Writer / Artist: Justin Randall Gestalt Comics, 2023 There must be a word to describe the genre of horror science fiction which involves the sort of dead, remote Australia most people are only familiar with from the Mad Max movies. “Outback dystopia”, perhaps, which sounds much better than “Road Warrior Australian”. This title, Cavity, is … Read more
Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Stuart Immomen Image Comics, May 2022 The marketing copy for the second volume of The Magic Order reads as follows: A magical turf war like you’ve never seen before! The London chapter of the Magic Order has entered the scene, and these tough Guy Ritchie-style gangsters have a problem with the … Read more
Writer: Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham Artists: Tony Aikens and team Vertigo Comics, 2009 GO GIRL AND DO WHAT YOU DO BEST! Such an exclamation appears to be the basis of Jack’s appeal; he let’s you do your thing your own way. Anarchy and agency go together. Jack in charge feels like freedom for a minute. … Read more
Writer/Artist: Hal Foster and epigoni Fantagraphics TRAVELING MAKES GOOD ADVENTURE, depending on who goes with you. Sunday mornings in a house with a daily newspaper, since my youth decades ago and still today, traveling a while with PRINCE VALIANT inside the comic pages through luscious landscapes and pointed encounters with a wide variety of characters—maidens, … Read more