Posts By Alyssa Vaughn

I reviewed the first issue of this mini-series back in January, and something about it really appealed to me. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, aside from my …
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This is the second Mother’s Day I’ve celebrated as a mom, and the first Supermom column I’ve written in almost a year. Those two things are not unrelated.

There are …
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Action Comics #1000… Damn.

That’s a lot of Superman.

How does a writer approach 85 years of lore, create their own spin on an established personality/backstory/universe, and still remain true …
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Alien is a sci-fi classic that grew into an entire universe, colliding and intersecting with other fictional realms of space and time, and bearing more and more stories. Some were …
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In her letter to the reader titled Behind the Veil, Emma Beeby writes “[Mata Hari] is provocative in every way. She’s not always likable…She lied continuously. She appropriated cultures that …
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Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef perhaps best known for his travel and food shows No Reservations and Parts Unknown has joined forces once again with Joel Rose, his collaborator on New …
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In 1992, British author Kim Newman released the first novel in his alternate history universe, Anno Dracula, in which Dracula marries Queen Victoria, making vampirism socially acceptable and, from the …
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The idea of court intrigue within a fantasy world did not start with Game of Thrones, but as fans prepare themselves for the final season of the television adaptation of …
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In Vertigo’s Imaginary Fiends introduces us to eighteen-year-old Melba Li, who’s been held in institutions for the last six years, with no foreseeable end. According to her, it’s because of …
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A few months ago, I was lucky enough to be contacted by Cory Godbey, whose book Labyrinth Tales I reviewed last September. He kindly sent me his new book, The …
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Black Cloud has been lauded as “the love child of Labyrinth and Inception” and “Jessica Jones meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, but I don’t think that praise does it justice. …
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Rat Queens has been a critical darling and fan favorite since its start in 2013- barring the brief hiatus and on-again/off-again conversion to webcomic in late 2016. BUT, we finally …
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