Comics and Graphic Novels

Slashers 101 is Stacie Ponder’s zine-sized cartoon-format exploration of her favorite horror subgenre. If you’ve seen one, you’ve kind of seen ‘em all. Stacie Ponder actually has seen ‘em all.

Horror comics share one important thing with horror movies: Most of them don’t really scare you. The ones that leave a mark mess with your head. They follow you to bed after the story’s done and make it hard to drift off to sleep. Here are 13 that do just that.

Here are ten recent comic releases, some hyped, some not, all interesting in some way, even if they’re interestingly terrible. Hell, one’s got a haunted vagina.

As before, we’ll be looking at how newcomer-friendly a comic is, how well it stands on its own and if it’s any damn good.

If you’ve ever thought about getting into comics and haven’t known where to start, we shoot straight on title after title in this series. Some of these are good, and some are damn good.

As before, we weigh whether the comic is newcomer-friendly, whether it stands on its own and doesn’t require buying another title to get more of the story, and whether it’s any damn good.

If you’ve been wanting to follow the adventures of Superman or Batman or Swamp Thing but you’ve been holding back because you feel like you’d have to wade through thousands of comics stories even to understand what’s happening … now’s a good time to start.

We finally conclude the saga of Spider Jerusalem and his Filthy Assistants.

Reading through Transmetropolitan: this week’s reading involves invisible snipers, explosions and the reveal of Yelena’s father.

Howard the Duck might have flopped big time on the big screen, but the comic book lives on.

Spider Jerusalem gets into some serious trouble and burns some people alive.

Cowboys & Aliens is based (very loosely, it seems) on a 2006 graphic novel that contains no Jake Lonergan, no shackle, no Colonel Dolarhyde, and no Ella.

The first issue of Captain America Comics was dated March 1941. No need to catch up on 70 years of comic lore before Captain America opens in theatres. Here’s your crash course.

Spider Jerusalem continues his crusade against injustice while having a few side adventures along the way and his assistants finally get their due.

Spider Jerusalem continues to see the truth and reek havoc on those who are corrupt.