Local author and comic artist, Kristin Beale has a pretty good sense of humor. While most of us would chalk up a bad or weird date to a night and an overpriced cocktail wasted, and roll our eyes over it with close friends the next morning before it fades into our...
Current Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief, C.B. Cebulski, recently commented that comics should not be political; instead, they should remain what mainstream media depicts them as: entertainment. After inevitable backlash, the predictable backpedaling began. “One of the things I want to make sure is when we do tell these stories—I don’t know how to...
Welcome back, comics fans! We just introduced you to our new comics column a few weeks ago. If you missed it, you can check it out here. The next two weeks in comics are a bit of a doozy with plenty of new (and old) things to check out from the indie racks to the DC side of the stage as well, with even a surprise guest appearance from my forever...
RVA Mag Comics X-Change is a bi-weekly comic column which dives into the latest and upcoming releases, along with insider info from local and regional comic book shop owners. Good afternoon comic fans! Between the Blu-Ray release of "Infinity War," and Netflix’s announcement to acquire streaming rights for "Black Panther," it’s been a pretty...
A typical morning routine for many here in Richmond includes waking up, making breakfast and coffee, and driving through the Richmond rush hour traffic to get to an office. For those who work from home, their desk could look like pretty much any desk pulled from a cubicle. For Ryan Capps, his desk includes a webcam, a headset, and a live chat...
From Archie to Scott Pilgrim, Wonder Woman to Sailor Moon, lunch boxes to Pop! Figures, comic book stores have undoubtedly stood the test of time and only become cooler as they've aged. Richmond, ever the epicenter of what’s rad and nerdy, already has several go-to shops, from Velocity Comics on Broad Street to Alpha Comics and Games at Willow...
The world has known so many iconic mystery-solving duos, from Holmes and Watson, to Riggs and Murtaugh, to Shaggy and Scooby. As the world crumbles into shambles around us, there is only one duo we need to save us and bring us together: former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden. Hope Never Dies, Andrew Shaffer, while not a...
Jim Callahan is my new comics guru, my Yoda, if you will. A Richmond native, a VCU Arts graduate, and oh, did I mention he worked for Marvel? Callahan knows his comics, and he is exactly who I had to speak to in order to get the update on what's hot right now in the world of comics. For the uninitiated, comics are a vast and quickly changing...
As our worldview continuously grows darker with every news broadcast, our thirst for dystopian media grows thicker. Luckily for us, local author Ian Bodkin’s has just released the third installment of his comic, The Savage Lyrics, to satiate this need. Equal parts 1984, Under the Dome, and that one season of The Walking Dead with the Governor and...
With platforms such as Twitch and constantly changing technology, it is a fact that computer and video games will always be here to stay. However, before we had Mario and Link saving their respective princesses, there was a system that solidified itself for life in the hearts of American gamers. A time of cabinets, a steel ball, plungers, and...
