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The Gotham City Sirens Are Taking Over Riverdale in Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica

The premise to DC and Archie Comics’ crossover special Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica reads like a piece of fan fiction, something television or film studio executives dream about but would never dare actually writing. Obviously, this is why the comic’s first two issues, written by Marc Andreyko and Paul Dini with illustrations…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Road to Captain America’s Redemption Starts in the Most Cap-Worshipping Town in America

Steve Rogers has been through hell. Marvel’s Secret Empire event took the character to a dangerous place, one that spent the best part of a year muddying the public image of both one of comics’ most beloved heroes and his publisher. This week, the Steve we knew is back, but his new comic isn’t quite…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

November Is Here, Which Means You Can Add These New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Your Shelves

Andy Weir’s follow-up to The Martian, the moon-heist thriller Artemis, is finally here, but that’s just one of dozens of new scifi and fantasy books out this month. The days are shorter, it’s cold and rainy outside, and there’s no better time to pick out a new book or five to stay home and read.…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

In DC’s New Black Lightning Comic, Jefferson Pierce Is a Hero Reimagined For a New Era

When Tony Isabella first brought Black Lightning to DC Comics back in 1977, the world of comic books was a vastly different place across all publishers. Black heroes were few and far between and the stories about them didn’t always render the characters as fully-realized, three-dimensional people. It was in Jefferson Pierce that DC found…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

You Won’t Believe the Insane Detail In These Incredible Movie Maps

If you frequent pop culture websites like ours, you see a lot of pop culture art. And at some point, it may all blend together. But one artist does something that’s so different, so out of the box, once you see it, you never forget it. That artist is Andrew DeGraff. DeGraff’s approach to pop…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Is Going Back to Middle School Thanks to a New Comic Book

Buffy Summers and the Scooby Gang haven’t been on television in quite some time now, although they live on in a rather intense comic book series from Dark Horse that pushes boundaries the show never would have. But Buffy’s getting another new story that reinvents the character for an all-new series aimed at middle school…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Spirit of Wonder Woman Is Waging War on the World of Men in This Horrifying Comic

DC’s House of Horrors anthology is, in no uncertain terms, a collection of stories that dig deep into the hearts of DC’s classic heroes and wrenches out the deepest, darkest, most horrific parts of them that we don’t usually see in comics. This is particularly true of the book’s Wonder Woman story. Of all the…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

DC Comics Turned Superman’s Origin into a Horror Story and It’s Terrifyingly Great

Sure, he might be the last son of Krypton, but the Superman we all know and love came to Earth as a mostly harmless little baby alien. What if Smallville’s first alien contact had been a little… deadlier? That’s the excellent premise behind a spooky, intense story in DC Comics’ new horror anthology. Part of DC…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Here’s Marvel’s Canceled Promo Comic for Defense Contractor Northrop Grumman

It’s difficult to imagine what sort of response Marvel expected when it announced a partnership with Northrop Grumman, the fifth largest defense contractor in the world. But the publisher’s decision to axe the deal following a swift wave of backlash suggests that it didn’t anticipate people being turned off. The story was intended to be…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Wonder Woman’s Long-Lost Sister Just Reappeared in the Most Unexpected Place

Diana of Paradise Island met her match in 1974’s Wonder Woman #204. That’s when Nubia, a black woman clad in full body armor claiming that she was the one true Wonder Woman, challenged her to battle for the title before Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Unbeknownst to either of the women, their evenly matched power…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Jean Grey Just Snatched a Huge Secret About the Phoenix Out of Emma Frost’s Head

The last time Scott Summers saw his ex-wife Jean Grey alive, she’d managed to fulfill her destiny of becoming the White Phoenix of the Crown, a nearly perfect version of the normally destructive cosmic firebird. This latest version of the Phoenix retained its sanity and had the potential to become one of the greatest forces…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Punisher MAX: The Platoon Is Exactly the Kind of Story Frank Castle Needs Right Now

Depending on who you ask, Frank Castle is a symbol for a number of different and sometimes conflicting ideas. To some, he’s a dangerous antihero who represents the darkness that all costumed crimefighters are on the verge of slipping into. To others, he’s an idealized embodiment of the United State’s military might. When we talk…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Fall in Love With BB-8 All Over Again With These Beautiful Paintings

With all the talk about how cute the porgs are in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, let’s not forget the original cute sequel trilogy character: BB-8. He stars in the new book BB-8 On the Run by Drew Daywalt, with art by Matthew Myers. The story takes place before BB-8 meets Rey in The Force…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Who Has the Sillier Car-Based Tie-In Comic: Black Panther or Justice League?

