NEW COMICS: Black Panther #2, Renato Jones #1, & a Guilty Pleasure
This week, we look at three (relatively) new comics, two of which (Black Panther and Renato Jones) are timely series that tackle issues of…
Book Review: MARY WEPT OVER THE FEET OF JESUS
Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, Mary. These women, all listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, are the inspiration for Chester Brown’s latest graphic…
Comic Review: HUCK
Known for over-the-top action and gruesome violence in series like Kick-Ass, Hit Girl, and The Secret Service: Kingsman, it might come as a…
Book Review: ON PURPOSE
As election season trudges on and troubling laws are passed in places like Mississippi and North Carolina on a weekly basis, few books are as…
New Comics: BLACK PANTHER and THE FIX
Two new series kick off today that are worth checking out…and are somewhat loosely related…Marvel’s latest installment of Black Panther and Image Comics’ The Fix.…
Apocalypses Grand and Intimate: A Review of STATION ELEVEN
As big of a fan as I am of the post-apocalyptic genre (films, TV series, and novels), beautiful isn’t the first word I’d…
HUMAN ACTS: A Review
With The Vegetarian, readers have found in Han Kang a writer of immense talent. From the basis of one character’s small, private decision, she wove…
From Holiness to Horror: A Review of THE VEGETARIAN
The foundational event in Han Kang’s thrilling novel, The Vegetarian, doesn’t sound like the grounds from which a great book would emerge. Yet Kang’s…
“Children of Eden:” THE GODDAMNED, Issue 3
It’s been a bit longer of a wait for the latest issue of The Goddamned, but the wait, thankfully, is worth it. The third…