Do you like comics criticism? Do you like newsprint? Do you like the idea of reading comics criticism on newsprint? Then make sure to click that Notify Me on Launch button for The Comics Courier Issue 3's Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...

'Our Soot Stained Heart' #1 coming in December! Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.

DEADPOOL/BATMAN is not very good. Main story is the most basic version of this team-up, back-ups are fine to bad. Plus side: I was able to get a DWJ Thing vs. Barda cover.

Despite starting slow, I’ve grown to really appreciate what the ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN team is doing. Rereading the first arc was very rewarding.

Of all the Absolute DC titles, it can feel like Absolute Green Lantern is the one that no one can agree on. Unless you're @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social. After a barnburner of an arc ender, that duo looks at the series so far in Double Take and what makes it pop for them.

Absolute Martian Manhunter is a one-of-a-kind comic, and today, I talked with one of the big reasons why: its artist, @javierrodriguez.bsky.social. We talked about his evolution, the collaboration on AMM, the importance of its colors, and more as we discuss varying pages from the series.

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Ewing fans reading ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #6’s mythology infodump

she's calling me an absolute martian the way I'm hunting her man

My September comics preview is up at @avclub.com! Picks include: 🐦‍⬛ Lee Lai’s CANNON 🔀 DEADPOOL/BATMAN by a bunch of ppl 🔃 Ngozi Ukazu’s FLIP 🐙 Giuliva & Rebelka’s LAST DAY OF HP LOVECRAFT 🧙‍♀️ Ben Wickey’s MORE WEIGHT: A SALEM STORY www.avclub.com/comics-previ...

Very excited to be contributing a review to the next Comics Courier! A totally random comic I picked up at a resale shop for 99 cents this summer!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, as my pal @oliversava.bsky.social returns for our annual Superhero State of the Union on Off Panel where we dive deep into where DC, Marvel, and other assorted superhero comics are right now. It’s a spicy one! Listen up!

This week on Off Panel, it's the eighth annual Superhero State of the Union on the podcast, as comics critic @oliversava.bsky.social returns to the show to talk about a high time for DC, something else entirely for Marvel, and how we're feeling about superhero comics overall.

Had the amazing opportunity to speak to the PEACEMAKER choreographer, Charissa Barton, for @vulture.com and explore the changes in season 2’s opening. James Gunn was the Eagly stand-in on set! www.vulture.com/article/peac...

Hey! @oliversava.bsky.social and I are going to regularly be talking about comics on SKTCHD, and it all starts with us riffing on the return of LAZARUS and whether it can still reach its enormously high ceiling in LAZARUS: FALLEN. (Spoilers: It can)

Really excited to talk comics with @davidharper.bsky.social on a regular basis over at @sktchd.bsky.social! We start w/ LAZARUS, a book that transformed a lot in 12 years and has come back stronger than ever.

Loving MY LITTLE WARLORD on DCU Infinite, easily my favorite webcomic from the Big Two. Nina Gee’s script does a great job highlighting the survival element, @soundofm0ss.bsky.social and Chi Ngo’s art is super charming and full of personality. Free to read! www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/serie...

Starting today, you can go out and buy DC: THE NEW FRONTIER for $10. What a world.

My August comics preview is up at @avclub.com! Featuring: 🏫 ADVENTURE TIME: THE COLLEGE BUBBLINE SPECIAL 🙀 CHEETAH AND CHESHIRE ROB THE JUSTICE LEAGUE 🌌 DROME 🏞️ THE STONESHORE REGISTER 🎭 THIS PLACE KILLS ME www.avclub.com/new-comic-bo...

HOLY SHIT A THIRD SEASON OF THE COMEBACK IN 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnUZ...

Saw THUNDERBOLTS* last night and had a good time! Some quibbles — clumsy exposition, adherence to MCU house style of humor, half-baked mental health stuff — but it worked as the finale for this weird MCU era and made me optimistic for the future. Bucky's big action moment made me giddy.

My May comics preview is up at @avclub.com! Picks include: 💀 EXQUISITE CORPSES by Tynion, Walsh, et al 👻 THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY by Condon and Kuruneru 💔 HEARTCORE by Jislová 💪 SUPERGIRL by Campbell and Bonvillain 📘 SPENT by Bechdel www.avclub.com/new-comic-bo...

