Press Release 3/27/18 Press Release 3/27/18

WHERE WE LIVE benefit anthology contributors announced

Press Release

Image Comics is pleased to announce the list of WHERE WE LIVE: LAS VEGAS SHOOTING BENEFIT ANTHOLOGY contributors.

Curated by JH Williams III, Wendy Wright-Williams, Will Dennis, and Image Comics’ Publisher, Eric Stephenson, one hundred percent of the proceeds for the WHERE WE LIVE anthology will be donated to an existing GoFundMe campaign for the survivors in Las Vegas.

Press Release 3/15/18 Press Release 3/15/18

Lion Forge Partners With United Way of Puerto Rico For Donation of Profits From New Anthology

Press Release

Just under six months since Hurricane Maria plowed through Puerto Rico with a destructive force that left island residents desperate for survival or forced to flee to the U.S. mainland, the island is still struggling to rebound. Today, the St. Louis publisher announces their commitment to relief efforts in a partnership with United Way of Puerto Rico, in conjunction with the release of Puerto Rico Strong, a comics anthology from some of today’s top talent!

Smrithi S 3/1/18 Smrithi S 3/1/18

Review: Metropo

By Thea Srinivasan

Whenever we look for answers, we always hope that it’s always going to be simple. Even if we find the answer, we know it in our minds. But how many times do we truly comprehend the answer? Knowing and understanding are two very different things, and it’s one of the hardest concepts to grasp. But for this particular comic, the line tends to blur between knowing, understanding and predicting something from what we know. Before I continue with this review, the following book is an anthology of written and illustrated stories. It is necessarily a comic but a collection of tales from different mediums. If you do not find the idea of written stories or anthologies appealing, I’d suggest you stop reading this review.

Kelly Gaines 2/12/18 Kelly Gaines 2/12/18

Review: P M Buchan's Hangover

By Kelly Gaines

Comics like P M Buchan’s Hangover are everything that’s fun about picking up a title with no expectations, and I’m dead serious when I say I went in with NO expectations. I picked the book for a ridiculous and very me reason: I was hungover. I looked at the title and thought ‘Now here’s a book that understands me.’ Was P M Buchan’s Hangover about being hungover? No. Am I happy I read it? Absolutely. If this is what this man's hangovers are like, we need to drink together. Hangover is not one storyline, but an anthology of strange, disturbing, and darkly hilarious short comics. It’s the funny pages for anyone interested in cannibalism, Satan, and things that go bump in the night. I wouldn’t judge anyone who reads it based on that take away alone- shine on you crazy fucking diamonds. This review would go on for pages if I went story by story and talked about my likes and dislikes, so I’m going to try something new in my review structure.

Justin McCarty 9/20/17 Justin McCarty 9/20/17

Review: Millarworld Annual 2017

By Justin McCarty

This year's Millarworld Annual is out! Another new batch of writers and artists to look out for next year. Mark Millar has given a few up-and-coming artists their big break working on a few of Millarworld’s biggest titles. I was excited to see this out; I now have some artists to watch for over the next few months!

Dustin Cabeal 8/10/17 Dustin Cabeal 8/10/17

Review: Attack on Bug City!

By Dustin Cabeal

Attack on Bug City is a story in the upcoming anthology Colossal Chaos being published by Stache. I’m letting you know this up front because this is not a review of the entire anthology, nor do I have any plans to review the entire anthology. You can look for the anthology on Kickstarter if you’re interested in this story.

Sarah Miller 3/23/17 Sarah Miller 3/23/17

Review: Dates: An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction Stories

By Sarah Miller

In the introduction to this anthology, the editors, Zora Gilbert and Cat Parra, say, “we wanted to fill a book with stories about queer characters simply living life and finding happiness.” In this they have succeeded.

Dustin Cabeal 3/14/17 Dustin Cabeal 3/14/17

Review: Weekly Shonen Jump no. 15

By Dustin Cabeal

Oh boy… not a lot to review this week, but if you’re reading Weekly Shonen Jump regularly, then you’re in for a treat as this issue features One Piece, My Hero Academia, Dr. Stone, The Promised Neverland, Hungry Marie, Food Wars!, Black Clover and One-Punch Man. Most of those are series I’m reading and enjoying, but I will only be covering The Promised Neverland and the final two Jump Start series (Maybe there’s still more for next time?) Hungry Marie and Dr. Stone.

