Oliver Sava
@oliversava.bsky.social
Comic book, dance, theater, TV writer for THE A.V. CLUB, CHICAGO MAGAZINE, VULTURE, POLYGON. #DoopWithLegs founder. Icon by Jacob Chabot, cover by Felipe Sobreiro. he/him
Binging DEATH BY LIGHTNING put me in the right headspace to finally watch REDS and what an incredible film. Had no idea abt the documentary element, which is so well done and adds lots of valuable context. Keaton’s performance is unreal. Fiery, tender, vulnerable — she owns the movie.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Binging DEATH BY LIGHTNING put me in the right headspace to finally watch REDS and what an incredible film. Had no idea abt the documentary element, which is so well done and adds lots of valuable context. Keaton’s performance is unreal. Fiery, tender, vulnerable — she owns the movie.
Loving DEATH BY LIGHTNING but still fuming that Netflix cancelled GLOW
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Loving DEATH BY LIGHTNING but still fuming that Netflix cancelled GLOW
My November comics preview is up at @avclub.com! Picks include:
💞 HARLEY AND IVY: LIFE AND CRIMES @dc.com
🍌 BANANA SIOULE @magneticpress.bsky.social
🇺🇸 AMERICAN CAPER @darkhorse.com
👊 COLOSSAL KAYA @imagecomics.com
🎨 SLICES OF LIFE @bulgilhanpress.com
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💞 HARLEY AND IVY: LIFE AND CRIMES @dc.com
🍌 BANANA SIOULE @magneticpress.bsky.social
🇺🇸 AMERICAN CAPER @darkhorse.com
👊 COLOSSAL KAYA @imagecomics.com
🎨 SLICES OF LIFE @bulgilhanpress.com
www.avclub.com/comics-previ...
5 new comics to read in November, including Harley and Ivy's romantic origin
5 new comics to read in November, including Harley and Ivy's romantic origin
www.avclub.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My November comics preview is up at @avclub.com! Picks include:
💞 HARLEY AND IVY: LIFE AND CRIMES @dc.com
🍌 BANANA SIOULE @magneticpress.bsky.social
🇺🇸 AMERICAN CAPER @darkhorse.com
👊 COLOSSAL KAYA @imagecomics.com
🎨 SLICES OF LIFE @bulgilhanpress.com
www.avclub.com/comics-previ...
💞 HARLEY AND IVY: LIFE AND CRIMES @dc.com
🍌 BANANA SIOULE @magneticpress.bsky.social
🇺🇸 AMERICAN CAPER @darkhorse.com
👊 COLOSSAL KAYA @imagecomics.com
🎨 SLICES OF LIFE @bulgilhanpress.com
www.avclub.com/comics-previ...
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Only a few days left to nab your copies of The Comics Courier at our Kickstarter price! Thank you for supporting comics criticism and print media!
The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
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October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Only a few days left to nab your copies of The Comics Courier at our Kickstarter price! Thank you for supporting comics criticism and print media!
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Some ink-only pages from ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #13 for you keen observers of lines and strokes.
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Some ink-only pages from ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #13 for you keen observers of lines and strokes.
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A hot, hot reminder that you have until the end of Halloween to pledge for The Comics Courier's Issue 3 campaign. And if you miss it? You will be haunted by ghosts of Comics Courier past...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A hot, hot reminder that you have until the end of Halloween to pledge for The Comics Courier's Issue 3 campaign. And if you miss it? You will be haunted by ghosts of Comics Courier past...
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Oh damn this is gonna be so gnarly
“I Saw the TV Glow” writer-director Jane Schoenbrun is doing a series at Netflix based on Charles Burns’ “Black Hole” comics (which also have a long on-off history with movie adaptations). Details here.
Netflix Lands ‘Black Hole’ Series From ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun
Co-produced by New Regency, the drama is based on a graphic novel by Charles Burns.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Oh damn this is gonna be so gnarly
As if I wasn’t already crazy excited for @ericafails.bsky.social’s HARLEY AND IVY mini, she goes and drops this irresistible tease.
October 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As if I wasn’t already crazy excited for @ericafails.bsky.social’s HARLEY AND IVY mini, she goes and drops this irresistible tease.