There is often no stranger advertising partnership between a comic book movie and a car manufacturer. Not just because the thought of superheroes who can run at superhuman speeds or fly being used to shill a car is weird, but because it often means a completely insane comic tie-in to go with it. And they’re…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Jughead: The Hunger‘s Frank Tieri on Archie’s New Horror Series and Betty Cooper, Werewolf Hunter

This week, the latest chapter in the excellent Archie Horror saga begins anew. The delightful one-shot comic about Jughead turning into a bloodthirsty werewolf, Jughead: The Hunger, begins its life as an ongoing series, and we sat down with writer Frank Tieri to see what we can expect from the new book. The new series—still written…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A Fire Story Illustrates the Human Cost of the California Wildfires

This month, wildfires tore through Northern California. As of the most recent estimates, they have killed 42 people and destroyed 8,400 structures, including many privates residences. In A Fire Story, Brian Fies uses a diary comic to tell the story of just one of those homes: his. “Making comics seems to be how I deal…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

In This Comic, Squirrel Girl Author Ryan North Faces the Dark Truth About Elmer Fudd

Ryan North is a funny, smart guy. But if comics writer and artist Jason Latour is to be believed, he has some bad opinions about Looney Tunes. In a comic called “Porky Pig vs. Ryan North,” first posted on Twitter, Latour, who does art on Southern Bastards and writes for Spider-Gwen (and who co-created both),…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

In Star Wars, Droids Can Also Find Love

Star Wars has droids for everything: translation, repairs, services, what have you—but, apparently, those droids do much more than we ever thought. In issue #20 of the Marvel’s Poe Dameron comic, it was revealed that BB-8 has some kind of love interest. No. Really. Here are the two pages in question. Apparently Poe’s personal X-Wing…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

The Mighty Thor #700 Paints a Bold Future for All of Marvel’s Different Thunder Gods

Even before Marvel made it the cornerstone of its new publishing initiative, not many of its comics have tackled the concept of “legacy” as much as The Mighty Thor. So it makes sense that its first issue under the new banner isn’t just about looking to the past, but carving a path for the future…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

We Finally Know What the Black Panther Was Up to Before Captain America: Civil War

As frustrating as the Black Panther’s absence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe up until Captain America: Civil War might have been, it makes plenty of sense when you remember that as a rule, the nation of Wakanda keeps to itself while the rest of the world gets caught up in global drama. But Wakanda being…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Gotham City Sirens Are Taking Over Riverdale in Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica

The Road to Captain America’s Redemption Starts in the Most Cap-Worshipping Town in America

November Is Here, Which Means You Can Add These New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Your Shelves

In DC’s New Black Lightning Comic, Jefferson Pierce Is a Hero Reimagined For a New Era

You Won’t Believe the Insane Detail In These Incredible Movie Maps

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Is Going Back to Middle School Thanks to a New Comic Book

The Spirit of Wonder Woman Is Waging War on the World of Men in This Horrifying Comic

DC Comics Turned Superman’s Origin into a Horror Story and It’s Terrifyingly Great

Here’s Marvel’s Canceled Promo Comic for Defense Contractor Northrop Grumman

Wonder Woman’s Long-Lost Sister Just Reappeared in the Most Unexpected Place

Jean Grey Just Snatched a Huge Secret About the Phoenix Out of Emma Frost’s Head

Punisher MAX: The Platoon Is Exactly the Kind of Story Frank Castle Needs Right Now

Fall in Love With BB-8 All Over Again With These Beautiful Paintings

Who Has the Sillier Car-Based Tie-In Comic: Black Panther or Justice League?

Jughead: The Hunger‘s Frank Tieri on Archie’s New Horror Series and Betty Cooper, Werewolf Hunter

A Fire Story Illustrates the Human Cost of the California Wildfires

In This Comic, Squirrel Girl Author Ryan North Faces the Dark Truth About Elmer Fudd

In Star Wars, Droids Can Also Find Love

The Mighty Thor #700 Paints a Bold Future for All of Marvel’s Different Thunder Gods

We Finally Know What the Black Panther Was Up to Before Captain America: Civil War

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