Cogs & Corsets: A Steampunk Happening is a fantastic convention in historic downtown Bloomington, Illinois.

Isola is a fantasy comic out of Image Comics from Brendan Fletcher and Karl Kerschl with colors by MSassyK (Michele Assarasakorn). Released in April of 2018, the book follows two women on a quest to the island of Isola to find a way to lift a curse. Isola is set in its own unique world … [Read more…]

Comichaus is a small indie comic marketplace based out of the UK that launched in 2015. They have a ton of features for both creators and collectors. Among these services is a place to buy and sell comics as well as an app to read digital comics for a small subscription fee, and a way … [Read more…]

Peter Simeti was in the middle of a live stream on Feburary 12th when local police showed up at his door. They were responding to a false report that an anonymous person called in, claiming to be Simeti and stating he had just stabbed his girlfriend and was going to hurt himself. According to the … [Read more…]

Knights of the Dinner Table is a long running comic and gaming magazine that got its start as a small comic strip in Shadis magazine in 1990. It wasn’t long before the comic began publishing as stand alone issues, but remained in Shadis for a few years. It came up again in Dragon Magazine published … [Read more…]

Rose is an original fantasy comic from writer Meredith Finch, with art by Ig Guara, and published by Image Comics. The book follows a young woman who is believed to be the last Guardian, a group of protectors in the world who bond with great cats. These guardians and their Khat allies are all but … [Read more…]

Editor’s Note: I was provided a review copy of this book by the publisher. Once again Alterna delivers a unique and original story, this time from writer Dave Swartz and artist Joseph Cooper. Feast or Famine feels like something right out of the Burroughs/Howard era of pulp adventure and old-world science fiction. It is set … [Read more…]

Oddly Normal is a comic written and Illustrated by Otis Frampton, and published by Image Comics. It is a re-aimagining of a collection released in 2006. While classified as a children’s comic, it’s not childish at all, or written too young to be enjoyed by adults. I picked it up the TPB after seeing some … [Read more…]

Fathom Volume 6 is a trade paperback collection of Fathom issues 1-8 of the new Aspen Universe books. The story arc is written by Blake Northcott with art by Marco Renna, and starts off the new tales of Aspen Matthews with a bang. The story pits Aspen against her own people to protect humans against … [Read more…]

I owe this to y’all, so here it be:  2017, a year in review.  SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!    TOP 11 MOVIES OF THE YEAR  11) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle:  Eleven because I couldn’t knock the list down to ten.  This is probably the best live-action video game movie of all time.  And it isn’t even based on a video game.  Yeah.  The … [Read more…]