Home Sick Pilots Volume 1 Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Dan Watters Illustrated by: Caspar WijngaardISBN: 9781534318922Ages: Teen Home Sick Pilots, Volume 1: Teenage Haunts collects issues 1-5 of Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard’s fantastic foray into 1990’s teenage angst, possession, and haunted objects. Set in California in 1994 against the backdrop of a tumultuous and everchanging…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Kane and Able
Kane & Able Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Shaky KaneIllustrated by: Krent AbleISBN: 9781534320161Ages: Adult Just the look of Shaky Kane and Krent Able’s Kane & Able will catapult some readers back to the past; maybe to small, crowded comic book stores or perhaps to a random spiny magazine rack located in a family-owned drug store. Either…
Graphic Novel Reviews: We Live, Volume 1
We Live Published by: Aftershock ComicsWritten by: Inaki Miranda and Roy MirandaIllustrated by: Inaki MirandaISBN: 9781949028607Ages: Teen In We Live, Vol. 1 the Miranda Brothers deliver a story of hope from an Earth that has been wracked with disasters, natural and human-made. Their post-apocalyptical world is terrifyingly beautiful and desperately sad. The Earth is on the eve…
Graphic Novel Reviews: X-O Manowar (2020)
X-O Manowar Book 1 Written by: Dennis “Hopeless” HallumIllustrated by: Emilio LaisoPublisher: Valiant Entertainment, LLCGenre: Science Fiction, SuperheroISBN: 9781682153680Ages: 13+ Valiant Entertainment delights us with another installment of X-O Manowar, penned by Dennis Hopeless (Spider-Woman) and illustrated by Emilio Laiso (Spider-Man: Velocity)! Aric of Dacia is a 5th-century European prince who acquires his superhero abilities…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Embodied (An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology)
Embodied : An Intersectional Feminist Comics Poetry Anthology Written by: Various AuthorsIllustrated by: Various CreatorsPublisher: A Wave Blue WorldGenre: Anthology, PoetryISBN: 9781949518139Ages: 16+ Embodied: An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology, published by A Wave Blue World, collects poetry written and illustrated by cis-female, trans, and non-binary people who share their works in hopes that the reader…
Steve Ditko Stands Revealed in Hermes Press’ Biography
https://youtu.be/8HmxdyEX0iE Hermes Press Publisher Dan Herman presents Ditko Shrugged The first in depth biography of comics legend Steve Ditko, in his own words, is now available in Hermes Press’ Eisner Award-nominated Ditko Shrugged: The Uncompromising Life of the Artist Behind Spider-Man and the Rise of Marvel Comics (JUN201163F, $49.99), open for reorders now. Taken from…
Frank Forte and Jason Paulos Talk EEEK!
JASON PAULOS exploded onto the Australian comics scene in 1989 with the first self published issue of ‘Hairbutt The Hippo’, the story of a hard boiled anthropomorphic private eye roaming the seedy underbelly of a future city. Over the years Jason has regularly contributed to Australian MAD magazine (over 100 pages of Hairbutt strips), DC comics…
Nominees Announced for 2021 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
Comic-Con is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2021. The nominees are for works published between January 1 and December 31, 2020 and were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges. Once again, this year’s nominees in 32 categories reflect the wide range of material being published in the…
BookShelf Magazine #34 is Available Now!
BookShelf Magazine is as a handy print resource for librarians, educators, media specialists, and more! Published by Diamond, this comic-sized magazine is designed to complement the BookShelf website. BookShelf Magazine #34 is available online today, and features information on Format VS Genre. You can view the magazine here. Here’s what you’ll find in print edition of…
Upcoming Releases: July 2021
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