by Jarrod | Nov 29, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Of all the adventures to feature Stan Sakai’s venerable Usagi Yojimbo, a captivating cosmic escapade would seem the least likely. 1992’s Space Usagi mini-series was unexpected, and so it was great. Simple arithmetic. Space Usagi,...
by Jarrod | Oct 17, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Howard and Lupe are on the run. Such is the life of the lonesome monster hunters of (what do you know!) The Lonesome Hunters. Their strange bond involves a mystical onyx anime sword, ancient Christian mythology, talking magpies, and, most recently, a...
by Jarrod | Jul 27, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Order and Outrage is a comics legend grappling with perennial concepts turned extreme in our current moment. Those who have, take. Those who don’t serve. Simple. But in Jim Starlin and Rags Morales’ sci-fi polemic, the Have-Nots have a big...
by Jarrod | Jun 26, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
WARNING: ANIMAL HARM. by Jarrod Jones. When you read about Hairball, the new horror series from Matt Kindt and Tyler & Hilary Jenkins, you get the standard elevator pitch: “Junji Ito meets Hayao Miyazaki meets Stephen King. Cats.” And, I mean, sure....
by Jarrod | Jun 8, 2023 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. As a writer, Arthur Schnitzler was, you might agree, ahead of the curve. In 1897, he finished La Ronde — a stageplay intersecting the lives of ten people through romance and sex — and it was so scandalous that the play didn’t see a...