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Is Witch Hat Atelier Grimoire Edition The Perfect (Over) Size?With Witch Hat Atelier: Grimoire Edition, Kodansha may have cracked the code on providing a readable, high-end comics experience.www.weirdcitymedia.com“the majority of Marvel's recent comics have felt incredibly safe, almost more like branding exercise…” @jamielovett.bsky.social on the House of Ideas editorial shake up
Make Mine Marvel?Big changes are taking place at Marvel Comics ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, with the publisher replacing its editor-in-chief and announcing its plans to move across the country.www.weirdcitymedia.comWhat’s on your summer reading list? Here’s a few from ours…
Summer Is For Reading Scary ComicsPart one of our summer reading list series, featuring House of Blood, The HAB, Bigfoot Knows Karate, & Liber Timoris.www.weirdcitymedia.com“This won’t be a revelation for some of you, but next time you're in an unfamiliar place, see what the local comic store has on offer. You may be in for a pleasant surprise” Cc: @mattemmons.bsky.social @aaronlosty.bsky.social @secondatbest.bsky.social @oilycomics.com @challengers.bsky.social
Comics from Chicago: Daystar and RevengerDaystar offers readers a tour of the misery and mania that sentience has inflicted after an encounter with a cosmic meteorite. Plus, other discoveries from a recent trip to Chicago.www.weirdcitymedia.comOur Sunday feature is live! Digital Comics State of the Union, Part 1 By @tched.com
Digital Comics & PlatformsNeon Ichiban emerges as the only formidable contender challenging Amazon's Comixology.www.weirdcitymedia.com“To put this into context: If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, think of this as the One Ring — the single piece that rules all the others, but for digital comics...” By @tched.com
Neon Ichiban's Desktop App Plans to Unify Your Scattered Digital Comics CollectionThe startup intends to consolidate comic PDF purchases from Kickstarter & Humble Bundle alongside your Neon Ichiban library.www.weirdcitymedia.comPart 2 of our chat with Ed Brubaker is out! By @jamielovett.bsky.social
'You Can't Plan a Hit': The Ed Brubaker Criminal InterviewWe conclude our discussion with writer Ed Brubaker about Criminal, including the latest graphic novel in the noir series, Five Gears in Reverse.www.weirdcitymedia.comThe first part of our chat with Ed Brubaker about he and @seanphillips.bsky.social's Criminal. Check it out now!
Ed Brubaker on 20 years of 'Criminal' ComicsOur interview with the legendary comics scribe on keeping the seminal crime series fresh and exciting across two decades.www.weirdcitymedia.comDid you catch our latest piece yet? (Btw, signing up lets you read everything we do for FREE.)
What the Vertical Heck Is Going On, Marvel?One glance at Marvel & USA Today's new Spider-Man Infinity comic tells you something isn’t right...www.weirdcitymedia.comWhat’s the best way to connect with your kids through comics? Thoughts from two seasoned comics journalist dads on this Father’s Day.
Comics With the KiddoSome thoughts on connecting with kids through comics.www.weirdcitymedia.com"The Ultimate and Absolute Universes have a slightly different shared problem: How long can you tell a story about people trying to change the world without actually changing it, and thus bringing the story to its end?" by @jamielovett.bsky.social
Of Ultimates and AbsolutesWhat do the reimagined Marvel and DC universe's say about our present era?www.weirdcitymedia.com“Part of what makes Tezuka's comics so endearing …is the universality and relatability of the themes that run through much of his work. His stories pose questions like “How do we overcome man's cruelty toward one another?” and “What is one individual's worth in the vast universe?”
Unico and the Generational Reinvention of Osamu TezukaDiving into Scholastic's Unico, one of many recent reimaginings of the work of manga master Osamu Tezuka.www.weirdcitymedia.com“…these are the sorts of weird, let-your-mind-wander, intentionally constructed experiments within the comics medium that Alan Moore opines about the world needing more of in occasional interviews and book forewords.”
Showing up for Indie ComicsYou can't show up for art you don't know about.www.weirdcitymedia.com“Imagining what it feels like to go insane is not easy. Not if you’ve never experienced it. The only options for getting some idea are through dense academic journals or a collection of hallucinogen-heavy experiential works of fiction. Neither of which are terribly effective…”
Drugs, Comics, & Conditions.'Conditions' is an original graphic novel about drugs, insanity, and the limitations of explaining the human condition with flow charts.www.weirdcitymedia.com"It's hard to encapsulate exactly what's good about Galactic, the magazine-sized limited series comic from DSTLRY. It feels like a product of feeding the bulk of high-quality science fiction space films from the last century into a meat grinder to produce a delicious sausage." by @tched.com
Galactic Is an Exquisite Space Opera that's Familiar but FreshThe high-concept sci-fi series from DSTLRY returns. Plus, gorgeous preview pages from Galactic #2.www.weirdcitymedia.comCurious about the new Vertigo yet? We have you covered. Cc: @dc.com
Vertigo Comes Around AgainChecking in on DC’s legendary Vertigo imprint four months after relaunching with ten bold, boundary-pushing new series.www.weirdcitymedia.comWe celebrate one-shots (& continue the @kierongillen.bsky.social hype train 🙌) in our latest piece…
One-shot Comics Are WonderfulCelebrating recent short comics gems, including Kieron Gillen's Closer, Mark Russell's Polis, & manosphere-noir one-shot Pick-Up.www.weirdcitymedia.comDon’t miss part 2 of our chat with @kierongillen.bsky.social, up now!
'Mystery Is Interesting, But It's Less Interesting Than Empathy': Rolling DIE: Loaded With Kieron Gillen, Part 2Concluding our chat with Kieron Gillen, creator of hit Image Comics series Die: Loaded.www.weirdcitymedia.comHave a Sunday newsletter! Inside: @samlotfi.bsky.social’s Innards, @iambabydaddy.bsky.social’s Warm Fusion, & lots of other indie gems
Comics & Paying In AttentionA growing number of smart, research-minded types are finally starting to coalesce over an idea most of us have already figured out: the majority of what we see on the internet is algorithmically engin...www.weirdcitymedia.comFor your (pull list) considerations… We talk to @sispurrier.bsky.social about the gorgeous new DSTLRY series with @matiasbergara.bsky.social
A Mischief of Magpies Scratches at the Limits of Comics and FantasyWe talk to Si Spurrier about his new DSTLRY series with Coda collaborator Matias Bergara.www.weirdcitymedia.com