(courtesy IDW Publishing) SNAPSHOTEnsign, report to the bridge! Board the U.S.S. Cerritos for a mission to the enigmatic Qvanti system as the hit Paramount+ animated series comes to comics! Captain Carol Freeman leads her crew on an expedition aimed to build bridges and advance Federation technology, but she and the Continue Reading
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Book review: Charles M. Schulz – The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects by Benjamin L. Clark, Nat Gertler and the Charles M. Schulz Museum
(courtesy Simon & Schuster) When you have loved Peanuts as long as this review has, it’s all too easy to assume you know everything about the comic strip and its creator, the legendarily talented Charles M. Schulz. But even though I started buying secondhand copies for twenty and thirty cents Continue Reading
Comic strip review: MUTT’s Walking Home by Patrick McDonnell
(courtesy Andrews McMeel Books) One of the reasons you read a well-written and beautifully drawn comic strip is to spend time with characters you love. Sure, it helps if they look appealing and they’re funny and the world they inhabit is one you wouldn’t mind being a part of too, Continue Reading
Weekday character poster pop art: Marvel’s Secret Invasion
(courtesy Marvel.com) SNAPSHOTIn Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion, set in the present-day MCU, Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart Continue Reading
Heroically beyond Gaul: Asterix & Obelix – The Middle Kingdom (L’empire du milieu)
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTPrincess Fu Yi, the only daughter of the Chinese Emperor Han Xuandi, escapes from a rogue prince, Deng Tsin Qin, and flees to Gaul, seeking help from Asterix and Obelix. (courtesy Wikipedia) I can remember exactly when in my long-go childhood that I discovered the comic book Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: The intertwining tales of Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories (1-4) #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay
Any journey into the world of Star Wars is a good one. Granted some of the delivery may not be the best at times but overall the franchise has a knack for crafting beguiling tales full of characters who, by virtue of being out in space, have a certain exotically Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Paper Girls volumes 1 & 2 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer) and Cliff Chiang (artist)
Time travel is always a compelling element to add to the narrative mix. There’s the inherent upsetting of the linear natural order, the frisson of excitement that comes from wildly unpredictable parts trying to fit into a whole to which they don’t organically belong and the confusion/thrill of characters grappling Continue Reading
Get ready for a “different vibe”: Heartstopper season 2 drops a teaser trailer and release date
SNAPSHOTNick and Charlie navigate their new relationship, Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) face unforeseen challenges and Tao (William Gao) and Elle (Yasmin Finney) work out if they can ever be more than just friends. With exams on the horizon, a school trip to Paris and a prom to Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Love and War by writer Andrew Wheeler, and artists Guillermo Saavedra and Killian Ng
Unrequited love is a terrible thing. But then so is love that is seemingly mutual and then never really goes anywhere, a flicker of romantic hope that holds so much promise but fails to deliver on it, crushing at least one of the people involve who wonders, understandably, again and Continue Reading
Worlds will collide: Official trailer released for Disney’s American Born Chinese
SNAPSHOT“Worlds will collide.” Jin Wang (Ben Wang), struggling with his school life and home life, meets the new foreign exchange student at his school, leading him to become involved in a battle between Gods of Chinese mythology. American Born Chinese is a series created by Kelvin Yu – a character Continue Reading