Rachel Cholst
DISCLAIMER: Some of the links below are affiliate links. If you buy something from a Soda and Telepaths link, we may earn a commission. This is used to help maintain the site and create more content for you! Ash and Thorn #5 sees us cruising into this charming mini-series’ conclusion. For better or worse, five … Read more
Ash and Thorn #4 is where all the groundwork comes to fruition. We get Lauren (? Laura? The friend?) proving her usefulness. We get our first real intro to the Big Bad, Court, and we find out what the heck a “Battle Biscuit” is. So let’s get into the plot.
Ash & Thorn has been a series of exciting twists and turns. When we last left Lottie and her Guardian Peruvia, the new Champion was busy slicing demons in half with a cast-iron skillet while rescuing her art tutor Sarah from a demon’s grasp. In the latest installment of Ash & Thorn, we focus a … Read more
Curiosities From Another World – Review Welcome to Curiosities From Another World. An impoverished boy afflicted by a curable disease, seeing life outside the city his dying wish. A girl who learns her entire world has been a lie discovers she’s actually been living in a “humane” concentration camp. A woman who has the opportunity … Read more
Ash & Thorn #2 – Review The second issue of Mariah McCourt and Soo Lee’s remix of vampires and slayers sets a number of plot pieces into place. As I wrote in my review of the first issue of the Ash and Thorn comic, you already more or less know the story, so the fun … Read more
Ash & Thorn crackles with promise. [wp-review] A gore-spattered black woman with dreadlocks covers her eyes. “I can’t do this.” The story, penned by Mariah McCourt (Angel, True Blood), is one you already know. Lottie Thorn is the Champion: tasked with saving the world from the coming apocalypse, mentored by Lady Peruvia Ashlington-Voss, who has … Read more
The first season of CW’s Batwoman was about as tumultuous as the last half of 2019 and this half of 2020. Ruby Rose, the show’s lead is gone. The showrunners have announced they’re going to replace Kate Kane altogether, rather than recast the roll. Meanwhile, we didn’t get the planned season finale due to COVID-19, … Read more
This is the episode I’ve been dreading. When Batwoman writer Marc Andreyko introduced Nocturna in the comics, it became a pivotal arc for the character — and one that anyone who gave half a shit about the character wished never happened. It still astonishes me that the storyline was greenlit. As a refresher, DC put … Read more
Let’s catch up on all of the Batwoman since December — and move boldly forward!