Artist Depicts Bernie Sanders as INVINCIBLE
Is Bernie Sanders invincible? One artist appears to think so. With the American presidential race in full swing, memes of candidates from both ends of the political spectrum dominate the internet....
View ArticleCitizen Jack: He’s Perfect If You Hate Politicians
This August we will get the first 6 issues of Citizen Jack collected into a trade paperback. It’s excellent timing as election day approaches. We’ll have our top candidates vying for our attention....
View ArticleReview: Campaigners Tackling the World
Campaigners #1 Writer: Brendan Hykes Artist: MJ Barros Zero Press $1.99 Election years always have some representation in comics, one of the most famous examples is Barack Obama being featured in...
View ArticleThe Time Luke Cage Told Trump to F&*k Off
Every now and again, comic books are topical. Even more rarely, they are accidentally topical. On very, very, super-rare occasions, they are accidentally topical in retrospect. Thanks, Luke Cage....
View ArticleJustice League Cast Supports Pipeline Protestors
In North Dakota, conflict has characterized the last several months. A company called Dakota Access wants to build an oil pipeline across Native lands, and have desecrated Native landmarks to do so....
View ArticleDISCOURSE DISH: Peter David and Fallen Idols — a Personal Narrative
This week, I wasn’t sure I would get a Discourse Dish out. I have an interview to do today with Steve Orlando, after all. And I hoped that I would have nothing to report on, no discourse to get...
View ArticlePREVIEW: First Look at FAITH #5 From Valiant Comics
Valiant Comics has released an extended 10-page preview of next week’s issue of Faith from writers Jody Houser and Louise Simonson. The new issue will focus on the upcoming 2016 US Presidential...
View ArticleBlack Mask Goes All In On Dystopia With CALEXIT
Launching Calexit shows that Black Mask Comics is utterly fearless. When it comes to publishers willing to tackle real-world social issues in the pages of “funnybooks”, no one has been bolder than the...
View ArticleBLACK PANTHER’s Chadwick Boseman Talks Wakanda’s Politics
For Black Panther, escaping politics is impossible. For a character who shares a name with one of America’s most radical racial political movements, trying to avoid the topic entirely would have been...
View Article#ComicsHatesNazis: Creators, Fans, Press Rally Around Antifascist Hashtag
Never say that comic books shouldn’t be political, because writers, fans, and press will prove you wrong. Earlier today, in response to Nazi/white supremacist rallies last night and today in Virginia,...
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