Reviews

I always enjoy visiting the Boston Metaphysical Society, the clockwork steampunk world Madeleine Holly-Rosing created. Her unique vision of a delightfully different past always has me wanting to read more of...

Most of us have a deep nostalgia for childhood, for that rare and precious time in which imagination reigns unconstrained and we live a life mostly free of concerns about mortality, identity and social status....

“It’s easy, David: don’t try to be a star. BE A STAR!” Elkin: Legend has it that early in his career, after struggling on the outskirts of fame for years, David Bowie pulled a con on popular...

For the past decade, cartoonist Noah Van Sciver has been publishing his one-man anthology series, BLAMMO. Kilgore Books has recently released the latest in the series and we here at Comics Bulletin were so...

Spidey Zine By Hannah Blumenreich Distributed by Gumroad Available Here Hannah Blumenreich’s Spidey Zine delights in every way and it’s free. Well, duh it better be. Parody comes as easy in...

Daniel Elkin: Sometimes a simple pronoun can shape how the personal is understood and how that forms its relationship with the universal. Not only do pronouns create identity (in terms of identification for...

Continuing our look at Comics Poetry, Austin Lanari reviews the latest issue of INK BRICK, a comics poetry journal edited by Alexander Rothman, Paul K. Tunis, and Alexey Sokolin.   The preferred argument...

PARECOMIC: The Story of Michael Albert and Participatory Economics Written by Sean Michael Wilson Drawn by Carl Thompson Seven Stories Press 2106 ISBN: 978-1-60980-456-5 Nice to know that with the...

The comic discussed here is available through Joe Hunter's Patreon. If I was a kid then Dean Ambrose would be my favorite wrestler. The guy’s got the inherent likability of your uncle who makes Mom...

GLORIOUS WRESTLING ALLIANCE By Josh Hicks Available HERE The relationship between professional wrestling sports entertainment and comic books is a natural one. Both rely on thickly overly-emotive melodrama...

In an era where wrestlers are frequently pushed because of their marketing appeal and demographic metrics, current WWE Champion Dean Ambrose stands out as a bit of an enigma.  Ambrose got his start working...

Dog City #4 Various artists, Editor not listed Dog City Press 2015 ISBN: 9781516949182 two stars Writers of comics, rejoice! You are needed! Having read a few recent comics journals (called by some...

(Editor's note: This is a long discussion about the most recent volume of Best American Comics.  I mean, it's really long.  Esteemed gentlemen Mr. Elkin and Mr. Sacks gave me permission to edit it down, but...

THE NECROPHILIC LANDSCAPE by Tracy Auch Published by 2dCloud Available from 2DCloud. I’m going to come right out and say that I didn’t like Tracy Auch’s The Necrophilic Landscape on my first read,...

I first met Colleen Frakes a couple of years back at GeekGirlCon, a local convention devoted to supporting fans from outside the normal white male cohort to be proud of their geekly pursuits. I had a pleasant...