Content warning: this post includes discussion and personal accounts of domestic violence. Talking about domestic violence is difficult. Even in 2015, there’s a pervasive attitude that the affairs of the home are just that, and have no right to be discussed in public. And when they are, it’s so often with an individualistic attitude – …
Hi! Welcome to the first episode of Now Reading, something I plan to be a semi-regular feature on Shindig where I take a quick look at what I’ve been reading lately (comics, mostly). These aren’t full-on, serious reviews – just quick thoughts and first impressions about what I’ve been up to. So, …
It’s an interesting situation to find yourself in, trying to write a review for something that leaves you lost for words. But here I am. Trying to get my feelings (God, so many feelings) in order, and trying to describe something that mere words can’t do justice. Well, here goes nothing. …
Bitch Planet #1 did a fantastic job of establishing setting: a dystopian, authoritarian world where compliance is paramount. The creative team haven’t been resting on their laurels though, and even though Bitch Planet #2 turns its attention more to getting the plot rolling in earnest, the symbolism established in the first issue continues …
The press blurb for Bitch Planet #1 describes it as a ” highly anticipated women-in-prison sci-fi exploitation riff.” Nothing about that is false – that’s exactly what Bitch Planet is, on the surface – but it sells the book short, to some extent. Bitch Planet is certainly a “women-in-prison sci-fi exploitation riff”, but it’s so much …
This week, DC Comics kicked off their Convergence event. What is that, you may ask? In short, it’s an effort by DC to simplify their increasingly complicated continuity by bringing characters from different series and different universes together, making them fight one another because of Reasons, and making publisher-wide storyline …
