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Live Picks: 2/4-2/7

Michael Kiwanuka

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Three artists who released underrated 2019 records highlight our recs this week.

2/4: Michael Kiwanuka, House of Blues

On his previous record Love & Hate, Michael Kiwanuka sang, “I’m a black man in a white world,” echoing the statement further during his live performances. Independent from how he feels, it’s also externally undeniable: After all, the song he’s most famous for grew in popularity due to its use as the theme song for HBO’s extremely white Big Little Lies. Last November’s excellent Kiwanuka, his third studio album, continues these sentiments, as well as Kiwanuka’s Bill Withers-esque vocal delivery, retro production from Danger Mouse and Inflo, and the instrumentation. But its themes center more around Kiwanuka’s self-acceptance due to the love he feels. You can read it in the lyrics--“Shine your light all over me / All my fears are gone,” goes the chorus of closer “Light”--but it’s more apparent, and impressively so, in the aesthetic. Listen to how upfront his vocals are on the self-assured “Rolling” and on opening soul jam “You Ain’t The Problem”. “Another Human Being” juxtaposes a gorgeous harp instrumental with samples of dialog from a Civil Rights sit-in, celebrating the proclamation of black bodies existing next to white ones. Sure, there are still solemn parts on Kiwanuka, like the downtrodden “Hero (Intro)” and piano-soaked “Final Days”. And even when the lyrics express well-worn ideas lamenting the state of the world, like on “Hero”, the scratchy, weeping guitar and genuine nature of Kiwanuka’s voice is affecting. Ultimately, though, Kiwanuka’s presentation of world weariness makes others’ devotion even stronger and more important. “All I know is my, oh my, this kind of love has taken me from my enemies,” he sings on “Piano Joint (This Kind of Love)”, an ode to the most powerful weapon of all.

Utah singer-songwriter Sammy Brue opens.

2/5: King Princess, Riviera

With her debut album Cheap Queen, queer pop artist Mikaela Straus, known by her moniker King Princess, ditched the bombastic nature of her early singles for introspective balladry. Don’t get me wrong: Straus is certainly still singing about queer subject matter. “Hit the Back” is a self-described anthem for bottoms, while “You Destroyed My Heart”, in all its slur reclamation glory (“But I’m a better fag / And you’re an amateur”), is one of many songs about Straus’ ex, actress Amandla Stenberg. (She’s now dating Lizzo creative director Quinn Whitney Wilson.) And the heartbreaking, raw “Homegirl” illustrates the hiding of gay love with sheer simplicity. (“We’re friends at the party, I’ll give you my body at home.”) But the tone with which Straus explores her own stories is one of reflection just as much as one of pride, a mix that makes Cheap Queen so effective and universal. After all, it’s also an album about love in general, including accepting when it’s no longer there. On “Watching My Phone”, over crying strings and a pointed drum beat, Straus sings, “And I know I can’t be the million girls you’re gonna meet / And I think that’s alright.” Coming towards the end of the record, it’s a stunning conclusion rarely communicated in the forlorn annals of pop music, an inherent expression of self-love.

Irregular Girl and rapper, singer-songwriter, and visual artist Kilo Kish opens.

2/5: YBN Cordae, Avondale Music Hall

Raleigh rapper YBN Cordae isn’t the most skilled lyricist, but he sells you with his flow and his honesty. After a few years of releasing music under the name Entendre, Cordae Amari Dunston joined the YBN collective in 2018 and quickly became its star, releasing his Grammy-nominated debut The Lost Boy last summer. Listening to it, you quickly get a distillation of who he is: a thoughtful person who’s constantly thinking about where he came from more than where he’ll go. He’s immediately self-aware about his attitude towards legal and moral transgressions on the flute-laden “Have Mercy”: “I know I used up my three favors,” he quips, “Back to sinnin’ like a week later.” The Anderson .Paak-featuring “RNP” stands for “rich n***a problems,” a term coined by Cordae’s father after Cordae complained too much about his current lucrative career. His stories add up to become a self-deprecating biography, from the tale of bringing an unlikable girl home for the holidays on “Thanksgiving” to lamenting about social media not reflecting reality on the dreamy “Thousand Words”. (It’s through social media that he connected with the YBN collective in the first place.)

But as much as Cordae looks at his past with a critical eye, he takes the too-common trope of chronicling his rise to stardom and meshes it with a tremendous sense of perspective, thanking the people he met along the way. On “Been Around,” he raps, “Sometimes life’s about the people you know / Watchin’ a flower bloom as its features will grow.” Specific individuals are featured; he mentions his late grandmother on “Family Matters” and banger “Broke As Fuck” and actually sings Luther Barnes’ gospel track “Trouble In My Way” with her on the skit “Grandma’s House”. And the murder of his cousin serves as inspiration to live life to the fullest on “Broke As Fuck”. Ultimately, the title of his record is simply explained on closer “Lost & Found”: “I was a lost boy, but now I’m found.” Who or what found him matters, but not as much as the fact that he got there.

2/6: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Elgin Community College

We previewed Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn’s show at SPACE two years ago:

“Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are both prominent musicians in their own name, two of the most proficient banjo players ever, Washburn’s clawhammer composition skills unrivaled, just like Fleck’s technical prowess. Together, the two are more than just husband and wife–they’re natural musical collaborators, having released two albums and an EP of both traditional and original material.”

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Any names that start with B, E, G, H, I, J, Q, U, W, X, Y and Z? I'm trying to collect the whole alphabet

sure! these are mostly just from the top of my head so i’m sorry there’s not very many or if they aren’t the vibe you’re looking for.

bennet

ben

benji

beldon

beck

beckett

bee/bea

belle

beatrice

bella

becca

beth

edith

ester

east

easton

elm

earl

emmet

emma

emily

edris

ezra

esma

ezzy

george

geo

gem

gemma

gale

gin

gary

harper

hattie

harriet

hail

howard

heath

heather

izzy

iggy

ian

ivy

isle

ingrid

isabella

james

janie

jenny

jeff

jeffery

jack

jane

janet

jacques

jared

jean

quinn

quincy

quail

quill

quest

quintin

queen

quinby

quinnley

ursula

uma

ulysses

uliana

ulysses

uri

urias

uthman

unity

usher

winter/wynter

winn

whitney

willow

wiley

waverly

wynona/winona

wesley

west

wren

wyatt

wade

wilson

walter

wayne

wilder

wild

westin

wes

walker

xander

xyla

xuri

xara

xylah

xylenna

xane

xaden/xayden

xavier

xayne

xyla

yvonne

yvette

yale

yasmine/yasmin/yazmin

yulia

yosef

yair

yakov

yoan

zack/zak

zachariah/zakariah

zoe/zoey

zara

zaya

zendaya

zelda

zachary

zavier

zayne

zion

zyla

zee

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theinsiderrp · 3 years

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LIBERTY AWARDS CEREMONY: FRIDAY

on friday, we’ll be wrapping up the tour with an award ceremony hosted at liberty hall. be sure to attend, come looking your best and get ready for a night of well deserved celebrations! (if i’ve missed anything, it’s probs bc it wasn’t in the tag)

