Articles by Donna-Lyn Washington

The first thing you notice about the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ by John Jennings and Damian Duffy is […]

People rarely live in the present. Either they are reliving the past in a variety of ways or figuring out what’s the next thing or […]

In an interview author Octavia Butler discussed how she placed her 1979 novel ‘Kindred’ in Baltimore, Maryland instead of the deep-south to emphasize that freedom […]

Reading the third installment of Rai you get the sense that writer Dan Abnett is going to emotionally punch you in the face in every […]

Since the film’s ‘Doctor Strange’ release in 2016 his character and supernatural world in which he inhabits is as entertaining and thought provoking as the […]

One of the promising possibilities about the new year is what’s happening in indie-comics. Greg Anderson Elysee is an award-winning comic-book creator and writer. He […]

Comic books have been one of the few places in 2019 that has openly and unapologetically discussed racism, oppression, the danger of artificial intelligence, demagogues […]

There’s a considerable amount to unpack when it comes to Rai’s behavior in issue two of this hero-titled comic book. The cover suggests a man […]

Father is a loaded word. For Rai and his older brother Raijin their parent makes for a complex relationship. After the ‘Rai’ miniseries Rai defeated […]

You can’t imagine the sort of grief a goddess has until you see her attempting to plant life in a vast, ever-shifting, otherworldly landscape. The […]

You can’t treat being a hero like a part-time job if you plan to live without the need of artificial life support. Ruby Kaye in […]