Last year, DC Comics released six one-shot specials that featured DC superheroes and villains interacting with Looney Tunes characters. Elmer Fudd hunted Batman, the Martian Manhunter fought Marvin the Martian, and Lobo became the latest fool to chase down Road Runner. This goofy experiment has since become a…
Luck tends to be on Neena “Domino” Thurman’s side, but in the current Domino ongoing series, fortune isn’t as reliable as usual for the superhero assassin. Writer Gail Simone has thrown a wrench into Neena’s mutant power to give herself good luck, forcing her to find new solutions to problems that would usually be…
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…
As a past writer of both Wonder Woman and Red Sonja comics, Gail Simone is well versed in both superhero storytelling and pulp fantasy, making her a great choice to pen the first meeting of Wonder Woman and Conan the Barbarian. Wonder Woman/Conan The Barbarian is a new six-issue miniseries from DC Comics and Dark…
The world of comics is huge and ever expanding. All it takes is one look at Diamond’s weekly new-releases list to be overwhelmed by the sheer quantity and variety of books being published, and that doesn’t even include the sprawl of webcomics, self-published works, and publishers operating outside of the primary…
2016 is the year DC Comics remembered that it owns the world’s most popular female superhero. There has been a significant upgrade in Wonder Woman comics thanks to the character’s big-screen debut in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, and DC has adjusted its approach to Diana now that she’s back in the pop culture…
[Note: This article contains major plot details from the animated film version of Batman: The Killing Joke.]
The Secret Six’s journey in the New 52 has been a tumultuous one. After a lackluster debut for the team of reformed villains, writer Gail Simone did considerable course correction for the Secret Six series, moving the group to the suburbs and devoting more time to building the character relationships that made her…
Vertigo Comics is an imprint built on horror titles like Swamp Thing and The Sandman, so it’s no surprise that it’s most recent wave of new series went heavy on the horror elements. When it comes to creating frightening moments, no new Vertigo books have been as successful as writer Gail Simone, artist Jon Davis-Hunt,…
If The A.V. Club were giving out an award for Most Improved Comic of 2015, Secret Six would be a top contender for the prize. (We’re not, but you can read our Best of Comics 2015 lists right here.) The series had a very rocky start with a lackluster debut and delays on subsequent issues, but since the start of DCYOU, …
Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Clean Room #2. Written by Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja) with art by Jon Davis-Hunt (2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine), the issue marks a significant improvement for the series by adjusting the pace of the narrative and…
Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe cartoonist Yumi Sakugawa writes primarily with metaphors. There is an ambiguity and a complexity to everything she does. Ikebana (Retrofit)—a story about Cassie Hamasaki and her art school senior thesis, and the cartoonist’s most recent release—is no different.
Dick Grayson proposed to his long-time girlfriend Barbara Gordon in last month’s Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle #1, and while the cover of this week’s second issue suggests that the two lovers will finally tie the knot, there are a few hurdles to jump on the way to the altar. First, Barbara turned down Dick’s proposal.…
Archie Andrews and his friends are no strangers to crossovers, meeting characters like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the cast of Glee, the members of Kiss, and even The Punisher at different points in their extensive history. A Sharknado is coming to Riverdale this summer, but before that happens, an equally…
After hip-hop music was born on the streets of New York City in the 1970s, it quickly grew into a full-fledged pop cultural movement in the early ’80s, a period of expansion chronicled in Ed Piskor’s phenomenal Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 2 (Fantagraphics). The cartoonist’s ongoing serialization of the history of…
After three years of writing Barbara Gordon as Batgirl (and an even longer period of writing Barbara as Oracle before the New 52), Gail Simone is saying goodbye to the redheaded crime fighter in next week’s Batgirl: Futures End #1. Five years in the future, Barbara has quit the vigilante game after a traumatic…
Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week it’s The Movement #12. Written by Gail Simone (Batgirl, Red Sonja) with art by Freddie Williams II (Brain Boy, Captain Atom) and Chris Sotomayor (Birds Of Prey, Cyclops), the series’ final issue makes a declarative statement about…
Justice League Unlimited, “Double Date” (season 2, episode 6; originally aired June 4, 2005)