MUSIC

BEST SINGLE baby one more time - addy coleman drivers lisence - violet carson come and get it - yasmine hernandez can’t be tamed - salem quinn kill this love - blackpink señorita - (g)-idle without me - amelia collins lie lie lie - roman sloan la di die - emmett x maeve

BEST MUSIC VIDEO deja vu - violet carson potential break-up song - haley x ally judas - luna aarons i knew you were trouble - lottie bradford kill this love - blackpink all the good girls go to hell - lily sinclair WAP - sabrina x mila

BEST GROUP blackpink (g)-idle straykids itzy mcfly the neighbourhood pussycat dolls paramore

RISING ARTIST nicolai montgomery pippa carmichael maeve hamilton whitney cruz aliyah haven nicolas castillo

BEST FEMALE addy coleman lottie bradford lily sinclair haley cortes-smith violet carson mila woods sabrina wilson luna aarons

BEST MALE avery winslow roman sloan maverick wilson noah aarons BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE honey, honey (mamma mia) - amy sinclair everything i wanted - amy sinclair red - lottie bradford la di die - emmett x maeve airplanes - amelia x maverick savage - sabrina wilson daddy issues - the neighbourhood

ACTING

BEST TELEVISION SERIES high school musical the series enola holmes she-ra doctor who umbrella academy ginny & georgia outerbanks

BEST FILM emma teen beach movie me before you to all the boys i’ve loved before

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR flynn thompson (euphoria) bianca rosini-harrington (euphoria) kai powell (enola holmes) lennox quinn (she-ra) maddie barham (she-ra)

BEST SCREEN STAR (1 female vs 1 male) roman sloan (hsmts) violet carson (hsmts) kitty-lee henshaw (euphoria) maeve hamilton (euphoria) louisa carmichael (dr who) august gomez (marcus barker) phoenix kim (umbrella academy) freddie eccleston (umbrella academy) sofia higgins (she-ra) aimee sinclair (tatbilb)

ARTISTIC VISUALS

ARTISTIC VISION AWARD dylan powell victoria carmichael brie ramsey river henshaw

BEST ARTISTIC COLLECTION 2 sides, 1 city - dylan powell los angeles art collection - victoria carmichael stupid fucking bitch - brie ramsy on tour collection - river henshaw

FASHION

RISING MODEL ally cortes smith delena dawn delilah calloway luna aarons BEST MODEL AWARD perrie calloway harlow carmichael fleur carmichael kendra mayfair

BEST DESIGNER AWARD callie castillo aurora kingsley dixie carmichael fleur carmichael

FUN/PERSONALITY/JOKE AWARDS

HEART-THROB AWARD (female) daisy romano grace romano delilah calloway tilly cruz-mendoza victoria carmichael sofia higgins dapne coleman

HEART-THROB AWARD (male) jay hamilton lennox quinn ethan harwood jihoon kang kit powell dawson castillo peter romano

GHOSTING AWARD nila lin tomos smith dylan powell odin napier thea cruz-mendoza joshua kinglsey maddie amari-barham carter romano

CHART TOPPER AWARD - 10 lowest rankers violet louisa lottie addy haley avery amelia youngmi brie yasmine

CHART TANKER AWARD - 10 highest rankers aiden peter c sungjin san rowan alana eric carter dominico judah

ULTIMATES

RISING STAR AWARD

perrie calloway emmett hamilton flynn thompson daphne coleman freddie eccleston whitney cruz minhyuck heo nate harwood

STAR QUALITY AWARD

louisa carmichael addy coleman avery winslow roman sloan aliyah haven youi moon elodie gwan fleur carmichael

#(event: next gen)

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For the week of 2 September 2019

Quick Bits:

Agents of Atlas #2 again seems to focus more on Amadeus Cho and his perspective than the rest of the team, but it’s still very entertaining. Greg Pak, Nico Leon, Pop Mhan, Federico Blee, and Joe Sabino continue to weave together intrigue, superhero action, and romance with a very interesting mystery evolving.

| Published by Marvel

Animosity #23 is part one of “Rites of Passage” from Marguerite Bennett, Elton Thomasi, Roberto De Latorre, Rob Schwager, and Taylor Esposito. While Jesse and her caravan continue to try to make it out west, her animal friends attempt to plan for her upcoming 13th birthday. Wonderful character moments here and further insight into the horrors that the animals have seen.

| Published by AfterShock

Battlepug #1 brings the web comic to regular monthly print comics from Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua, and Crank! While it does help to have read the previous adventures, you can pick up and enjoy this humorous take on sword and sorcery fairly easily. Some very nice humour in the “Covfefe” puppet.

| Published by Image

Berserker Unbound #2 is another wonderful issue from Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr., Frank Martin, and Steve Wands. The art alone from Deodato and Martin is wonderful, deftly mixing the modern and the archaic. It’s also very interesting to see the barbarian trying to navigate our strange modern world and the fact that he can’t understand anything that anyone is saying.

| Published by Dark Horse

Birthright #39 gives us the confrontation with Mastema. Learning that she’s pretty much thoroughly insane and that the entire two worlds are screwed. At least, from her perspective. The colour work here from Adriano Lucas is positively brilliant.

| Published by Image / Skybound

Breaklands #1 is a Comixology digital original from Justin Jordan, Tyasseta, Sarah Stern, and Rachel Deering. It’s different, bloody, and intriguing as to what’s going on. The opening suggests a kind of weird cult, the past gives the impression of post-apocalyptic tribes or gangs.