One of the best superhero books right now. Every person on the creative team firing on all cylinders, Ollie is very sexy, excellent street-level superheroics with a strong POV. Looking forward to more from this team.

I had the pleasure of recapping Prime Video’s ÉTOILE for @vulture.com. Really appreciated the scope of this show and the many ways it explores dance as a profession, art, and sport. www.vulture.com/tv/etoile/

THE NEW GODS is just incredible comic-booking. Cagle, Segala, and the guest artists go so hard on every issue, V does incredible work expanding the sci-fi fantasy mythology while keeping the superheroics intact. It’s the total package.

Exploding objects in the credits, fake Chicago, absurd conspiracy in the plot DROP is THE GOOD FIGHT cinema

More picks! 📸 @dandq.bsky.social's biography of a photography pioneer, MUYBRIDGE 🏙 @pantheonbooks.bsky.social's long-awaited adaptation of PAUL AUSTER's THE NEW YORK TRILOGY www.avclub.com/new-comic-bo...

My April comics preview is up at @avclub.com! My picks include: 🤫 @skybound.bsky.social's weekly G.I. JOE SILENT MISSIONS 💀 The return of @darkhorse.com's GREAT BRITISH BUMP-OFF 🍽 @lernerbooks.bsky.social's sci-fi cooking adventure MAGDA: INTERGALACTIC CHEF www.avclub.com/new-comic-bo...

My April comics preview is up at @avclub.com! My picks include: 🤫 @skybound.bsky.social's weekly G.I. JOE SILENT MISSIONS 💀 The return of @darkhorse.com's GREAT BRITISH BUMP-OFF 🍽 @lernerbooks.bsky.social's sci-fi cooking adventure MAGDA: INTERGALACTIC CHEF www.avclub.com/new-comic-bo...

This April, @oliversava.bsky.social recommends five comic books, including G.I. Joe and a cosmic cooking adventure.

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER’s final moment delivers one of the best storytelling tricks I’ve seen in a superhero comic, but only if you have a physical copy. God-tier debut issue.

Madonna

THIGHS

A typically great analysis of the current state of DC vs. Marvel, inspired by me and David’s DMs lol

RAINBOW ROWELL IS COMING BACK TO RUNAWAYS WITH ELENA CASAGRANDE ART MY KIDS ARE FINALLY BACK 😭😭😭😭😭😭 www.marvel.com/articles/com...

Falling down the “young Ralph Fiennes” rabbit hole and it’s a great place to be

My March comics preview is up at @avclub.com, including: 👽 @denizcamp.bsky.social & @javierrodriguez.bsky.social’s ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER 💥 @denizcamp.bsky.social & @ericxyz.bsky.social’s ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS 🧛‍♀️ @paigumondus.bsky.social’s THE CONFESSIONAL www.avclub.com/new-comic-bo...

Nothing but respect for MY best editor #oscars

A @javierrodriguez.bsky.social panel from ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #1. This is going to be amazing.

Just screamed out “YESSSSSS!”

My favorite Superman story, they should do a compact collection

A tribute to DWJ's awesome EXTREMITY - watercolors & ink

Listen to Darryl. Darryl is correct.

There’s a two-page spread in METAMORPHO #3 that is so satisfying to read/navigate. Kudos @al-ewing.bsky.social @stevelieberart.bsky.social Loughridge and Delgado for a delightful idea executed flawlessly.

Bonding over classic movie hotties is the thing that has helped my mom comes to terms with my sexuality more than anything else

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER is a psychological scifi thriller with a body-horror buddy cop twist. It's for fans of "elevated superhero" comics like Grant Morrison's Animal Man and Doom Patrol, with elements of Venom and the Manga Parayste.

Jones is drafted into a cosmic war against invaders made of pure mind; he has to come to grips with what he now is, keep his family together, and track down the source of the violence and destruction sweeping the planet!

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #1 FULL COLOR PREVIEW! When idealistic FBI Agent John Jones is caught in a suicide bombing, his mind is invaded by an alien consciousness! @javierrodriguez.bsky.social @ssnyder1835.bsky.social @dcoffical.bsky.social @chrisconroy.bsky.social @katiekubert.bsky.social

New Bill Sienkiewicz interiors coming next week (BATMAN: THE LAST HALLOWEEN #5)