Lucifer

Welcome to the Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up! The column spotlights crowdfunding campaigns by queer creators, disabled creators, women creators, and creators of color, which we think are a great investment, whether for a one-shot story or a sprawling anthology. This week’s round-up includes the latest from the female-led publisher Unlikely Heroes Studios, an all-ages story inspired by Finnish folklore, and one woman’s journey chronicling her life in comics for five years. Are you ready to dive in? Let’s get going!…

There's no way it could be anything other than this. While other couples on the show have their moments, everything else pales in comparison to the epic, seasons-long, star-crossed romance between Chloe and Lucifer. When Lucifer and Chloe first meet, Chloe is a serious woman focused solely on work and family, while Lucifer is a vapid party animal only interested in living in the moment and satisfying his desires. As they develop a working partnership, they begin growing into better versions of themselves…

Photo: Jeff Spicer / Stringer (Getty Images)As The Sandman enjoys an astounding success on Netflix, Neil Gaiman has done an exceptionally in-depth interview with Rolling Stone, where he describes the arduous and sometimes underhanded methods it took to get the adaption made to his specifications. “I spent 30-something years battling bad versions of Sandman,” he said. Gaiman describes an incident in 1996 when Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary was slated to direct an adaption. Avary apparently wanted to pursue a…

There’s a lot to enjoy in Netflix’s The Sandman series. The show is good! The comic is great! It’s rich with meaty allusions ripe for discovery. It’s a story with fascinating mysteries and wonderful messages. It’s also created a great situation for me personally, one where I get to point out that Lucifer of the TV show Lucifer and Lucifer of The Sandman are the same character. And I don’t mean because of the Bible. Image:…