Just over a year ago, Marvel Comics launched a new line of phone-friendly, in-canon digital comics series — the catch was that you could only read them if you subscribed to Marvel Unlimited. But the […]
In Other Ever Afters, Melanie Gillman’s new graphic novel collection of fairy tales, queer people find happiness, community, and kindness. It feels almost revolutionary, updating fairy tales’ traditional mores, using fantasy and folklore as a […]
Opening Nov. 11, “Black Panther” sequel “Wakanda Forever” introduces a character who could be counted among the foundational figures of Marvel Comics: Namor the Submariner, played by Tenoch Huerta. “This new version responds to this […]
Eros, aka Starfox, is played by Harry Styles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but in Marvel Comics he’s currently being played by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Valerio Schiti. In the final page of last […]
As acclaimed series like The Sandman have shown, there are few cultural pairings sweeter than folklore and comics. Tiny but mighty indie comics publisher Iron Circus Comics is continuing this tradition with the sixth and […]
Photo Credit: Bruno Emmanuelle Last month, stand-up star Lewis Black became the latest comedian to sue SiriusXM’s Pandora amid a broader royalties dispute. Now, evidence suggests that SiriusXM is attempting to compel different comedy professionals […]
There’s more to this week’s Disney Plus premiere of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law than just comic book Easter eggs; there’s also free comics. And if the new series is anything like Moon Knight, there’s the […]
And because superheroes like to inter-marry like aristocrat families, Lyta’s dead husband Hector Hall is the son of the 1940s Hawkman and later became the 2000s Doctor Fate; in superhero comics, being dead is never […]
This week, Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman makes its debut. It’s been a long, long road for the adaptation of the legendary comic, and Gaiman’s involvement helped keep the adaptation true to his […]
Paper Girls brought a mix of ‘80s nostalgia and time-traveling to life in its first season. Many fans praised the show for staying true to the comics’ aesthetics and overall narrative. And the strong performances […]
Netflix’s fantasy series The Sandman opens with a small chunk of exposition explaining its protagonist Morpheus, the King of Dreams — which is much more than comics readers got when Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series launched […]
This story contains spoilers for “Paper Girls” on Prime Video. “Paper Girls” features time travel, opposing future factions in a secret time war, mysterious technology and even giant robot battles, but at its core it […]
Since she debuted in 2014, Kamala Khan has been explicitly Muslim, and one who incorporates Islam into her heroism. Right after she underwent Terrigenesis and received her polymorphic powers in her second-ever issue, she recites […]
It is inarguable that the “healing factor” is one of the more impactful superpowers out there, and yet it raises many questions once you think about it for more than a second. How do people […]
After decades of developmental back and forth, the screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s iconic comic-book series “The Sandman” is finally arriving on Netflix on Aug. 5. The fantasy series follows Morpheus, aka Dream, a powerful […]
[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel episode 4.] As Kamala Khan will tell you in her very own comic series, Jersey City, New Jersey, isn’t exactly chockablock with superheroes. If she wants […]
Like many fans, the first time Iman Vellani encountered Marvel superhero Kamala Khan was on the cover of a comic book. With a comic book shop right across from her high school, Vellani — a […]
The final page of this week’s Catwoman held a big surprise for fans of Batman: The Animated Series: the first appearance of Red Claw in DC Comics continuity. What, you don’t remember Red Claw, the […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness isn’t just about Stephen Strange and his personal problems — the Sam Raimi movie also introduces a brand new superheroine to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: The star-spangled America […]
More than a decade after his death, it’s not uncommon to see clips from George Carlin’s stand-up sets circulating. Carlin was an irreverent, searing, and deeply funny comic. Over the course of his decades-long career, […]