Hello, Reddit. I’ve been lucky enough to write a fistful of new DC comics since we last spoke. I am also writing the new M.A.S.K. series for Skybound, and the ongoing Shredder book for IDW. I am very tired. I’m back once more to talk to you about comics. And anything else, really. So… AMA.
Is this website legit? I don’t usually order online but I wanted to pick this up.
Iman Vellani, known for playing Kamala Khan in “Ms. Marvel,” will make her solo comics writing debut with “Chachu,” a five-issue neo-noir miniseries illustrated by Marianna Ignazzi and colored by Jordie Bellaire, set for release from Image Comics and Tiny Onion on Aug. 5.
Set in 1979, the series follows Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian young woman with a love of film and pulp novels who travels to California to reconnect with her estranged uncle – a semi-retired private eye once celebrated for having married the starlet he was originally hired to find. When that same wife vanishes again, uncle and niece find themselves on an unplanned road-trip investigation, one that pushes Leila’s first taste of adulthood into a reckoning with family secrets and the myths both have built around their lives.
“I’ve always been deeply curious about comics as an art form because of their capacity to hold contradiction – arguably better than any other medium,” Vellani said. “That became especially meaningful to me while writing Chachu, which grew out of this tension between mourning my youth while I still have it, and an incessant urge to come of age already.” Popular on Variety
Ignazzi, whose prior credits include “Exquisite Corpses,” illustrated the series alongside colorist Bellaire, whose recent work includes “Absolute Wonder Woman.”
“From the very first reading of Iman’s script, I could already picture this 70s world revealing itself through reflections in sunglasses and rearview mirrors, slowly emerging through cigarette smoke and neon lights,” Ignazzi said.
"I tried to capture Leila and Chachu’s journey through strong blacks and a graphic style that could still feel emotional and deeply narrative. Seeing my pages come to life through Jordie’s colors has been wonderful – she brought an incredible atmosphere, warmth, and cinematic depth to every scene.”
“It’s been an immense privilege to build my first original series alongside such an accomplished roster of collaborators, all of whom challenged and supported me in ways that made this book far better than anything I could’ve imagined on my own or in therapy,” Vellani added.
“Chachu” is being co-published with Tiny Onion, the independent production house founded by James Tynion IV, co-creator of “Something is Killing the Children” and “The Department of Truth,” which has been expanding beyond comics into film, animation, and video game development.
The first issue goes on sale at comic book shops on Aug. 5 with five cover variants, including incentive editions by Matías Bergara, Jacob Phillips, and Christian Ward. It will also be available digitally through Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Don’t want to spoil especially because of the way the issue ends, but I loved this. Didn’t know anything about it, just grabbed it because I thought the cover was great. I really enjoyed how Tynion & Bennett showed the “us and them”, and how it devolves. Didn’t have any expectations(aside from knowing it’d at least be decent bc Tynion), issue 1 really blew me away
I saw that this had won some award or was nominated and so I looked it up, upon seeing the cover art I was immediately sold. It arrived yesterday and I read it straight away despite a multi month promise that one day I’d actually start reading Shin Zero.
The art is beautiful, it bounces between vibrant dreamlike sunsets when telling the pre zombie story and the bleak, dirty and violent look of the present. The characters are emotive and all around I just loved the look.
It’s a really sad but beautiful story that asks a number of questions. The main character is so flawed but understandably so, there’s times where the whole thing just feels so needless and upsetting. There’s some villains but for the most part it’s just people trying to get by. I read it cover to cover because it’s just a really engaging read. The overarching themes about acceptance and isolation particularly for a gay man in small town America fits really well.
I’d recommend to anyone really it’s a quick read and well worth it. Nearly got me tearing up a couple times.
Next up for me is shin zero maybe we’ll see. Revival just arrived which I’ve been excited for, as did Tokyo Ghost. Plus I’ve been sitting on Die and nailbiter and about twenty others. I need to stop buying more books till I get through the backlog… or not because otherwise maybe I’d miss something like this.
It was so worth waiting for the sick ass cover
Bruh why does nobody talk about this guy 😮💨😮💨😮💨. Lwk such an underrated character.
So recently there has been a lot of disappointment and dissatisfaction among fans of The Boys regarding the final season, especially with Homelander snapping, which reminded me of another series that pulls this off amazingly: Powers by Brian Michael Bendis.
In this universe, superheroes are actual heroes and try to live up to the comics, but it’s still pretty grounded, so they’re kind of messed-up people. Not evil per se, just flawed. The series really gets into the nitty-gritty of whether our society would truly accept and function alongside people with extraordinary abilities. It follows two ordinary cops in this crazy world and explores how regular people deal with all of it.
Now I’d like to get to the evil Superman of the series: Supershock. He started out as a well-meaning individual and eventually began questioning why things had to be this way. Why should he do what he does? Why does the world work like this? Which eventually leads him to developing a god complex, amplified further by the fact that he is supreme in his universe. A line from the main character goes something like: “We ranked him in the highest tier because we don’t know how strong he is. For all we know, he could be God himself.” That line sent a chill down my spine.
And what does Supershock do to convince people of his divinity? He intervened in the war between Israel and Palestine, putting an end to it by completely vaporizing the entire area. Then, aiming to present himself as the only godly being on the planet, he went to Rome and melted the Pope himself.
One of the last scenes has Supershock in space, seemingly teleporting our main character out of her house. Is this guy really God?
It really doesn’t help that nothing is known about the origin of this mf. For all we know, he could be as ancient as the world itself, since he was always there for humanity as a guardian angel
I know it was cancelled cuz of Ellis being a sex pest but why was it announced if it was gonna be taken back nearly immediately? Or was it that Templesmith announced that they were gonna do it without running it past image and then the whole thing kinda imploded once the backlash hit and image found out?
That my Question
When reading Volume seeing her as lead what did you think? How was it looking at Gertude as Adult?
What did you think when they brought back Kid Gertude which brings up few Questions is she technically Time displaced or bringing her to Future just created new Timeline? I guess will find out sooner or later
Do you Think they should done with Adult Gertude or your fine with the opening arc plus the bonus Matrial like short stories that Skottie Young released between Volume 1 and 2 where Gertude meets Skottie Young himself (this story hadn't been printed yet)
So Lets do this
Art by Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau
It’s mostly due to the budget this show was given but don’t get me wrong I love the parts in the show where the girl that smokes gets to see her brother and he’s super successful because of what happened to her
