Lungs is a stream of consciousness rom-com set in the pre-Trump fainting spell that privileged liberal America endured very loudly. The narrative employs the manic pixie dream girl and frustrated musician as the stereotypes to help us struggle with big decisions...
We last spoke with artist Asiya al-Sharabi in October of 2017. Her mixed-media series, Trumperie, which we highlighted in our previous article, seems more relevant now than ever. That series of artworks explores what it means to be an immigrant during Donald Trump's presidency. Trump's controversial travel ban, which finally went into effect...
My girl and I talked it over and decided that since I was the one making hay in the sunshine, the registration stickers that came earlier in the week should go on my truck, and we’d use her car more at night. The sun was out, the sky was blue, but those streets out there were no less mean and the only way to get that money was to go out there and...
According to artist Massa Lemu, it is the year of the dupe. Lemu describes election season in his home country, Malawi, as a time of trickery and deceit, during which the elite makes their way to the ground from their “ivory towers,” as Lemu puts it. While he isn’t home for the election season, Lemu wants to be part of the action.That's why he...
Good afternoon and happy holidays, comic fans of the RVA! Welcome to yet another riveting issue of your RVA Comics X-Change -- your biweekly go-to stop for what is new and good in the land of comics and pop culture! I hope you filled up on turkey and stuffing over the weekend because while this week is slim pickings for your recommendations,...
Good afternoon, comics fans! Welcome to issue #6 of RVA Mag’s Comics X-Change, piping hot off the press and now with a holofoil variant just for you. A lot is going on the next couple weeks for us in comics-land, and in the beautiful not-so-underground that is Netflix. As if we weren’t packed as it was, I was parking my car in front of Alpha...
For Richmond, 2018 is a time for us to come together to understand not only the present we live in, but the ways in which the past has influenced us. The Virginia Museum Of History & Culture is doing just that with their most recent installation, Fresh Paint: Murals Inspired By The Story Of Virginia. Armed with their creativity, ten Virginia...
Not too many comic book heroes have an origin story as wild as "half-demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists." But then again, Hellboy isn’t like most comic book heroes-- and his creator, Mike Mignola, isn’t like most comic book creators. Best known for the Hellboy franchise, Mike Mignola flew into town earlier this week to talk to...
Not too many comic book heroes have an origin story as wild as "half-demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists." But then again, Hellboy isn’t like most comic book heroes-- and his creator, Mike Mignola, isn’t like most comic book creators. Best known for the Hellboy franchise, Mike Mignola flew into town earlier this week to talk to...
Good afternoon, comics fans! Welcome to another edition of RVA Comics X-Change, your biweekly go-to spot for comics and pop culture. This week, instead of getting you the best recommendations for the next two weeks, we decided to make a pit stop at VA Comicon, which took place last weekend, and give you the lowdown on what you missed. Housed at...
