A woman is running through a crowded street, apologizing and asking people to let her pass. A man is waiting impatiently in a room and begins to count down from 10. In the background you can see snippets of words and ads – “Less of you to love” “Fix you” “Obey.” The woman runs in the door, apologizing and asking, “who am I this time?” If you can hear the woman’s voice, you are on your way to BITCH PLANET! I read ElCicco, SavageCat and […]
A fun new comics discovery
Kamala Khan is a pretty ordinary geeky teenager from Jersey City, until she’s suddenly given the extraordinary powers of the superhero Ms. Marvel. She’s both excited and confused. Can a Muslim girl even be a superhero? She certainly feels that the outfit could be a bit less revealing. How is she going to combine the responsibilities of fighting crime, rescuing people and righting wrongs if she also has to worry about obeying her parents and keeping cerfew? Before she’s even entirely aware what she’s doing, […]
Don’t Tell Me To Smile
My goodness. What do I even say about this that hasn’t been said already? Bitch Planet is a prison planet for women who are “Non Complaint.” They are too fat, too mouthy, too ambiguously scary, too….too. For all their failings in the eyes of this toxic patriarchy (is there another kind?), they are sent to prison. But it’s not like the expectation to be compliant ends with getting put in prison. It just morphs, changes shape. Instead of the daily grind of microaggressions and 1960’s-style […]
…and they lived happily(ish) ever after.
The final volume of Fables wraps up several plotlines and serves as a conclusion but not an ending. After all, the Fables are quasi-immortal beings and there will always be more stories for them, even if they won’t be told in the series Fables. Farewell wastes no time in quickly dispatching two of the primary antagonists of the recent storyline in order to quickly put the pieces in place for the apocalyptic Rose Red vs. Snow White showdown. The reappearance of Bigby Wolf in New […]
One Final Installment, Out With a Bang
The concluding volume of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s comic series Locke & Key is full of carnage, and I didn’t expect anything different. There is resolution, and yet so many more mysteries left to be explored in this world and with all the magical keys and the history of key house. The only truly bad thing about this book was that it had to end, after everything came to a head and we were left to see where the resulting pieces would end up. […]
Monsters in Portland
Sinergy is the story of young Jess. She’s in love, is about to go to college, and she loves hockey. She finally loses her virginity to her boyfriend Leaf and wakes up being able to see monsters for what they really are. Of which Leaf is one. Oh, and Jess’ father Jesse (yes, really) is of an order of ginger-haired monster hunters who have vowed to rid the world of evil. What follows is awkward and not just for the characters. The narrative stalls for […]
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