Sex Criminals #1 Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Chip Zdarsky Publisher: Image Comics Sex Criminals #1 is one of the weirdest comics of 2013. The basic premise is that the main character, Suzie, can stop time every time she has an orgasm. The comic emphasizes Suzie’s slow discovery of her “power” and uses a non-linear narrative. The …
Sidekick #1 Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Artist: Tom Mandrake Colors: HiFi Publisher: Image In its opening page, Sidekick #1 revels in the Silver Age of Comics where teen sidekicks saved the day, and villains used harmless gimmicks and didn’t kill anyone. But like any good Image book, it turns these tropes on their collective heads and plunges …
Alpha Girl – Volume 1 Collects issues #1-5 Written by Jean-Paul Bonjour & Jeff Roenning Pencils by Robert Love Colours by Diego Simone Published by Image Comics We are living in zombie times, where there is an abundance of all-things zombie in today’s popular culture, giving us a mix of many good zombie-related things, as …
Dia De Los Muertos Written by Alex Link, Christopher E. Long and Dirk Manning Artwork by Riley Rossmo and Jean-Paul Csuka Colors by Nick Johnson, Riley Rossmo and Megan Wilson Published by Image Comics Anthology comics are a hard thing to make work, mostly because in order to work, the writer has to make …
Snapshot #1 (of 4) Writer: Andy Diggle Art: Jock Letters: Clem Robbins Publisher: Image Comics While the comic book medium houses some of the most original stories of ours, or any generation, one glaring weakness the medium suffers from is separation anxiety. By breaking up a larger story into smaller parts, it can be difficult …
Here is Part Two of the top Canadians making waves in the comic industry. For Part One click here! Ray Fawkes The formatting of a comic book is what makes the medium so unique. It allows for an extra layer of nuanced storytelling that you cannot find elsewhere. It’s this respect for structure that makes …