James W. Ware

Star Trek: Red Shirts is…  💥  (Stepped on a landmine. oops.) Anyway, Star Trek: Red Shirts is…  🔶  (Changed into a styrofoam polygon. Dangit.)   So, Star Trek: Red Shirts…  👴  (Ugh. Aged rapidly and died from old age. Drat.) Ahhh! Anyway. Star Trek: Red Shirts is about the security division of Starfleet, the brave souls who charge headfirst into danger and usually die before the opening theme song rolls. 📖 “Star Trek: Red Shirts.”   📝 Writer: Christopher Cantwell 📔  Cover Artist: Chris Shehan 👨🏻‍🎨 Artist: Megan Levens 🖍️ Colorist: Charlie Kirchoff 🔡 Letterer: Jodie Troutman 🏢 Publisher: IDW   🗓️ Published : May 12, 2026 A group of 12 Starfleet security personnel are sent on a daring mission uncover an unknown antagonist spying on a distant starbase. Set the trap. Neutralize the enemy. Try not to die in the process.  What could possibly go wrong? I am a long-time Star Trek fan, so it was a delight to revisit the w...

Magic, cowboys, and world-ending MacGuffins. Yee haw! 📖 “The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six” 📝 Writer: Cullen Bunn @cullenbunn 👨🏻‍🎨 Illustrator: Brian Hurtt @ brihurtt 🖍️ Colorist: Bill Crabtree @ billcrabtreecolor 🔡 Letterer: Christopher Crank 🏢 Publisher: Oni Press @onipress   🗓️ Published on: April 28, 2026 📚 Length: 146 pages Publisher’s Blurb: Becky Montcrief’s great sacrifice destroyed the Sixth Gun—and the Grey Witch Griselda with it—but the power of the timeless weapons was also released into the world, ready to be reborn. . . . Familiar heroes—Ghost Eyes, Izzy, Henry Grey, Unega, and more—race to prevent the deadly cabal of villains old and new from gaining control of the reborn mythical weapons known as the Six. With the power of travel on the mystical Crossroads, the whole world is the stage for the newest battle to control its fate—the Battle for the Six!   Collecting The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six #1–3, plus the three prelude short stories coll...

The comic book medium is, by its very nature, flexible. Sequential storytelling need not be limited to superhero stories or dramatic tales. Indeed, as Scott McCloud famously pointed out in Understanding Comics , even airplane safety pamphlets are, at their core, comics.  It is this flexibility that Let's Make Cocktails! Takes advantage of. Sarah Becan uses the medium of comics to share the history, techniques, and recipes behind the world’s most iconic cocktails.  Written and Illustrated by Sarah Becan Published by Ten Speed Graphic  Published on April 7, 2026 Length: 192 Pages Publisher’s Blurb:  A fun and approachable comic book introduction to the wonderful world of cocktails, with tips for stocking your home bar and 60 recipes for classic drinks, from the co-author and illustrator of  Let's Make Ramen!  and  Let's Make Dumplings! Sarah Becan invites readers to wet their whistles in  Let's Make Cocktails!  Featuring her colorful, engaging...

“It’s them aliens again!” 

 Agent Bob Jones, responsible for a government task force investigating the existence of kaiju, is pulled into a web of intrigue and conspiracy when the nefarious shape-shifting Xiliens invade with their army of space kaiju. The mythical earthbound creatures led by Godzilla may be humanity’s last hope for survival. Author: Frank Tieri Artist: Angel Hernandez Colors: Heather Breckel Letters: Steve Wands Editor: Jake Williams Designed by: Darran Robinson Published by: IDW Publishing Published on: Apr 21, 2026 Length: 120 Pages This comic has a little of everything - aliens, government conspiracies, and more Godzilla lore than you can shake a stick at. Tieri and Hernandez seamlessly blend classic 1950’s science fiction themes and the Godzilla franchise. The plot reminded me a lot of movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and other classic Cold War alien invasion b-movies. The Godzilla gang is all here too. I’ve long been a fan of the campier installments in...