Dustin Cabeal 3/8/17 Dustin Cabeal 3/8/17

Review: Weekly Shonen Jump no. 14

By Dustin Cabeal

Welcome to my two-day late review of Weekly Shonen Jump. I am trying to get this review up and done on Monday’s when it actually releases, but so far that hasn’t happened. Well if you’re unfamiliar with how I write this review, check out previous issues or just jump in, you’ll figure it out.

Justin Wood 3/8/17 Justin Wood 3/8/17

Review: My Monster Boyfriend

By Justin Wood

As a select few of you may remember, I haven't had the best of luck with anthologies as a critic on this site. Often produced cheaply with freely obtained content from enthusiastic artists who see the unpaid labor as simply being 'part of the hustle.' Frequently your indie anthology is a disposably printed black and white magazine packed in with not-quite-there art and cliché choked flashbang stories by writers not yet sophisticated enough to be compelling in a compressed storytelling space.

Dustin Cabeal 1/10/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/10/17

From Boy Wizards to Future Cops! 2000 AD Announces 2017 Graphic Novel List for 40th Anniversary

Press Release

From boy wizards to future cops, from Martians trashing England to missions through post-apocalyptic landscapes – the 40th anniversary year of Britain’s biggest comic will be packed with incredible new collections!

Dustin Cabeal 12/28/16 Dustin Cabeal 12/28/16

Worst of 2016: Anthologies

Find out why Anthologies are on our “Worst of 2016” list.

Dustin Cabeal 11/8/16 Dustin Cabeal 11/8/16

Review: Draw Blood: A Horror Anthology #1

By Dustin Cabeal

There’s only one question to ask yourself before considering buying Draw Blood #1. Are you still interested in reading short horror comics? If so, then buy Draw Blood. If not, then we’re done here, and you can move on. I read this because it was sent to us for review. That’s the only reason. I wouldn’t have sought it out otherwise. I’m telling you this because you need to take what I say with a grain of salt.

Dustin Cabeal 10/25/16 Dustin Cabeal 10/25/16

Review: Future Quake – Summer 2016

By Dustin Cabeal

If you’re going to buy an indie comic anthology, for your money, make it Future Quake. There’s a lot of stories, and it genuinely feels as if each creator was given a minimum page count rather than a max. Each story takes the time to breathe and in some cases, develop into an interesting tale.

Dustin Cabeal 10/25/16 Dustin Cabeal 10/25/16

Review: Adam + Gill’s Trivia Game

By Dustin Cabeal

I debate if I should review Adam + Gill’s Trivia Game. I didn’t particularly like it, but I think that’s because comedy is so subjective. Whereas I didn’t find Trivia Game funny, I’m hopefully that someone reading this review will check it out and find it funny and then subsequently hate my review for not heaping praise upon it. I can live with that if it means that I help someone find this book and enjoy it.

Dustin Cabeal 10/24/16 Dustin Cabeal 10/24/16

Review: Humanescent

By Dustin Cabeal

Usually, I’m not a fan of anthologies written by one person. It takes a talented writer with a solid vision to pull off such an anthology. For the most part, creator and writer, Jacques Nyemb does just that. Humanescent is unique in that the theme isn’t superheroes, sci-fi or the typical “here’s the character tell a story with them and use these personality tropes” themed story. I’ve never read a collection of stories about “being human” and while that could come across as intentionally vague to some people, I find it to be ambitious.

Dustin Cabeal 10/21/16 Dustin Cabeal 10/21/16

Review: Doctor Crowe #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Doctor Crowe is an anthology or sorts in that there are four separate stories, but they’re all written by Corey Fryia, and each story has a different artist. It’s very similar to what other publishers do on annuals in which they invite different creators to tell a variety of stories with a set of characters, but in this instance, it’s one man telling the stories. I’m not opposed to that; I just wish it had a damn name beside "anthology."

Dustin Cabeal 10/20/16 Dustin Cabeal 10/20/16

Review: Tales for Orbit #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Over the past two years, I have read an exhausting number of anthologies. It was once a comic format that I enjoyed since you were able to read a lot of comics from a variety of creators. Now it seems as if it’s the golden standard for indie publishers to highlight a lot of new talent, which isn’t bad, but with it comes a varying degree of success. Success that I didn’t find in Tales from Orbit.