Alex Spencer
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How the Eternals connect to the Marvel universe
What should you know before seeing Marvel’s new movie Eternals? Here’s everything about the comics, the characters, their powers, and how it lines up with previous MCU movies. → Read More
Locke & Key is going to Sandman’s Hell in its first ‘and probably last’ big crossover
Writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodríguez are returning to the Lockey & Key universe for its first crossover, with the equally supernatural Sandman setting from DC Comics, as announced during New York Comic Con 2020. → Read More
Everything about the new Slaughterhouse-Five graphic novel is beautiful
Writer Ryan North and artist Albert Monteys tackle the great American anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five in their new Boom Studios comic adaptation of the iconic Kurt Vonnegut sci-fi biography about a World War II veteran and Dresden firebombing survivor who has come unstuck in time. → Read More
The rebooted Buffy comic is trying to redeem Xander
In Boom Studios’ new version of Joss Whedon’s TV show-turned-comic, writer Jordie Bellaire is dealing with one of the trickiest Problematic Fave characters from the WB series: Xander Harris. By examining toxic masculinity in a new way, Buffy and Willow’s friend has become a new Big Bad. → Read More
The story of how Jack Kirby ‘saved Marvel’s ass’ is now a comic
Marvel Comics wouldn’t be the same without artist/writer Jack Kirby. His feud with Stan Lee is the stuff of legend, and in a new biography comic form Penguin Random House, Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics, Tom Scioli tells Kirby’s story from Kirby’s perspective. → Read More
The Wicked + The Divine: a story obsessed with endings reaches its own
We talk to creators Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie on the close of their Image Comics hit, The Wicked + The Divine, a story about teens who become gods, and then have only two years to live. → Read More
The Joy of standing by your man in Into The Breach
Into The Breach isn't just about killing bugs and saving the world. It's also about saving one specific person - Isaac Jones. → Read More
I took the best music of 2018 and played it all in 2008’s best rhythm game, Audiosurf
We collect the best music of 2018, from Janelle Monae to Carly Rae Jepsen, and play it all in... Audiosurf!? Oh well. Don't call us irrelevant. → Read More
We played Die, the ‘Goth Jumanji’ game fueling Kieron Gillen’s new RPG comic book
Die is a new comic from a co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine, Kieron Gillen, about six kids who get sucked into a Dungeons & Dragons-like world. It’s also a game where you play six people who get sucked into a D&D world. → Read More
What is cyberpunk?
A woman doing her makeup as the camera slowly pulls out to reveal she’s missing the bottom half of her face, a gaping cybernetic maw in its place. A cable jacked directly into a businessman’s skull, sparking and smoking as it fries his brain. An elevator the size of an apartment, crawling up the side of a high-rise towards the sky. These are just some of the fragmented vignettes studio CD… → Read More
REVIEW: Die!Die!Die! is a Surprise Attack on the Senses from Kirkman & Burnham
Robert Kirman and Chris Bunrham's surprise comic Die!Die!Die! promises bloody mayhem and leaves you hungry for more. → Read More
The Hulk mutated over 55 years to become Marvel’s most multifaceted character
Over the Hulk’s decades of history, Marvel Comics writers have mutated the character from monster to warrior to detective and back again. → Read More
REVIEW: Catwoman #1 is an Ambitious but Flawed Debut
Joëlle Jones' first issue of Catwoman begins the job of revamping Selina Kyle, setting the stage nicely for future issues to fulfill its promise. → Read More
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning #1 Review
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning #1 is a welcome return of the characters, but doesn't capture what made the TV show special. → Read More
Ant-Man & The Wasp #1 Review: Small but Perfectly Formed Adventure
Appropriately for a story about Pym particles, Ant-Man & The Wasp #1 by Mark Waid and Javier Garrón is a pleasingly small-scale story. → Read More
Marvel’s new Hulk is a vengeance monster who can never die
Marvel Comics’ new Immortal Hulk series, by Al Ewing, is a monster story that takes the Hulk back to his horror roots. → Read More
Amazing Spider-Man #800 is All Your Spider-Favorites in One Big Issue
Amazing Spider-Man #800 sees Dan Slott and some of his most famous artistic collaborators take on everything you love about Spidey in 80-plus pages. → Read More
Stan Lee’s comics legacy is embroiled in accusations, lawsuits and challenges
Making sense of the web of allegations surrounding the 95-year old widower → Read More
X-Men: The Wedding Special Doesn't Feature a Wedding, Isn't Particularly Special
X-Men: The Wedding Special succeeds in some moments and stumbles in others, but overall feels like an inessential part of the story. → Read More
No Surrender Shows How Comic Books do a Blockbuster Avengers Story
If Infinity War left you wanting more high-stakes Avengers action, recently wrapped comic book story No Surrender is the perfect place to turn. → Read More