Tegan O'Neil's posts

From war-torn South Vietnam to the apartment of supernatural stoners to a psychedelic plane of reality inside a…

Contrary to what people might think, the recent boom of comic book movies and television shows hasn’t come with a…

As the graphic novel market continues to grow, the medium is increasingly popular for established novelists who want…

Starting a new superhero universe is a risky endeavor in a comic book marketplace crowded with superhero titles, but…

Monsters in pop culture are cyclical, with media fixating on a particular type long enough for audiences to get sick…

The flexibility to form and reform comics creative teams is both one of the genre’s biggest strengths and…

The first X-Men Prime was released in May of 1995, on the heels of possibly the best-received crossover in franchise…

Unwilling soldiers aren’t exactly a new idea in comic books. Marvel especially enjoys mining that story over and…

Best known as the man that popularized the word “zombie” in the English language, William Seabrook is a tragic…

Nadia Pym is Marvel’s latest attempt to make its comic-book universe resemble its cinematic universe, and while…

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: In the aftermath of a civil war between two gangs of superheroes, the…

The Flash is a friendly guy. It’s part of the character that comes with wearing the red suit. Barry Allen is bland…

Bad comics used to be fun. The first Civil War, 10 years in hindsight, had charm—a well-made piece of hokum that…

There’s a lot riding on Doctor Aphra #1 (Marvel). Launching a new series for a character native to the comics seems…

The world of comics is huge and ever expanding. All it takes is one look at Diamond’s weekly new-releases list to be…

Ed Luce’s Oaf Jadwiga is a study in contrasts, a hulking teddy bear of a man with a sensitive soul and a love for…

Few creators exemplify the promise and disappointment of the early decades of comic books as fully as Wally Wood.…

Wakanda is experiencing a well deserved resurgence in interest. Between excitement for the Black Panther movie and…

Becoming Unbecoming (Arsenal Pulp Press) is not an easy read, but it is an essential one. This graphic memoir by Una…

This week: Peter Milligan and Michael Allred’s X-Force, a series published from 2001 to 2002 that changed the course…