b.b. free #3
b.b. free #3 (Rivera, Dunlap, Quigley, Campbell) handles every issue more like a love & care letter to oppressed kids, like a story of finding your own strength and owning it. It gives us some of the most important moments in representation, and the art moves emotionally with the story. It’s a captivating, fun and fantastical read that I feel is important we look up to, both readers and creators.
DetailsBuffy the Vampire Slayer #13 (Bellaire, Valero-O’Connell) continues to be distinctly out of focus and a meandering mess, leaving its lead character out of its pages for the sixth issue in a row. Instead of introducing the new post-Hellmouth status quo, it instead chooses to focus on Kendra to no appreciable gain. Fans would not be wrong for dropping this book from their pull sheet at this point.
DetailsGhosted in L.A. #9
Ghosted in L.A. #9 (Grace, Keeny, Le) rounds up a dark and plot-centered issue. The melodrama and emotional dialogues are still here, but they give more space to some final revelations that leave us expecting the next issue.
DetailsIn its ninth issue, Angel is given a shiny new coat of paint as it morphs into Angel & Spike (Hill, Melnikov, Titov), but there are still so many underdeveloped characters and narratives here that it’s going to take a lot more than a couple of new characters to save this sinking ship.
DetailsKing of Nowhere #1
King of Nowhere #1 (Prince, Jenkins, Jenkins, AndWorld Design) is a promising beginning to a darkly funny, mysterious, and pleasantly off-kilter miniseries.
DetailsA decidedly flat end to a decidedly flat miniseries, Hellmouth #5 (Bellaire, Lambert, Carlini) succeeds only in asking readers why they spent money on it in the first place.
DetailsRed Mother #3
Red Mother #3 (Haun, Luckert, Dukeshire) offers a beautiful balance of humanity, mystery, and monstrosity. It also proves this title is still worth keeping an eye on.
DetailsAlienated #1
Alienated #1 (Spurrier, Wildgoose, & May) provides complex characters and emotional art to create a wonderfully put together story that is impressive on all levels.
DetailsBuffy the Vampire Slayer #12 (Bellaire, Lopez, Angulo) is chock-full of unearned character beats, ill-defined art, and vague plot contortions, showing that maybe the time isn’t right after all for a new, rebooted vision of the Slayer and her crew after all if this is the result. Disappointing to say the least.
DetailsFIREFLY # 12
Firefly #12: (Pak, McDaid, Federici, Costa, Garbett) gives us a fitting end to year one and ensuring the New Year rings in the changes!
DetailsONCE & FUTURE #6
Once & Future #6 (Gillen, Mora, Bonvillain, Dukeshire) Duncan accepts his destiny and takes the lead in the family business. But, is he ready to defeat King Arthur the undead in time? A lost family member is found only to be lost once more to another legend.
DetailsHellmouth #4
Hellmouth #4 (Bellaire, Lambert, Carlini): What should have been a huge moment – Buffy discovering that Angel is a vampire – feels weightless, which is an apt of a description for this threadbare miniseries as I can think of.
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