| Published by Justin Jordan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8 is a prelude to the “Hellmouth” crossover event with Angel, but I’ll say that it is essential to the overall storyline. This issue basically sets up the entire thing, even while still doing prologuey things. Great art from David López and Raúl Angulo. And, despite what Angel (at least that’s who I assume is in that devil mask) and Xander say, the “bat” costume is great, even if it doesn’t make sense.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Conan the Barbarian #9 takes us on a trip through Conan’s hallucinations of monsters he felled in battle as he tries to lead a group of people caught underground in the lair of the Undergod. Incredibly impressive artwork from Mahmud Asrar and Matthew Wilson. As we get a bit of reminiscence here, it feels as though we’re approaching the end of this arc.

| Published by Marvel

Crowded #9 is pretty intense as Vita and Charlie breach a hotel and try to get the information on who set up the Reapr campaign from one of Charlie’s old “friends”. It goes about as well as you’d expect. Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Tríona Farrell, and Cardinal Rae continue to keep this story on its toes, speeding along as fast as it can.

| Published by Image

Dark Red #6 begins the next arc from Tim Seeley, Corin Howell, Mark Englert, and Carlos Mangual. It tosses more complications into Chip’s life in the form of a “cleaner” enthralled to another vampire and a family of were-jaguars fleeing from an El Salvadoran gang.

| Published by AfterShock

DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1 expands the story a bit further with this one shot featuring a reunion of some of the Bwa-Ha-Ha era of the Justice League and a few other guests. Great art from Laura Braga, Darick Robertson, Richard Friend, Trevor Scott, and Rain Beredo.

| Published by DC Comics

Deathstroke #47 continues “Deathstroke RIP” and it’s going to do your head in a bit. A banged, bruised, beaten-up, and confused Slade shows up with a bad attitude and we’re unsure how he’s back from the dead and acting fairly un-Slade-like. Also, Jericho gets his Doctor Manhattan moment. Priest, Fernando Pasarin, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Cam Smith, Wade von Grawbadger, Jeromy Cox, and Willie Schubert are definitely continuing to keep this interesting.

| Published by DC Comics

Die #7 catches up with the other half of the party in Isabelle and Chuck and, well, Chuck is an asshole. Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles manage to out-bleak the previous issue, but in a way that doesn’t elicit sympathy this time. It’s interesting as to how they build up Chuck, elaborate on his backstory, and make him even more thoroughly unlikeable.

| Published by Image

Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #3 is fairly impressive, with Gerard Way, Jeremy Lambert, Steve Orlando, Doc Shaner, Tamra Bonvillain, and Simon Bowland managing to become even more inventive with the narrative for an already incredibly inventive series. This one takes the convention of a flashforward and presents it as an issue of Doom Patrol in the future, weaving in some hard-boiled narration through a series of novels. Great work here all around.

| Published by DC Comics / Young Animal

Everything #1 is weird. Very weird. This first issue from Christopher Cantwell, INJ Culbard, and Steve Wands feels like it’s mostly about setting up the atmosphere and briefly introducing many of the characters as the new Everything Store opens up in Michigan. Love the art from Culbard.

| Published by Dark Horse / Berger Books

Fallen World #5 concludes what has been an excellent series setting up the next stage of the 4002 AD time period of the Valiant universe from Dan Abnett, Adam Pollina, Ulises Arreola, and Jeff Powell. The art from Pollina and Arreola is gorgeous, really leaning hard into the weird and wonderful of the future.

| Published by Valiant

Fantastic Four #14 kicks off “Point of Origin” celebrating the initial launch of the Fantastic Four’s expedition that turned them into the Fantastic Four. The shifting timeline makes this feel weird, but it’s still an interesting premise. Great art from Paco Medina and Jesus Aburtov.

| Published by Marvel

Future Foundation #2 is more fun from Jeremy Whitley, Will Robson, Paco Diaz, Daniele Orlandini, Greg Menzie, Chris O’Halloran, and Joe Caramagna. Why exactly the kids would mistake a younger looking Maker as their own Reed Richards is anyone’s guess, but this is still an entertaining prison break story building upon loose threads from Secret Wars.

| Published by Marvel

Ghost Spider Annual #1 continues the “Acts of Evil” theme running through this year’s annuals as Gwen takes on Arcade and a host of Spider-Man’s villains and allies. It’s a good story from Vita Ayala, Pere Pérez, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Clayton Cowles that helps Gwen get a sense of place when it comes to some of the differences between Earths-65 and -616/

| Published by Marvel

Giant Days #54 is the end to the series, but there’s one more issue in the story in the Giant Days: As Time Goes By special. Still, John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar, and Jim Campbell gives us one last hurrah as Daisy, Esther, and Susan spend the summer together before graduation, tying up some loose ends, before saying goodbye to one another. It’s an emotional end, full of the eccentricities and humour that have been a hallmark of the series.

| Published by Boom Entertainment / BOOM! Box

The Green Lantern #11 continues the multiversal adventure. This is really some of the fun, eccentric science fiction-y superheroics that Grant Morrison really excels at along with gorgeous artwork from Liam Sharp and Steve Oliff. I quite like Sharp’s Neal Adams-esque Batman GL and it’s neat to see the Green Lantern oath’s differences across multiple universes.

| Published by DC Comics

Harley Quinn #65 kind of does an end run around the “Year of the Villain” content, incorporating it as a couple pages of the comic within the comic, while the rest of the issue is devoted to Harley dealing with the grief of the loss of her mother. By kind of ignoring it. Escaping to the Coney Island Volcano Island and getting a bit...rustic. Sam Humphries, Sami Basri, Hi-Fi, and Dave Sharpe also keep Harley’s trials going along nicely.

| Published by DC Comics

Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #1 follows up on Poison Ivy’s new status after regrowing herself from the death sustained in Heroes in Crisis. Now, I can’t say I exactly liked that series or what happened, but I do think that Jody Houser, Adriano Melo, Mark Morales, Hi-Fi, and Gabriela Downie make the most of it and turn it around into an entertaining start to this new story. Also, a nice pick up on both the broader “Year of the Villain” event (even though there’s no event banner) and on the new developments in Justice League Dark about the Parliament of Flowers and the Floronic Man.

| Published by DC Comics

Immortal Hulk #23 brings the fight to Fortean. It’s absolutely brutal on both sides. Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Belardino Brabo, Paul Mounts, and Matt Milla really do an incredible job with the action here. And the end is stuff of nightmares.

