DC Comics recently saw a backlash from the LGBT community for hiring Orson Scott Card, who has been called homophobic. The company issued a statement supporting his personal freedom of speech but they clearly don't share his views. In Batgirl #19 Barbara Gordon AKA Batgirl comes clean to roommate, Alysia Yeoh who ... [Read More]

Kodomo No Jikan, the controversial manga about a teacher that gets romantically involved with his precocious 3rd grade student, has reached its inevitable conclusion. Daisuke Aoki and Rin Kokonoe finally hook up in chapter 93. Kokonoe agrees to wait 3 years for a kiss if Aoki sensei agrees to be the one to initiate it. ... [Read More]

Highschool of the Dead Chapter 30 is finally out! Despite a two year hiatus, the rotting corpses are as perky as ever in this zombie comic filled with fanservice. The motley crew of high school students continues to make their way to the evacuation point. A policeman, who is presumably Rei's father, mistakes the ... [Read More]

David Haller AKA Legion, a mutant with god-like powers, and Blindfold, his clairvoyant girlfriend, teleport to the Moon in X-Men Legacy #9. She compares him to the similarly detached character Doctor Manhattan from the Watchmen comic book. "It's about a guy with so much power he forgets how to be human," she ... [Read More]

The DC Comics reboot covered up Power Girl's "Boob Window" but it clearly wasn't going away without a fight. Her new costume was constantly being torn to shreds. They even recreated the boob window albeit temporarily. The wonder twins return for good in Supergirl #19. Power Girl's clothes are once again shredded and she ... [Read More]

Following the success of last year's zombie variant cover, Archie comics will see the return of the living dead in a new ongoing series: Afterlife with Archie. “Afterlife with Archie combines two of my great passions: Archie comics and horror comics," says writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the brains behind the Carrie ... [Read More]

Coinciding with Lichtenstein: A Retrospective at the Tate Modern, The Culture Show is featuring Roy Lichtenstein, the American pop artist best known for recreating, or plagiarizing according to some, comic book panels. Host Alastair Sooke examines his seminal work, Look Mickey (1961): Here, as if from nowhere, were the ... [Read More]