Diamond Comic Distributors announce they are shutting their doors due to the Coronavirus. What does this mean for weekly comics and comic book stores. Plus our Top 5 and more!
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Welcome to Comic Frontline’s Panel of the Year! Every week, the cast of Comic Frontline has picked our panels, which you have voted on. Now, we call on you to vote from those winners for your favorite Panel of the Year!
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This week, Teen Lantern’s origin is revealed in Young Justice #9, Immortal Hulk gets an Absolute Carnage tie-in, Ms. Marvel is a playable character in the upcoming Avengers video game, Al Ewing takes over writing Guardians of the Galaxy, Donny Cates to write Thor, a few wrestling sidetracks, and more will be discussed!
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By: Nicole D’Andria The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is an anthology series featuring a mixture of prose and comics. These stories feature love, dating and sex. Over 50 creators came together to write and/or illustrate for this anthology, including Booker Award–winning novelist Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), Trina Robbins (Wonder Woman), Marguerite Bennett (A-Force) and Marjorie Liu (Astonishing X-Men, Monstress). The anthology was compiled and edited by Hope Nicholson, a Winnipeg-based comic book publisher and the owner of Bedside Press. She is also the consulting editor on the upcoming…
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By: Nicole D’Andria Margaret Atwood, the Booker Award-winning author of The Blind Assassin, The Handmaid’s Tale and The Heart Goes Last will be releasing her first graphic novel ever. Dark Horse Comics will be publishing Angel Catbird, three graphic novels intended for all-ages. Angel Catbird is described by acquiring editor Daniel Chabon as “a strange mix of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, Grant Morrison, and Chas Truog’s Animal Man, and Ryan North and Erica Henderson’s Squirrel Girl… Angel Catbird is a humorous, action-driven, pulp-inspired story. And the only other thing I…
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By: Nicole D’Andria With a promising premise, I expect entertainment cubed from this title! While it hasn’t quite reached outstanding territory, this was a good start to what could become a great series. If it doesn’t fall to the clichés that are brushing at its panels… For Kenny Logan’s eighteenth birthday he receives more than he thought possible: a cube that can transform matter into anything he can imagine. Unfortunately, a Nazi scientist wants the cube to take over the world (Of course!) and a government agent wants the cube…
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By: Nicole D’Andria Danganronpa is a critically acclaimed video game series and anime. Did you enjoy Battle Royale? Want to add in a little Phoenix Wright? Then you’ll probably enjoy Danganronpa. Now, Dark Horse Comics has licensed the Danganronpa manga and is bringing it to the US. The release of the Danganronpa manga was originally announced at Anime Central. The manga will be based off of the two first visual novels of the game. The writer of the series is Japanese video game developer and publisher Spike Chunsoft. The artist…
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By: Nicole D’Andria As a fan of magical girl anime, I was anxious to check out what many critics are calling Dark Horse’s take on Sailor Moon. Unfortunately, I didn’t think Zodiac Starforce #1 was very magical. But it certainly has the potential to be. Zodiac Starforce was a team of four teenagers, each one representing a sign of the zodiac: Emma, Kim, Savi and Molly. However, after defeating their major enemy Cimmeria, the team disbanded. Now the girls are more interested in passing exams than they are in saving…
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By: Nicole D’Andria Sometimes first impressions can be right, and in this case Father’s Day #1 lived up to its preview. There is some great conflict, a good fight scene towards the end and a nice beach, but you may be drowning in too much exposition to care. Silas used to be a notorious mob enforcer. He gave up that life and was forced to give up his wife and daughter as well to keep them safe. Now, decades later his daughter Denise tracks him down and unwittingly leads the…
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By: Nicole D’Andria First, he met The Punisher. Then he met Kiss. Then he died. Now, Archie is back in Archie Meets Predator! The new crossover Archie Meets Predator will be written by Alex de Campi (Grindhouse, Lady Zorro, Smoke/Ashes) and the artwork will be done by Fernando Ruiz (Life with Archie). Archie and the gang are going to Costa Rica during spring break but aren’t aware the Predator will be joining them. I can’t help but smile as another wacky comic book crossover is added to the list. I…
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By: Nicole D’Andria This October is going to be Father’s Day – not the holiday (for a heads up that’s June 21st) but a new comic book! The story revolves around former mob enforcer Silas who killed people under the name the Eastside Butcher. It’s been twenty years since he left this life and his family. Now, everything has been turned upside down when his daughter tracks him down and accidentally leads the mob right to him. Writer Mike Richardson (The Secret, Cut, Atomic Legion) and artist Gabriel Guzman (Star…
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By: Nicole D’Andria Written by James Marsters, the very actor who portrayed the role of the vampire Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Spike: Into the Light is a 72 page hardcover that takes place during the seventh season of Buffy. This story has action, romance, and an enjoyable protagonist. Spike, along with his newfound soul, pays a visit to Greenville, California. There he enjoys getting whacked by a broomstick and fighting a demon that craves children. The only downside is (wait, those were all downsides…) his boots are falling…
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By: Nicole D’Andria Buffy the Vampire Slayer has had a huge impact on pop culture and the real world. Don’t believe me? Sink your teeth into this. Starting as a movie in 1992, then a television show five years later that ran for seven seasons and now a comic book series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been around for over two decades. By far the most popular of the three was the critically acclaimed television show, and it’s almost scary how much Buffy has influenced not just pop culture but…
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By: Nicole D’Andria Inspired by the Buffy Challenge, I’ve been enjoying some of the Buffy comics. Specifically, the very first season after Buffy went off the air and into the comic book panels. For those not in the know, when Buffy the Vampire Slayer was called off after season 7 on TV because Sara Michelle Gellar was done with the role of Buffy and talked to writer Joss Whedon about it, the story continued with an eighth and ninth season in comic books. Issue one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer…
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By: Nicole D’Andria In anticipation of the Buffy Challenge, let’s take a look at the first issue of the upcoming series Angel & Faith Season 10. This is a continuation of Angel & Faith, a series that lasted 25 issues and was a spin-off continuation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8. In this season, which will run alongside Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 (just like its predecessor ran alongside season 9), London has been taken over by magic and Angel needs to protect everyone. At the same time,…
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