| Published by Marvel

Justice League #31 continues the “Justice/Doom War”. It’s very, very nice to see the Justice Society back in the mainline DC universe. Combined with the Legion of Super-Heroes back, it’s a wonderful time to see these two teams back. Feels good. It also helps that Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Alejandro Sanchez, and Tom Napolitano have JSA nestled within a great story, flinging the Justice League through the past and future.

| Published by DC Comics

Lois Lane #3 is worth it for the art from Mike Perkins and Paul Mounts by itself. The fight between the two Questions is incredible, beautiful flow of action and energy all through the exchange. Also, we get some follow up on Superman protecting Lois adding complications. There could be an argument made that this story is unfolding at roughly a snail’s pace, but that would overlook the wonderful character moments occurring, the atmosphere, and epic action sequences.

| Published by DC Comics

Midnight Vista #1 is a wonderful start to this story from Eliot Rahal, Clara Meath, Mark Englert, and Taylor Esposito. It’s an alien abduction story told pretty much straight and its intriguing as to how the disbelievers in this tale are going to deal with, even amid the very real kidnapping and lost time that occurs. I love Meath’s line art here.

| Published by AfterShock

No One Left to Fight #3 hits hard a couple times, first in Winda’s decidedly horrible way of handling rejection and jealousy and then in the Hierophant’s temptation of rebuilding Valé, fixing what ails him. More great work from Aubrey Sitterson, Fico Ossio, Raciel Avila, and Taylor Esposito. This book is a feast.

| Published by Dark Horse

Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1 is a very welcome return of this series, shifting time frame again to ‘30s Los Angeles and adopting a noir style. The artwork from Emma Rios and Jordie Bellaire is drop dead gorgeous, seemingly coming up with new styles and approaches to storytelling. The film stills in particular are very impressive.

| Published by Image

Savage Avengers #5 brings a bloody and brutal “end” to the first arc from Gerry Duggan, Mike Deodato Jr., Frank Martin, and Travis Lanham. It’s not so much a conclusion as a chapter break, ending the bit with the Marrow God, but transitioning into whatever will come next in the war against Kulan Gath.

| Published by Marvel

Sea of Stars #3 is another showcase for Stephen Green and Rico Renzi to just illustrate the hell out of some really cool stuff. This one shifts primary focus back to Kadyn and his interstellar entourage and it’s hilarious. The kid does kid things that drive his space monkey and space whale friends insane. Especially taunting a quarkshark.

| Published by Image

Something is Killing the Children #1 begins a rather disquieting horror series from James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, Miquel Muerto, and AndWorld Design. It’s brutal, bloody, and filled with all of the terror that you get from a frightened kid who just watched his friends get butchered. This is a visceral horror that punches you right in the gut. Very well done.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Spawn #300 is not a bad anniversary issue, a fairly hefty book featuring a lead “chapter” with gorgeous artwork from returning long term Spawn line artist Greg Capullo, kicking off with something disturbing, then leading into a combination of the story threads that Todd McFarlane has been weaving for some time now. While there is a foundation on the old, this one also sets up a fair amount of what’s coming. Great art throughout from Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, J. Scott Campbell, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jerome Opeña, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, Brian Haberlin, Peter Steigerwald, and Matt Hollingsworth.

| Published by Image

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple #1 is a tie in to the forthcoming video game from Electronic Arts by Matthew Rosenberg, Paolo Villanelli, Arif Prianto, and Joe Sabino. It centres around a padawan who somehow managed to escape Order 66 on a recently-joined Republic world of Ontotho and the mystery of a temple that she was sent to investigate.

| Published by Marvel

Supergirl #33 concludes Kara’s quest and “The House of El: United”, giving her perspective on the founding of the United Planets in Superman #14. It’s a decent end here, opening up new possibilities for what we’ll see next.

| Published by DC Comics

Triage #1 is a very impressive debut from Phillip Sevy and Frank Cvetkovic. Interesting set up of variations on the same woman, Evie, across multiple worlds, and a mystery as to what’s going on. Sevy’s art here is gorgeous.

| Published by Dark Horse

Usagi Yojimbo #4 begins a new two-part arc in “The Hero” as Usagi agrees to escort an author caught in a controlling, loveless marriage to her father. There’s a really nice opening sequence in this one with zombies.

| Published by IDW

Vampirella/Red Sonja #1 is a pretty good start to this series from Jordie Bellaire, Drew Moss, Rebecca Nalty, and Becca Carey. It’s set in 1969 and built around the Dyatlov Pass Incident, which sends Vampirella out there to investigate to potentially find a “friend”. Beautiful art from Moss and Nalty.

| Published by Dynamite

Web of Black Widow #1 is wonderful. Stephen Mooney was born to draw espionage thrillers, having done so incredibly on his own Half Past Danger as well as The Dead Hand and James Bond 007. He has a style that reminds me of Dave Stevens and it just works perfectly for this kind of story. Add to that Jody Houser, Tríona Farrell, and Cory Petit, throw in a mystery born out of Natasha’s past and continued questioning her own status as her since she was brought back from death, and you’ve got a recipe for a near perfect storm of a debut.

| Published by Marvel

Wyrd #4 concludes what has been an intriguing series from Curt Pires, Antonio Fuso, Stefano Simeone, and Micah Myers. This has been a rather interesting story of superpowers seemingly gone wrong and it ties up with a Superman analogue as a child going homicidal. It’s dark, but it feels real.

| Published by Dark Horse

Other Highlights: Absolute Carnage: Scream #2, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man #1, Alpha Flight: True North #1, Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big #1, Archie #707, Batman/TMNT III #5, Champions #9, Charlie’s Angels vs. Bionic Woman #3, Curse Words #24, The Death-Defying Devil #2, Descendent #5, The Dreaming #13, The Goon #6, House of X #4, Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1, Marvel Action: Spider-Man #8, Nuclear Winter - Volume 3, Old Man Quill #9, The Punisher #15, Redneck #23, Rick and Morty Present Flesh Curtains #1, Section Zero #6, Space Bandits #3, Star Trek: Discovery - Aftermath #1, Star Wars #71, Superman: Up in the Sky #3, Transformers/Ghostbusters #4, Turok #5, The Wicked + The Divine #45

Recommended Collections: Age of X-Man: Prisoner X, Black Badge - Volume 2, Catwoman - Volume 2: Far From Gotham, Hellboy and the BPRD: 1956, Immortal Hulk - Volume 4: Abomination, Infinite Dark - Volume 2, Outcast - Volume 7, Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider - Volume 2: Impossible Year, Superb - Volume 4: The Kids aren’t Alright, War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas, X-Force - Volume 2: Counterfeit King

d. emerson eddy is currently suffering the effects of a very gassy pug.

