…