Comic Books

Earlier this year, Dark Horse Comics released the first volume of creator Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy, focusing on two characters who pine for emotional relief: from grief, from regret, or from a deep...

A graphic novel with nods to Max Fleischer cartoons of yesteryear paired with undertones of the current refugee crisis across the globe may not, on the surface, sound like a typical all-ages comic book story....

Writer Jeff Lemire, artist Wilfredo Torres, and colorist Dave Stewart’s Quantum Age: From the World of Black Hammer debuted this summer, following the exploits of superheroes who have taken inspiration from...

Next year will mark the 25th anniversary of the film adaptation of The Mask, based on the Dark Horse comic focused on nebbish Stanley Ipkiss and how he gains a whole host of mystical powers after discovering...

Writer and artist Victor Santos’ Polar series of noir tales is the right blend of hard-boiled storytelling and action-packed, often violent aesthetic that continues to draw in readers. Proof positive of...

Did y'all see the first official movie poster for next year's Hellboy reboot, featuring Stranger Things' David Harbour as Big Red himself? If not, take a gander at this imagery of badassery: Pretty...

With Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel film hitting in just a few months, now has never been a better time to be a fan of Carol Danvers and her heroic alter ego. As the anticipation for the movie ramps up and...

In his phenomenal run on his recently concluded Marvel Comics series Iceman, writer Sina Grace examined the growth of Bobby Drake, the titular mutant hero, as he examined his new life as an out gay man. Under...

Marvel’s Exiles reboot has been an unexpected joy of a comic, wholly thanks to the creators’ new take on a concept that has always been novel—superheroes helping protect the multiverse—but needed a...

FreakSugar contributor Tim Avers shares his thoughts on the debut issue of DC Comics’ new miniseries Heroes in Crisis. I don’t remember when DC Comics’ miniseries Identity Crisis debuted. The main...