I’ve enjoyed the issues of Watson and Holmes I’ve read. It’s a new, urban take on the classic Sherlock Holmes setup — the characters are black, it’s set in Harlem in New York City, and Watson (who’s intended to be an equal character, thus the billing flip) is a medical intern returned from Air Force service in Afghanistan. The comic started as a Kickstarted digital miniseries, but it was so successful that they announced plans for an ongoing print comic […]

Raina Telgemeier has revealed the cover to her upcoming graphic novel Sisters. The face on the left resembles the cover to her blockbuster autobiographical comic Smile, a frequent inhabitant of the New York Times bestseller list, making the connection between the two obvious to readers eager to consume more of her work. Sisters is due in stores August 26, 2014. Here’s an official description: Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren’t quite […]

Remember when I asked what was going on with Ape Entertainment a couple of weeks ago? And they showed up at another site to say they were still publishing and were “planning the release of our ‘Fruit Ninja’ comic app [announced July 2012] at the end of January”? Now that we’re well into February, searching “fruit ninja comic” in both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store turns up nothing relevant. Previously, Ape released a similar “Pocket God” comic […]