Comic Watch Presents The 2020 Watchie Awards. The Nominees are..
Welcome to the 2020 Watchie Awards Nominee list. and the Nominees are….
DetailsANCIENT HISTORY #17: THE SUPERMOBILE COMETH
Action Comics #481-483
Ancient History makes a triumphant return with the slamming sedan soaring the skies with speed, strength and stuff liftingness! The Supermobile, as seen in Action comics #481-483 (Bates, Swan)!
DetailsAvatar: The Last Airbender: Adult Themes in Children’s Storytelling
Avatar: The Last Airbender
How do we introduce ideas of war into a child’s life? When is the right age for a child to learn about death? The question of heavy themes is one that reaches into the depths of children’s media and scratches its soul. There is no straightforward answer for how and when the wicked concepts of…
DetailsDeadpool #2: Annnnnd the Kraken Ate a Boat. Great.
Deadpool #2
The new series finds its stride early in Deadpool #2 (Thompson, Bachalo, Faucher, Sabino), taking the wildly fun concept established in its opening to new depths with the help of a couple of well known Marvel characters, proving this isn’t just another irreverent Deadpool series!
DetailsA Joye Hummel Wonder Woman
Sensation Comics with fantastic Wildcat and Little Boy Blue comics and a Wonder Woman by Joye Hummel, the first woman to write the character.
DetailsSpies in Disguise: A Fun, If Forgettable, Family Movie with a Moral
Spies in Disguise
Spies in Disguise is a bit cheesy, but it still manages to be fun. With a spy who accidentally gets transformed into a pigeon as the premise of the movie, you would expect a level of goofiness with this movie.
DetailsDr. Stone Series Review: Kings of the New Stone Age
Dr. Stone
In a flash of green light, all of humanity was turned into stone, and modern civilization came to an abrupt end. Thousands of years then past and the Earth returned to a time before the Stone Age. Supergenius Senku Ishigami successfully held onto his consciousness for over three millennia, and one day he was able to break out of his imprisonment. Alone in this new world, Senku vows to save everyone who was turned into stone, as well as bring back two million years of human technological advancement in a single lifetime.
DetailsKnives Out: A Modernized Whodunit
Knives Out
Rian Johnson took the concept of the Victorian mansion murder mystery and updated it for modern audiences, making it interesting again. It played out like the Clue board game but with additional great wit, suspense, and sardonic humor.
DetailsGravity Falls: No More, No Less, Just Right
Gravity Falls
Gravity Falls, Oregon feels alive. It feels like a person could visit. It brings about a vague familiarity while at the same time introducing audiences to a separate, mystical world in a way that feels comparable to classics like Bridge to Terabithia or Tuck Everlasting.
DetailsPsi-Lords #8: Land of the [Space] Giants
Psi-Lords #8
Psi-Lords #8 (Van Lente, Guedes) Ridiculously beautiful art makes every page literal eye candy and Van Lente’s tactful use of humor, raw action and cosmic intrigue it’s a undeniable that one of the most seductive reads of 2019 will stay strong in 2020.
DetailsAmazing Spider-Man #37: A Hot Date
Amazing Spider-Man #37
Amazing Spider-Man #37 (Spencer, Ottley, Rathburn)is a classic Spider-Man comic if there ever was one. How do Spencer & Ottley out-Spider-Man creators that wrote some of Spider-Man’s most classic tales decades ago?
DetailsPaul Cornell, Demon Knights, Trans Treatment
Paul Cornell turned trans people not passing into a joke every issue of Demon Knights. We, readers, have to deal with that without unintentional fallout, without unintended insult. Wee! us.
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