#This Week in Comics

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Books, April-June 2018

Silver on the Road - Laura Anne Gilman

Diaries 1915-1918 - Cynthia Asquith

Faith, vol.1: Hollywood and Vine - Jody Houser, Francis Portela, Marguerite Sauvage

Spoonbenders - Daryl Gregory

Beyond Boundaries: Rethinking Music Circulation in Early Modern England - Linda Phyllis Austern, Candace Bailey, Amanda Eubanks Winkler, eds.

New Treasure Seekers - E. Nesbit

The Knitter’s Book of Knowledge: A Complete Guide to Essential Knitting Techniques - Debbie Bliss

The Day of the Duchess - Sarah MacLean

The Cold Eye - Laura Anne Gilman

Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica - Charmaine A. Nelson

Tehanu - Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe - Kij Johnson

Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore

Paper Girls, vol. 1 - Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, Jared K. Fletcher

The Penderwicks in Spring - Jeanne Birdsall

Spin State - Chris Moriarty

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts - Christopher de Hamel

Disobedience - Jane Hamilton

The One Hundred Nights of Hero - Isabel Greenberg

Spectred Isle - KJ Charles

The Alice Network - Kate Quinn

Paper Girls, vol. 2

Marrow Island - Alexis M. Smith

Stray City - Chelsey Johnson

We Ate Wonder Bread: A Memoir of Growing Up on the West Side of Chicago - Nicole Hollander

The Penderwicks at Last - Jeanne Birdsall

Sustainable Communities and Green Lifestyles: Consumption and Environmentalism - Tendai Chitewere

So Lucky - Nicola Griffith

No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters - Ursula K. Le Guin

Whose Body? - Dorothy L. Sayers

Living Sustainably: What Intentional Communities Can Teach Us about Democracy, Simplicity, and Nonviolence - A. Whitney Sanford

Speak No Evil - Uzodinma Iweala

#books practical and pleasurable #do i merely festoon the room with my presence?#books 2018

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kentonramsey · 4 years

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Quinn Whitney Wilson is Giving Black Women The Big, Beautiful Art They Deserve

Quinn Whitney Wilson is a real-ass bitch.

This is as much my assessment as it is Wilson’s personal ethos. This is, by her own definition, the standard by which she approaches everything in her life — a series of questions that guide all of her art: Is it real? Is it cheeky? Does it feel right? If it doesn’t check those boxes, she won’t do it.

As the creative director behind iconic flautist, pop sensation, and all-around bad bitch Lizzo, Wilson’s unique artistic sensibility weaves its way through all of her work. For anyone who has followed Lizzo for any period of time, you can point to her historic performance at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards as one of the most memorable snapshots in her meteoric rise to superstardom. Lizzo, donning a trench coat, flanked by Black backup dancers, while proclaiming “Why men great ‘til they gotta be great?” and “If he don’t love you anymore, walk your fine ass out the door.”

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It was an assertion, an affirmation. And it was all delivered in front of a larger-than-life inflatable Black ass.

It was the performance that launched a thousand think pieces: on body positivity, on Black women’s sexual agency, on our present relationship to feminism. From the Black women in cloud-covered leotards and afros to the emphasis on the interplay between nature and the body, we have Wilson, in large part, to thank for it.

“All we can really do, if we’re being genuine to ourselves and art, is represent what we know. And what I knew was being Black is beautiful and being thick is beautiful,” she says, of the impact that night had on the cultural conversation that followed.

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Wilson began her work with Lizzo as a makeup artist at 17, and the two have been creative collaborators ever since. Now, at 27, Wilson can’t put a name to how her art has evolved over the decade that they have been working together, necessarily, but she is assured about her intentions.

She isn’t in this to generate conversations, though that is a natural result of Black women being unapologetic about their bodies and their voices. What she wants to do is be honest: “We’re just showing what we thought was beautiful and needed to be seen . . . We needed the rest of the world to catch up to us.”

And Wilson isn’t interested in stopping anytime soon.

Her work is in constant forward motion, fuelled largely by necessity. If they need a photographer, for instance, Wilson will pick up the camera and handle it herself, even if it isn’t her primary artistic medium. It’s due in part, she says, to her desire to tell stories in as many ways as possible, but also because she likes the creative control it allows her. Keeping as many things in-house as possible makes for a more cohesive vision.

Wilson and Lizzo’s work depends on that cohesion, that closeness, refined over the course of their time together. That dynamic has also given Wilson space to dig into her distinctive vision — a sense of exploration and play that shines through even the most serious topics.

“I think that I like to be able to talk about serious issues in a cheeky manner because we don’t have to have it be so fucking deep and dark and delivered to us in that way. And I think that there are people who do that really well, but I’m just not one of them.”

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Wilson has always thought of her work in grand terms — in big, beautiful images of Black women and Black womanhood, but the shift in resources in recent years has made executing those ideas more attainable than ever before. An image of Lizzo’s Grammy performance leaps to mind when thinking about Wilson’s expansive vision for portraying Black women beautifully. Lizzo, in a glittering black gown, directing an all-Black orchestra on music’s biggest stage before the image shifts to Black ballerinas twirling in effervescent tutus against a backdrop of lilting strings.

Glamour said the performance is “all you need to see right now.” Rolling Stone called it “truly showstopping.” My group chat blew up with texts proclaiming “LIZZO IS THAT BITCH, PERIOD!” But Wilson refuses to think of the aftermath of a big show, good or bad. The critiques and the praise are beside the point.

“I am kind of selfish in the way that it’s like I’m not really thinking about people receiving anything other than if it’s my people, then yeah. I want them to feel a sense of belonging, and I want them to feel a sense of recognition and understanding. But other than that, I just kind of feel like you take what you take from it.”

She’s in the business of making people feel things, hopefully good things, but it all comes back to her gut instinct.

“If it feels wrong then I’m not going to do it, but if it feels right then yeah. I have to follow my gut or else the work isn’t going to be good,” she says. “I’m not thinking about how it’s going to be received in terms of audience; if I did that I wouldn’t be able to create shit.”

