In a year of rampant misogyny and cringe-inducing comment threads, comic books have surprisingly been one of the most welcoming places to find respite from the deluge of daily sexual…
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1. Sex Criminals (No. 8, Oct 2014, Image) – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky The word of the month is education. Anyone who has taught in a traditional classroom setting…
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Marvel turns 75 this fall! And September marks their big story arc event Death of Wolverine. Whether you’re a longtime reader of the comics or a casual fan of the…
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1. Death of Wolverine (No. 1, Nov 2014, Marvel) – Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, Jay Leisten & Justin Ponsor September marks Marvel’s big event title, Death of Wolverine. Surgically written…
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1. Alex + Ada (No. 8, Aug 2014, Image) – Sarah Vaughn & Jonathan Luna Revisiting my conversation with Janice Lee on the topic of cyborgs got me thinking about…
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1. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (No. 25, May 2009, Dark Horse) – Doug Petrie, Georges Jeanty, Andy Owens & Michelle Madsen Nothing quite like an all-female slayer army to capture…
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1. Y: The Last Man (No. 1, Sep 2002, Vertigo) – Brian K. Vaughn, Pia Guerra & Jose Marzan What better gift on Mother’s Day than the wholesale annihilation of…
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1. She-Hulk (No. 3, June 2014, Marvel) – Charles Soule, Javier Pulido & Muntsa Vicente I’m a sucker for superheroines. When Kari Larsen recently posted a “girlcanon” list of her…