Science Comics: Computers: How Digital Hardware Works
I wondered about having a dinosaur (and a Victorian-dressed one, at that) narrate a volume on computers, but as soon as Science Comics: Computers: How Digital Hardware Works opened with her talking about this being her second choice (the first was the Science Comics: Dinosaurs book, duh), I was won over. Then she started breaking down and eating (!) a laptop, as she explained the components to us, and I was hooked. As written by Perry E. Metzger & Penelope […]
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Consider the Consequences
Consider the Consequences, originally published in 1930, is thought to be the first gamebook, a genre which you might know better as a “choose your own path” book, or “a choice-based branching narrative”, or interactive fiction. It was written by Doris Webster & Mary Alden Hopkins, and I found out about it because Pushkin Press reprinted it last year. I had a blast with it. There are three stories included, with lead characters that appear in the other plots. One […]
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The Science of Affection
Kitten-Kin‘s 181-post Sherlock fancomic, The Science of Affection, is now available in print-on-demand paperback. (It’s also available as a pay-what-you-want PDF download.) It ran from 2018 to 2025. It started as a doodle about a sleepy John accidentally kissing Sherlock, who was feeding John’s daughter Rosie. From that grew a story about how the three became a family. In addition to the Johnlock, there’s also a little bit of side Mystrade (Mycroft Holmes/Inspector Lestrade). The whole thing becomes a story, […]
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Watson v. Holmes #1
Watson v. Holmes launches a 12-issue series with plenty of horror intrigue. It’s written by Jon Santana (story co-written with Rafael Santana), illustrated by Jordan Rodriguez, and published by Iron Age Comics. I hadn’t heard of them before, but they apparently publish via crowdfunding. Which is where I found an excellent summary of the series premise. In short, Sherlock Holmes is presumed dead after Reichenbach. Watson has a daughter, Scarlett, who’s been framed for the murder of her fiancee Lila. […]
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Holmes: Undead #1 Reviewed; Second Issue Now Crowdfunding
Holmes: Undead #1 crowdfunded successfully earlier this year. In the issue, there’s lovely moody art as we get a quick summary of Holmes facing Moriarty at the Falls, narrated by Dr. John Watson, before we jump to modern day. Dr. Gionne Watson is being followed as she picks up a family legacy (a box of books, she thinks) and confronts her former team leader about being laid off from her job in cancer research. Her landlord, calling himself Mr. Hudson, […]
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Drawing From Your Memory
Drawing From Your Memory by Shiki Kawabata combines the “kids learn to make manga” genre with an “I went back in time to save a classmate” story. We first meet Mahoro after she’s had huge success. Her manga series spawned an anime, a movie, and a TV show. She’s being asked to come up with another series, which leads to her confession — her popular series was based on ideas and character designs from someone else who died ten years […]
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You Might As Well Be the One
You Might As Well Be the One by Megumu Seto tells a classic romance storyline well. Ichika’s in college and looking for a boyfriend. She wants a serious relationship, with someone she can talk with, someone who sees the real her. She meets someone at a meetup that she thinks is a nice guy… but Kosei soon tells her he only goes out with girls casually. Their friendship continues to develop, but she realizes she has feelings for him. The […]
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Rea Irvin’s The Smythes
Rea Irvin’s The Smythes is a prestige hardcover from New York Review Comics reprinting a Sunday comic from the 1930s. Although I didn’t finish all the reprinted comic strips, which were much of a similarity, I found the historical information surrounding them fascinating. Rea Irvin is best known for creating Eustace Tilley, the snob with the butterfly who was on the first cover of The New Yorker and has become the mascot of the magazine. Irvin’s art style, appeal, and […]
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