2015 was a crazy year for comics, but it was also a year of creative explosions, with the small press and digital comics spheres in particular showing off incredible material. Most of our favorite comics this year came from creators working outside the confines of the mainstream industry, with boutique presses like Nobrow and Youth […]
The 100 Best Comics of the First Half of the 2010s: Part 1, 100-81
People tend to reminisce about long gone eras, arguing that things were always better way back when. But when it comes to comics, there’s no denying that the 21st century has seen the medium explode in unprecedented and unpredictable ways. For many people, that has come primarily in the form of the advent of the […]
Complex Messiahs: The Wicked and the Divine #1 is Apocalyptic Pop Art
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Jamie McKelvie Colorist: Matthew Wilson Letterer: Clayton Cowles Published by Image Comics Over in the backmatter of The Wicked and the Divine, Kieron Gillen describes his new series with Jamie McKelvie as the “evil twin” to their masterful “music-as-magic” series Phonogram. The phrase is partially meant as a quick response to […]