Queerness occupies a strange place in the world, pun not quite intended. From what I gather, which I hope is not my own projection, the queer and trans people I know just want to live and thrive, be nerds, have sex if we so choose or have people respect us if sexual or romantic attraction is not something we experience. We just want to be. However, systems of queerphobia have sought to prevent that throughout history, and becoming is not such an open act, out of fear or sometimes safety. So, that takes me to a manga that gets at some of this reality, though wrapped in wholesome and truly lovin ..read more

I think it can be said without the ruffling of many feathers that “comics are art.” Still, one of the biggest philosophical issues we as a society tend to run into, much like Wile E. Coyote when he crashes headfirst into a stone slab he thought was a tunnel, is the question “what is art supposed to do for us?” It’s a doozie of a question and I am not saying that this is something all comic creators can or should tackle explicitly. Some people want to make comics that are absurd and without intentional meaning. Implying, for example, that “all comics, as art, deliver the same message and feelin ..read more

In 2021 I wrote an article that briefly talked about DC Comics’ first Pride-themed comic anthology. I listed over a dozen of DC’s earliest queer characters who received no mention or reference in DC Pride, such as Coagula, Wanda, Masquerade, and Shvaughn Erin. I regret there was at least one other character whom even I didn’t think to include, that has also been forgotten by DC for nearly two decades. This character is very difficult to talk about. The handling of their gender identity is practically on the same level of wrongness as Shvaughn Erin’s was in Legion of Super-Heroes. I want to ide ..read more

Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market! AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #81 Written by Saladin Ahmed Art by Carlos E. Gomez Published by Marvel Comics – $3.99 • It’s new Spider-Man vs. newest Spider-Man!!! • The Beyond Corporation paid a lot of money for the Spider-Man trademark and does not take kindly to an unlicensed Spider-Man running around Brooklyn. • So i ..read more

Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market! BATMAN #118 Written by Josh Williamson Art by Jorge Molina & Tomeu Morey Published by DC Comics – $4.99 New creative team! Start of a new story arc as Batman leaves Gotham! “Abyss” part one! As Gotham celebrates surviving Fear State, Batman retreats alone into the darkness. But when he learns of a mystery ..read more

Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market! THE HUMAN TARGET #2 Written by Tom King Art by Greg Smallwood Published by DC Comics – $4.99 Christopher Chance now has 11 days to solve his own murder. With almost no leads, it would seem the case of his own death has gone cold…but it’s about to get a whole lot colder. Enter Ice, former member of Justice Leag ..read more

The Legion of Super-Heroes are one of the oldest teams in the history of DC Comics. What began as three time travelling teens who made an appearance in Adventure Comics #247 evolved into a group with such history and depth, by the 1980s they received their own Who’s Who series just to keep track of everyone. Up to the mid-80s, the Legion was one of DC’s most popular teams. That all changed when DC erased the characters of Superboy and Supergirl from the DCU following Crisis on Infinite Earths. Ever since, there’ve been multiple attempts to rectify how the Legionnaires were an afterthought to t ..read more

Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic shops, online retailers and book stores are different) 6 SIDEKICKS OF TRIGGER KEATON VOL. 1 Written by Kyle Starks Art by Chris Schweizer Published by Image Comics Price: $16.99 You can find it here: Bookshop.org The publisher says: For fans of CHEW and ASSASSIN NATION c ..read more

Welcome to Comicosity’s Hot Five. Hot Five is a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold in the comic market! BATMAN #119 Written by Joshua Williamson & Karl Kerschl Art by Mikel Janin, Jorge Molina & Karl Kerschl Published by DC Comics – $4.99 “Abyss” part two! For years Batman used the darkness as a weapon, but now a new enemy turns that darkness against him! Batman must team with Batman Inc.’s mysterious ne ..read more

Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic shops, online retailers and book stores are different) THE TEA DRAGON FESTIVAL Written by K. O’Neill Art by K. O’Neill Published by Oni Press Price: $12.99 You can find it here: Bookshop.org The publisher says: Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their vi ..read more