I thought for sure the
Monstress series by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda was going to be the best thing I read this year, but something I read in the last couple of weeks of 2020 just barely edged out the spot.
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo struck a chord in me, not only for its humor, but also because the teenagers
actually act and sound like teenagers. It’s not often that I find a book that I feel gives an authentic experience (whether it’s a teenage one or something else, like a southern one) but when I do, those books always end up on my shelf. Add to that a fun dive into Chinese mythology, and
Colors: Kike J. Diaz
What They Say:
Vampirella arrives on Mars but it may be too late for her and Dejah Thoris to save Barsoom…Things go from bad to worse as Earth Project: Zombiepowers spreads the killer virus throughout the globe…and Red Sonja and her mysterious companion may have the key to solving the plague, but first they’ve got to past an army of zombie gorillas. Did we say zombie gorillas? Yes, we said zombie gorillas.
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
I rarely have big expectations of crossover events because I’ve been around the block a few times but the DIE!namite series is just making me struggle with that even more. Because of outside issues to storytelling, Declan Shelvey jumped from the project, leaving Fred Van Lente to finish it out. Not that there was a lot of story going on at the moment as the first two issues and a good chunk of this just continues to show the various individuals and groups that are facing