Sarah Graley’s Kim Reaper made a delightful debut last year, introducing readers to a college student who pays the bills by working as a part-time grim reaper. The series blends romantic comedy and supernatural horror into a joyful, enthusiastic exploration of courtship in wild circumstances, with a bright,…

Comic books provide infinite opportunities for creative expression in the interplay between text and artwork, and 2018 has been a remarkable year for titles with unique, confident perspectives. From invigorating takes on decades-old properties to new works about interspecies romance, “alt-right” conspiracy theories,…

If you were heartbroken by the utter annihilation of the Vindicators on Rick And Morty this season, cheer up because there’s a one-shot comic in your future. Oni Press announced a whole line of one-shots featuring Rick And Morty characters, including the vanquished superheroes who, okay, were kind of dicks, but whose…

Kung fu and hip-hop have long been intertwined, and cartoonist Yehudi Mercado is tapping into that genre fusion with his new all-ages graphic novel Sci-Fu, on sale in March from Oni Press. During a jam session interrupted by aliens, a group of kids from ‘80s Brooklyn are transported to a fantasy version of their home,…

Superhero series should have easy jumping-on points. If these books are grabby enough, readers might be compelled to seek out earlier chapters. I had read the first few issues of The Unbelievable Gwenpool and thought they were fun, but I fell behind and the issues started piling up. I jumped back on with May’s #16 and…

Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Space Battle Lunchtime Volume 2: A Recipe For Disaster. Written and illustrated by Natalie Riess (Snarlbear), this collection wraps up a delectable story that offers an exciting twist on cooking shows with a queer romance at…

Cartoon Network’s Rick And Morty has built up a fervent fanbase with its dark comedy and surprising emotional resonance, and it’s made a successful transition to the world of comics thanks to Oni Press. The main Rick And Morty comic book has captured the spirit of the TV series with stories that are imaginative,…

Dating is hard, and sometimes the perfect mate can come from the most unlikely of places. After being consistently let down by the dating scene, 28-year-old Nora found the best boyfriend she could ask for while hiking through the Los Angeles hills, but it’s not a conventional romance. Nora’s new man is a 500-pound…

Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Kaijumax: Season Two. Written and illustrated by Zander Cannon (Smax, Heck), this collection spotlights the drama, humor, and focus on character that makes this story of a kaiju prison so engaging. (This review reveals…

Juggling college classes and a part-time job is hard on its own, but it’s even more challenging when your job is being the Grim Reaper. Sarah Graley’s new Oni Press series, Kim Reaper, offers a supernatural twist on the college experience, turning the personification of death into a mysterious goth undergrad that…

FX’s Archer TV series has consistently been one of TV’s funniest animated series, finding humor in the espionage lifestyle without shying away from the darkness of the spy genre. Neal Holman’s experience as a producer and art director on Archer has given him a deep understanding of that balance of light and dark, and…

Oni Press’ Motro miniseries has quickly become one of the most intriguing fantasy comics on stands, telling a powerful, striking story about the evolution of a traumatized young boy into a valiant king. Written by Ulises Fariñas and Erick Freitas with art by Fariñas and colors by Ryan Hill, Motro is a wonderfully…

The Flash is a friendly guy. It’s part of the character that comes with wearing the red suit. Barry Allen is bland and pasty but he smiles a lot and is handsome in the generic way that every comic book character from that era is. He’s now saddled with an awful angsty retcon origin bestowed by Geoff Johns, because…

Male voices and perspectives dominate the crime noir genre, but Oni Press’ Angel City is changing that both on and off the page. Written by Janet Harvey with art by Megan Levens, this six-issue miniseries follows Dolores Dare, a young woman who moves to Hollywood in the 1930s to pursue a showbiz career, but instead…

There’s a lot riding on Doctor Aphra #1 (Marvel). Launching a new series for a character native to the comics seems significant. Given widespread criticism from long-time fans over the wholesale erasure of two decades’ worth of characters native to the old Expanded Universe (Mara Jade, we hardly knew ye), it makes…

Romance comics are due for a resurgence. Appearing only occasionally since their heyday in the 1950s, romance is a genre that has flitted around the margins of American comics for the better half of a century, but Rosy Press, in a collaboration with Oni Press, is committed to revitalizing the form. Here in Fresh…

Last year, Oni Press announced that it would be accepting open submissions from the public, and from over 2,500 creators that submitted, Natalie Riess is the first to have her project see print. It’s easy to see why Riess’ Space Battle caught the attention of Oni editors: It has one of the best titles of any comic…

2016 is the year of Faith Herbert at Valiant Comics. The publisher has been steadily raising her profile since the conclusion of Harbinger two years ago, and she’s become one of Valiant’s most popular characters since gaining her own solo miniseries, the first for a plus-sized superheroine. Faith (Valiant) has…

Ted Naifeh has explored many different genres in his comics work, from gothic horror in Courtney Crumrin to swashbuckling pirate adventure in Polly And The Pirates and swords & sorcery fantasy in Princess Ugg. For his new Oni Press series, Night’s Dominion, he tackles the most ubiquitous genre in American comics. But…