It’s one of the reasons why the formality of an interview still doesn’t feel quite natural to her, she says after hesitating in response to a question about her personal style. Wilson wants to be in control of her own narrative, wants to drive the conversation about her self and her art on her own terms, but she is all too familiar with the importance of visibility, especially for someone like her.

Having a gay, Black woman out in front, she says, has impact too great to be ignored.

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Her Instagram has become a sort of playground for her in that way. From photos with and of her girlfriend, singer and songwriter King Princess, to images demanding justice for George Floyd, to selfies with a full face beat, Wilson is always crafting and curating a story that is as playful as it is exploratory. Much like the videos she directs and the tours she designs, her instinct and talent are carrying her to create images of free Black womanhood that command attention.

In short, Quinn Whitney Wilson is doing whatever the fuck she wants. Down to the way she chooses what to wear in the morning, she’s following her instinct, without allowing any outside influences to colour her judgement. Her personal style is one that is driven by the same discernment that drives her creative direction.

“I like to make sure that whatever I’m wearing this day is fitting the comfort of how I feel about my body. Some days I want to be baggy and I don’t want my tits and ass to really be out there and to show, but other days I really want all my cake to be seen. So, it just depends on what I’m feeling that moment about my body.”

Wilson simply isn’t going to allow you to box her in. She’s going to do the work, and she’s going to do it on her own terms, especially right now. As protests continue around the country — fuelled by the murder of George Floyd in Wilson’s hometown of Minneapolis earlier this summer — Wilson is reevaluating the goal of her art with a newfound sense of urgency.

Earlier in the pandemic, Wilson and King Princess quarantined together at the latter’s family home in Hawai’i. But in an interview with Vogue UK in June, Wilson remarked on the necessity of committing herself to movement work outside of what is comfortable, and the desire she felt to immerse herself in the Black Lives Matter protests in her current home of Los Angeles. She didn’t feel comfortable watching the protests rage on without adding her voice and her body to the mix.

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“It’s not just a movement, it’s supposed to be a way of life. And the fact that we have to say that this is a movement is really fucking disrespectful and ridiculous. It shouldn’t be a singular,” she tells me. “It’s not a moment in time, this is something that needs to be reestablishing of a system that has oppressed people of colour and nonbinary folks for all of our fucking lives.”

Taking care of herself during this time has been a challenge, she says. We’re in a complicated moment in our history, one that demands our attention and our sacrifice and our commitment, all while braving a global pandemic. It has taken a toll on her mentally and emotionally. But much like with her work, Wilson soldiers on, despite any of the roadblocks and hardships that have appeared over the past few months.

When asked what’s coming next for her, Wilson’s goals are straightforward. She wants to keep making art that matters and that centres Black women in a beautiful light, and she wants to keep her head up.

“I’m working a lot, and I’m working out, and I’m making a smoothie every day, and I’m taking the time that I need when I need it. I’m just listening to myself.”

She’s listening to herself, and we’re listening, too. And we can only guess that what comes next will be even bigger, even bolder, even more badass and Black-ass than ever before.

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Quinn Whitney Wilson is Giving Black Women The Big, Beautiful Art They Deserve

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Live From New York...

Here is a list of all the people who have said LFNY and the number of times they have said it. (end of season 42). Also includes voice overs, prerecorded material and several specials.

