Comic Books

Regardless of if we want them or not, we have to send in the clowns. But then that would make us feel better, right? The descendants of jesters traipsing around and pulling long strings of hankies out of their mouths for shits and giggles. They’re supposed to be funny—we expect them to be funny. But… Continue reading

Cities are odd. Living on top of and around one another, makes things hectic. Even more so when these people are humans, elves, mermaids, satyrs, gaseous beings, and all other manner of creatures. Note that the setting of in Kelly Thompson, Meredith McClaren, and Becca Carey’s Black Cloak is the only remaining city on the planet after… Continue reading

Arkham Asylum, Ryker’s Island, Belle Reve, The Raft, all superhuman prisons designed the be relatively improbable to be broken out of—although, let’s be honest, their walls are typically make of colanders. It isn’t often, though, that someone tries to break into any of these prisons. And less often that someone breaks in with the express… Continue reading

Quite a bit ago, I took a look at Golden Rage, a comic that asked what would happen if society dumped all of the women they deemed no longer useful to the world on a small, remote island. What ended up happening was tribalism and a series of violent acts every time a new boat of… Continue reading

Often when vintage shopping, I find boxes of old photos and postcards that remind me of old photos my parents squirreled away in their armoire. I can recognize their faces in the yellowing pictures, but others I can’t quite place. My parents tell me names of great aunts and uncles, family friends, and the vacations… Continue reading

Have I talked about John Allison recently? No? Then it’s time once again to bring up his writing over the past decade. From webcomics to series long and short, his are the comics I can always count on to find some measure of joy in despite anything else happening in the world. And it’s his, Max… Continue reading