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DC Comics celebrates Pride Month with an inspired lineup of queer creators
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Aminder Dhaliwal's bold new graphic novel plays with the medium in intriguing ways
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[This review reveals major plot points for Way Of X #1.]
For decades, Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters was a comic-book urban legend. Originally pitched in 1984 as an Incredibl…
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The entertainment industry feeds on the young, exploiting their naïveté and beauty and then abandoning them in a…
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For his comic book debut, Keanu Reeves embraces the medium’s long history of taking established concepts, filing off…
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(This review reveals major plot events in King In Black #1-#3.)
From the shiny hardwood floor of a basketball court to the far reaches of space, this year’s best comics took…
James Stokoe is one of the most reliable comic-book creators when it comes to delivering pure awe. As a…
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(This review reveals major plot points of X Of Swords.)
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Some friendships are like hitchhiking. You’re desperate for someone to take you where you need to go—the final…
In 2017, comic fans discovered an unexpected dream team when writer Mike Mignola and artist Adam Hughes released Hell…
Alison Bechdel has played a major role in bringing graphic novels into the mainstream, with her 2006 graphic memoir, …
After a summer largely devoid of big-screen action blockbusters, there’s a hunger for stories that deliver…
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(This review reveals major plot points for Batman: Three Jokers #1 and #2.)
For decades, M.O.D.O.K. has been one of the biggest jokes in superhero comics, a supervillain whose ridiculous…
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Most people wouldn’t consider the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) franchise a well of emotional complexity, but…
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For too long, naturalistic coloring or the absence of color have been the norm for comics targeted to mainstream…
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[Note: This review reveals major plot points for Empyre #1.]
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For many queer youth, escape is the ultimate goal. Escaping a family that won’t accept you; escaping a society that…