- Darrell Hammond - 74

- Dana Carvey - 54

- Chevy Chase - 35

- Will Ferrell - 35

- Fred Armisen - 30

- Phil Hartman - 30

- Jason Sudeikis - 24

- Taran Killam - 23

- Kate McKinnon - 23

- Chris Parnell - 23

- Jay Pharoah - 23

- John Belushi - 21

- Tim Meadows - 21

- Kenan Thompson - 21

- Bobby Moynihan - 19

- Kristen Wiig - 19

- Dan Aykroyd - 18

- Kevin Nealon - 18

- Alec Baldwin - 17

- Will Forte - 16

- Mike Myers - 15

- Gilda Radner - 15

- Bill Hader - 14

- Bill Murray - 14

- Amy Poehler - 14

- Joe Piscopo - 13

- Beck Bennett - 11

- Ana Gasteyer - 11

- Cecily Strong - 11

- Laraine Newman - 10

- Maya Rudolph - 10

- Horatio Sanz - 10

- Vanessa Bayer - 09

- Rachel Dratch - 08

- Jimmy Fallon - 08

- Chris Farley - 08

- Tina Fey - 08

- Norm MacDonald - 08

- Garrett Morris - 08

- Molly Shannon - 08

- Billy Crystal - 07

- Jon Lovitz - 07

- Seth Meyers - 07

- Aidy Bryant - 06

- Eddie Murphy - 06

- Jane Curtin - 05

- Jan Hooks - 05

- Kyle Mooney - 05

- Nasim Pedrad - 05

- Charles Rocket - 05

- Andy Samberg - 05

- Rob Schneider - 05

- Sasheer Zamata - 05

- Jim Belushi - 04

- Larry David - 04

- Jim Downey - 04

- Chris Kattan - 04

- Steve Martin - 04

- Adam Sandler - 04

- Paul Shaffer - 04

- Julia Sweeney - 04

- Ellen Cleghorne - 03

- Pete Davidson - 03

- Mikey Day - 03

- Denny Dillon - 03

- Rudy Giuliani - 03

- Leslie Jones - 03

- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - 03

- Michael McKean - 03

- Mark McKinney - 03

- Tracy Morgan - 03

- Cheri Oteri - 03

- Chris Rock - 03

- Justin Timberlake - 03

- Robert DeNiro - 02

- Robert Downey Jr. - 02

- Abby Elliott - 02

- Al Franken - 02

- John Goodman - 02

- Gilbert Gottfried - 02

- Tom Hanks - 02

- Howard Hesseman - 02

- Melanie Hutsell - 02

- Dwayne Johnson - 02

- Gary Kroeger - 02

- John Lithgow - 02

- Madonna - 02

- Gail Matthius - 02

- Melissa McCarthy - 02

- Finesse Mitchell - 02

- Alex Moffat - 02

- Rick Moranis - 02

- Don Novello - 02

- Don Pardo - 01

- Randy Quaid - 02

- Ann Risley - 02

- Harry Shearer- 02

- David Spade - 02

- Paula Abdul - 01

- Ben Affleck - 01

- Rosanna Arquette - 01

- Drew Barrymore - 01

- Deb Blair - 01

- Jim Breuer - 01

- Paul Brittain - 01

- Matthew Broderick - 01

- A. Whitney Brown - 01

- Beth Cahill - 01

- John Candy - 01

- Robert Carlock - 01

- John Carpenter - 01

- Steve Carell - 01

- John Cleese - 01

- Hillary Clinton - 01

- Sacha Baron Cohen - 01

- Bryan Cranston - 01

- Cindy Crawford - 01

- Connie Crawford - 01

- Macaulay Culkin - 01

- Miley Cyrus - 01

- Rodney Dangerfield - 01

- Tom Davis - 01

- Danny DeVito - 01

- Mike Ditka - 01

- Joe Disco - 01

- Bob Dole - 01

- Michael Douglas - 01

- Robin Duke - 01

- Chris Elliott - 01

- Chris Evert - 01

- Siobhan Fallon - 01

- President Gerald Ford - 01

- Teri Garr - 01

- Sarah Michelle Gellar - 01

- Gina Gershon - 01

- Tom Gianas - 01

- Al Gore - 01

- Tipper Gore - 01

- Merv Griffin - 01

- Mary Gross

- Christopher Guest - 01

- Marvelous Marvin Hagler - 01

- Anthony Michael Hall - 01

- Rich Hall - 01

- Jon Hamm - 01

- Mark Harmon - 01

- George Harrison - 01

- Florence Henderson - 01

- Buck Henry - 01

- Pee-Wee Herman - 01

- Charlton Heston - 01

- Steve Higgins - 01

- Hulk Hogan - 01

- Dennis Hopper - 01

- Helen Hunt - 01

- Janet Jackson - 01

- Jesse Jackson - 01

- Victoria Jackson - 01

- Mick Jagger - 01

- Scarlett Johansson - 01

- Carolyn Kepcher - 01

- Sam Kinison - 01

- Richard Kneip - 01

- Ed Koch - 01

- Queen Latifah - 01

- Jay Leno - 01

- David Lewis - 01

- Jerry Lewis - 01

- Monica Lewinsky - 01

- Lindsay Lohan - 01

- Ron Luciano - 01

- Tobey Maguire - 01

- Joe Mantegna - 01

- John McCain - 01

- John McLaughlin - 01

- Vince McMahon - 01

- Lorne Michaels - 01

- Dennis Miller- 01

- Mr. T - 01

- Ralph Nader - 01

- Lori Nasso - 01

- Liam Neeson - 01

- New York City Children’s Chorus - 01

- President Barack Obama - 01

- Michael Palin - 01

- Sarah Palin - 01

- George Pataki - 01

- Walter Payton - 01

- Paula Pell - 01

- Sean Penn - 01

- Joe Perry - 01

- Brad Pitt - 01

- Mary Kay Place - 01

- Jason Priestley - 01

- Colin Quinn - 01

- Ron Reagan - 01

- Jeff Renaudo - 01

- Jeff Richards - 01

- Dennis Rodman - 01

- Linda Ronstadt - 01

- Jon Rudnitsky - 01

- Fred Savage - 01

- Charles Schumer - 01

- Arnold Schwarzenegger - 01

- Stephanie Seymour - 01

- Al Sharpton - 01

- William Shatner - 01

- Michael Shoemaker - 01

- Martin Short - 01

- Paul Simon - 01

- Robert Smigel - 01

- Dick Smothers - 01

- Tom Smothers - 01

- Sissy Spacek - 01

- Miskel Spillman - 01

- Ringo Starr - 01

- George Steinbrenner - 01

- Julia Stiles - 01

- Ben Stiller - 01

- Patrick Swayze - 01

- Fran Tarkenton - 01

- Lily Tomlin - 01

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- John Travolta

- Steven Tyler - 01

- Unidentified English Milkman - 01

- Danitra Vance - 01

- Nancy Walls - 01

- Christopher Walken - 01

- Damon Wayans - 01

- Noel Wells - 01

- Brooks Wheelan - 01

- Betty White - 01

- Robin Williams - 01

- Flip Wilson - 01

- Oprah Winfrey - 01

- Fred Wolf - 01

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For the week of 1 July 2019

Quick Bits:

Aero #1 is an impressive solo debut for the Chinese original heroine spinning out of War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas in North America and her original stories published in China. The first story is an English adaptation of one originally published in Chinese from Zhou Liefen and Keng, with the adaptation by Greg Pak, letters by Joe Caramagna. The artwork from Keng is stunning. There’s also an original back-up from Pak, Pop Mhan, Federico Blee, and Caramagna that ties in more directly to New Agents of Atlas with Aero learning more about Wave’s origin.

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Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #5 concludes another of these minis setting up for the finale in Age of X-Man: Omega. Vita Ayala, Germán Peralta, Matt Horak, Mike Spicer, and Joe Sabino deliver an entertaining story here of Bishop and his crew fighting back against their captor and figuring out who put them in this mess. Gorgeous artwork from Peralta, Horak, and Spicer.

| Published by Marvel

Analog #6 returns from the break with this action-packed start to the new arc. Great art from David O’Sullivan and Mike Spicer. Also, an interesting reveal of what people still do post-Internet.

| Published by Image

Crowded #7 kicks off the second arc as Charlie and Vita try to make their way to Las Vegas. Tons of humour, Charlie continues to be someone that you want to strangle, and Dog may just be the best part of the entire series. I love the art from Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Tríona Farrell, Katie O’Meara, and Holly McKend.

| Published by Image

Deathstroke #45 begins “Deathstroke RIP” from Priest, Fernando Pasarin, Jason Paz, Wade von Grawbadger, Jeromy Cox, and Willie Schubert. This one deals with the legacy of Slade Wilson in a fascinating manner as Rose tries to fulfill her father’s last contract. There’s also a tie-in to the “Year of the Villain” event with someone here listening to Luthor’s offer. Should be an interesting road ahead.

| Published by DC Comics

Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #1 is very much a continuation of the previous volume of Doom Patrol (with this first issue even including a “Thirteen” chapter heading), but it’s both inclusive and weird enough that it doesn’t overly matter if you’ve read the previous stuff. It helps, but this isn’t a bad place to jump in at the deep end. Gerard Way, Jeremy Lambert, James Harvey, Sajan Rai, and a seemingly uncredited letterer deliver an excellent story here, featuring a weird story on a fitness planet and Cliff dealing poorly with being flesh and blood again.

