I recently reviewed Supersons vol. 1 and sung its praises from the metaphorical Metropolis rooftop. I’ve climbed the gargoyles of Gotham to again sing the praises of this fun series. For those of you too young to join the Teen Titans and not in the know, the Supersons series revolves around young Jon Kent and Damien Wayne and their odd couple friendship. Damien, aka Robin, is Batman’s son. He’s grumpy and arrogant and the leader (I guess?) of the Teen Titans. Jon Kent is ten […]
Lie down; try not to cry; cry a lot
Saga is always an emotional trip, where even the highs are touched by a rather unsettling nervous feeling. And really, only after reading the gut punch that was Volume 7, would anyone read #8 and think, “Oh, that one was actually pretty uplifting!” Volume 7 takes place on a comet that is caught in the middle of the war between Wreath and Landfall. Hazel’s collected family have settled there for some months, finding it to be a surprisingly hospitable place in the midst of the […]
404: Girl Not Found
Never give up your voice for a man, you fucking guppy!” I don’t know how I missed melanir’s review of The Refrigerator Monologues last year. It ticks a lot of my boxes comic books feminism sarcasm I read melanir’s review before writing my own and there were many nods of agreement. The Refrigerator Monologues is a series of short stories told in the first person by the dead and sidelined women from comic books. The stories are loosely tied together by Paige Embry, the first […]
Life, school, hockey and baking pies
These might be some very controversial statements/questions: Why can’t a white, male author write about a female? Why can’t a white author write about a black character? Why can’t a straight author write about a gay person? Why can’t a first-generation Nigeran, Texan, female author write about a gay, white, 18-year-old southern kid? Wait. She did. Ngozi Ukazu, a self-proclaimed person who knew nothing about hockey, went about writing a screenplay about a boy and hockey. She turned that eventually into Check, Please! Book 1: […]