Comic Review
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Kiss of the Rose Princess
Guilty pleasures come in all categories—food, books, and TV shows, to name a few. But none of these are as quirky as manga, which can…
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Swamp Things and Singing True: a Review of the comic Bayou
If you’re going to build a world with words, look at Jeremy Love’s comic book series Bayou for inspiration—you can’t go wrong. What began as…
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Not Your Usual Post-Apocalypse: The World of Stand Still Stay Silent
Ninety years later, everything is gone. Everything except Scandinavia, that is. Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland are all that remain of the Known world,…
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Jessica Jones: It’s Time to Learn Her Name
When Marvel announced that it would be putting out several series on Netflix about street-level heroes, they told us who we’d be getting: Daredevil, Luke…
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Sandman : Handful of Dust
When a young Neil Gaiman first approached Vertigo comics about The Sandman, he was pitching a simple revival of the 70s series of the…
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Your Daily Dose of Comics: an Interview With Dakota McFadzean
If you’ve been to a comic arts festival in Toronto you can bet you’ve seen Dakota McFadzean there, selling his books and sketches. This Canadian…
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Without Fear: The Devil in Depression
Superheroes have struggles and conflict. Their stories need this. Without conflict, they wouldn’t have any reason to wear spandex and go jumping off rooftops. But…
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The Stuff What Don’t Get Spoke: Hawkeye and Disability Done Well
“You can get it all back.” Hawkeye (Vol. 4) written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by David Aja (Vol. 4), is arguably the best comic book…
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Mind Games: Deconstructing the Heroic Death in Eternal Sabbath
This review contains spoilers. For the ordinary person being a hero is a compelling notion, as it represents the apex of humanity: saving others at…
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The First of Many Nights
This past TCAF (Toronto Comics Art Festival) I was wandering the webcomic floor when I stumbled upon a treasure trove: a beautifully drawn, full-colour comic…
The Spectatorial 