| Published by DC Comics / Young Animal

Giant Days #52 seems to be setting up how the series may see its exit as Esther travels to London for a job interview. It’s going to be sad to see it end, but John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar, and Jim Campbell are ensuring that these final stories contain all of the humour and rich character interaction that has been a hallmark for the book.

| Published by Boom Entertainment / BOOM! Box

The Green Lantern #9 is another excellent issue with stunning artwork from Liam Sharp and Steve Oliff. This one sets up a new multiversal threat while also giving us a fun adventure on an otherwise forgotten corner of the DC Universe in Athmoora.

| Published by DC Comics

Harley Quinn #63 is another “Year of the Villain” tie-in, with the offer being heard on the last two pages of the book. That pretty much seems to be the theme of these tie-ins, so if you’re not normally reading the books, you might otherwise want to skip them if you’re only interested in Year of the Villain. Apart from that, this is an entertaining story of Harley dealing with her mother’s cancer diagnosis from Sam Humphries, Otto Schmidt, and Dave Sharpe.

| Published by DC Comics

Immortal Hulk #20 continues to build on the confrontation between Hulk, Betty, and the new Abomination adding General Fortean’s forces to the mix directly. It’s fairly explosive, while more horrible and horrifying things seem to be happening on the other side of the Green Door and elsewhere. Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Ruy José, Belardino Brabo, Marc Deering, Paul Mounts, and Cory Petit continue to deliver Marvel’s best title. Also, there’s an Absolute Carnage teaser from Ewing, Brian Level, Mounts, and Clayton Cowles that gives us a missing body of General Ross and hints at possibly a more nightmarish Red Hulk.

| Published by Marvel

Justice League #27 continues “Apex Predator” from James Tynion IV, Javier Fernandez, Bruno Redondo, Hi-Fi, and Tom Napolitano. It builds further on the new history of Luthor and Martian Manhunter, while the rest of the team continues to try to track down the Monitor and Anti-Monitor.

| Published by DC Comics

Lois Lane #1 is an excellent debut from Greg Rucka, Mike Perkins, Paul Mounts, and Simon Bowland. It focuses well on Lois’ day job, building up on what makes her a creditable threat to shady organizations and the US government alike as she pushes forward to find the truth. A very welcome reappearance of a Questionable character, some topical story threads of the camps at the southern US border, and gorgeous artwork from Perkins and Mounts.

| Published by DC Comics

Red Sonja #6 is the penultimate chapter of this arc with the finale spinning off in the Lord of Fools special. Some interesting developments here as the Zamoran Emperor tries to end the war by offering Sonja a marriage proposal.

| Published by Dynamite

Savage Avengers #3 fully unites the team as Electra and Punisher join the others, complete with an interesting merging for the Venom symbiote. Gerry Duggan tosses out some really great funny lines for this one amidst all of the bloody action.

| Published by Marvel

Sea of Stars #1 is a heartbreaking debut from Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum, Stephen Green, Rico Renzi, and Jared K. Fletcher. Heartbreaking because it tells the story of a kid and his father, struggling to get by in cruel world through space shipping, and the attack of a weird space creature that tears them apart. Great set-up, beautiful art, and some bizarre events for what happens to the kid.

| Published by Image

Space Bandits #1 is worth it just for the incredible artwork from Matteo Scalera and Marcelo Maiolo. Like Scalera’s work on Black Science, the inventiveness of his art knows no limits and he explores some rich and detailed alien landscapes and characters, with a neat pastel colour palette from Maiolo. This first issue sets up two criminals screwed over by their respective crews.

| Published by Image

Star Wars: Target Vader #1 is a compelling debut that sets up a plot to kill Darth Vader from Robbie Thompson, Marc Laming, Chris Bolson, Neeraj Menon, Jordan Boyd, Andres Mossa, Federico Blee, Erick Arciniega, and Clayton Cowles. This one’s largely a gathering of the team set-up as we follow Valance from Han Solo: Imperial Cadet and learn of an organization running guns against the Empire.

| Published by Marvel

Superman: Up in the Sky #1 begins to collect the original Superman story that was published in those Walmart-exclusive 100-page anthologies from Tom King, Andy Kubert, Sandra Hope, Brad Anderson, and Clayton Cowles. It’s not a bad start, even if it seems a bit weird as to how obsessive Superman seems to be over a missing child stolen from the planet. Some of the best art from Andy Kubert I’ve seen in a while.

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Test #1 is another highly unique and entertaining debut for Vault. Christopher Sebela, Jen Hickman, Harry Saxon, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou introduce us to Aleph, a test subject in some sort of corporate experiment that seems to have some sort of unique powers. Or maybe not. That’s the interesting thing, there are hints that it could all be in Aleph’s mind. Wonderful art from Hickman and Saxon.

| Published by Vault

Thumbs #2 continues this excellent series from Sean Lewis and Hayden Sherman. The world-building in this series is incredible, especially considering how immensely personal it happens to be in regards to being seen through Thumbs’ eyes. The colour scheme in this series of blue-grey washes and hot pink just makes this look and feel wonderfully unique. Also, how the back-up story is presented with spot illustrations and dialogue is a neat use of format.

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Other Highlights: Batgirl #36, Batman/TMNT III #3, Birthright #37, Black Hammer: Age of Doom #11, Captain America and the Invaders: Bahama’s Triangle #1, Charlie’s Angels vs. The Bionic Woman #1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #6, DCeased #3, Dead Man Logan #9, Descendent #3, The Dreaming #11, Fantastic Four: Prodigal Sun #1, Female Furies #6, Hashtag: Danger #3, Heathen #7, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, KINO #17, The Long Con #10, Ms. Marvel Annual #1, No One Left to Fight #1, Old Man Quill #7, Postal: Deliverance #1, The Punisher #13, Secret Warps: Soldier Supreme Annual #1, Section Zero #4, She Said Destroy #2, Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #10, Star Trek: Year Five #3, Star Wars: Age of Resistance - Finn #1, Star Wars Adventures #23, TMNT #95, Transformers #8, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #46, Uncanny X-Men #21, The World of Black Hammer Encyclopedia

Recommended Collections: Conan the Barbarian - Volume 1: Life and Death of Conan Book One, Conan: The Jewels of Gwahlur & Other Stories, Crimson Lotus, Gasolina - Volume 3, Go Go Power Rangers - Volume 4, Hellboy: 25 Years of Covers, Monstress - Book One

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