All the IDW Transformers books have hit their last three issues. I was going to say something profound and meaningful, or maudlin, but ugh, let’s not do that for another couple issues at least. (If ever.) See below for reviews of Lost Light #23, Optimus Prime #23, and Unicron #4.
I’ve been meaning to jump into a few more DC books, and also catch up with what Mairghread Scott’s been doing lately, so Batgirl was a pretty convenient way to do both. See below for a review of the Batgirl Annual #2.
Vacation is over, so it’s time to get back to work and tackle the growing list of new books, starting with some of the latest releases. …or I could go with the book Charlie N. Holmberg released last May, The Plastic Magician. I’ve been waiting for this one, since it’s been a couple of years since
The Hugo Award ceremony is this Sunday, August 19! Click the jump for an updated list of the finalists, including links to reviews, where you can find the stories (for free or for purchase) and my guesses for who might win the award.
This week I’m on vacation and spending a lot of time on airplanes, so I caught up on a ton of comics. Specifically: issues I’ve been wanting to read, review copies I was supposed to read, and series I should have been reading if I want to know what the heck is going on in
Only five more days until the Hugo Award ceremony, time for one more nominee review! Writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples are still telling the story of an average family (average here meaning uniquely dysfunctional and totally alien, just like every family in existence) in the middle of a galactic war, and the
All three Transformers books this week are sloooowly drawing together; you can start to see how everything’s going to fall in place in the next few issues. See below for reviews of Optimus Prime #22, Unicron #3, and Lost Light #22.
The second volume of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s ongoing series Monstress is up for a Hugo Award this year for best graphic story, just like volume 1 was up for a Hugo last year, and volume 3 (due out this September) will probably be up for a Hugo next year. This series is just that good. Volume 2 neatly contains
Whew, made it! All entries in the first four categories of the 2018 Hugo nominees read and reviewed before the award ceremony on August 19. Short stories, novelettes, novellas, and novels, including the novel Provenance by Ann Leckie. And in a list of stories that include murder mysteries, con artist capers, incomprehensible alien etiquette, races