Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Tag: comic books
While the first comic con in New York was back in 1964, ReedPop's New York Comic Con launched in 2006, making 2026 the 20th anniversary of the comics/media/games juggernaut. As my past coverage shows, I often alternate between comics panels and the larger movie and TV presentations. This year, however, I focused largely on comics … Continue reading New York Comic Con at 20
From the folks behind Super Jersey Comics Expo, Super Jersey Summer Spectacular arrived at the Iron Peak Sports & Events in Hillsborough, NJ this past Saturday. Artist Rags Morales. More modest in scale than its Comics Expo sibling, the Summer Spectacular occupied about half the floor space and ran for a single day. In contrast … Continue reading Super Jersey Summer Spectacular 2026
Murder in the Heartland 1935. Times are hard in the Oklahoma panhandle. In the small village of New Hope, the extended drought has turned the ground arid and the wells dry. Mammoth dust storms sweep across the town. The memory of the murder of a young girl in the recent past still haunts the townsfolk, … Continue reading Dust to Dust
The Disquiet of Life Under Surveillance In an unidentified, vaguely Eastern European city, the town's sectors are controlled by different political factions. Nadia, the daughter of former political activists in one of those factions, lives a quiet life with her widowed mother. Her father was killed years earlier in a bomb attack during the nation's … Continue reading The Shadower