Oh hell yes Javier Pulido is back and he's drawing Ultimate Daredevil. Pulido + Camp = 😍 aiptcomics.com/2025/10/21/e...
Meet the new Ultimate Daredevil: Marvel’s cosmic take on a classic hero (exclusive preview)
Ultimate Daredevil returns! See Javier Pulido’s gorgeous art from Marvel’s 'Ultimate Universe: Two Years In' (Exclusive).
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October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Oh hell yes Javier Pulido is back and he's drawing Ultimate Daredevil. Pulido + Camp = 😍 aiptcomics.com/2025/10/21/e...
Reading DO ADMIT! and chatting with @davidharper.bsky.social about it was such a wonderful experience. I came in already loving Mimi Pond’s previous graphic novels and this amplified my admiration tenfold. So much story told with so much visual invention. @dandq.bsky.social
In Double Take, @oliversava.bsky.social and I go in a different direction than previous editions, as we talk about the recent @dandq.bsky.social release Do Admit! The Mitford Sisters and Me, a truly great and original new graphic novel from cartoonist Mimi Pond.
SKTCHD Double Take: Do Admit, Mimi Pond Made One of the Comics of the Year in The Mitford Sisters And Me - SKTCHD
Welcome to Double Take, a column dedicated to highlighting different comics and each’s merits through a discussion between two veterans of the comic site space. One is yours truly, the person behind t...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reading DO ADMIT! and chatting with @davidharper.bsky.social about it was such a wonderful experience. I came in already loving Mimi Pond’s previous graphic novels and this amplified my admiration tenfold. So much story told with so much visual invention. @dandq.bsky.social
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You can pick up a collection of Nick Dragotta shorts or an updated Norwegian fairy tale this October
5 new comics to read in October, including a history of Black resistance
5 new comics to read in October, including a history of Black resistance
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October 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You can pick up a collection of Nick Dragotta shorts or an updated Norwegian fairy tale this October
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It was a great September on Off Panel, so I wanted to recap the podcasts that ran during that month for those that missed it.
Comics critic @oliversava.bsky.social joined the show for the eighth annual Superhero State of the Union, as we talked about where DC, Marvel, and others are right now.
Comics critic @oliversava.bsky.social joined the show for the eighth annual Superhero State of the Union, as we talked about where DC, Marvel, and others are right now.
Off Panel #515: The 2025 Superhero State of the Union with Oliver Sava - SKTCHD
Comics critic Oliver Sava joins the show for the eighth annual Superhero State of the Union, as we dive deep into worlds of DC, Marvel, and beyond. Sava and I discuss our overall takes on superhero co...
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October 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It was a great September on Off Panel, so I wanted to recap the podcasts that ran during that month for those that missed it.
Comics critic @oliversava.bsky.social joined the show for the eighth annual Superhero State of the Union, as we talked about where DC, Marvel, and others are right now.
Comics critic @oliversava.bsky.social joined the show for the eighth annual Superhero State of the Union, as we talked about where DC, Marvel, and others are right now.
I’m thrilled to be part of the outstanding line-up of writers @explodingarrow.bsky.social has assembled for The Comics Courier issue 3. I’m writing about 1995’s VIGILANTE: CITY LIGHTS, PRAIRIE JUSTICE by James Robinson and Tony Salmons, a mini I found for 99 cents at a resale shop.
Guess what? The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter is NOW LIVE!!
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The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
www.kickstarter.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I’m thrilled to be part of the outstanding line-up of writers @explodingarrow.bsky.social has assembled for The Comics Courier issue 3. I’m writing about 1995’s VIGILANTE: CITY LIGHTS, PRAIRIE JUSTICE by James Robinson and Tony Salmons, a mini I found for 99 cents at a resale shop.
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Do you like comics criticism? Do you like newsprint? Do you like the idea of reading comics criticism on newsprint?
Then make sure to click that Notify Me on Launch button for The Comics Courier Issue 3's Kickstarter!
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Then make sure to click that Notify Me on Launch button for The Comics Courier Issue 3's Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
Coming soon: The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
www.kickstarter.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Do you like comics criticism? Do you like newsprint? Do you like the idea of reading comics criticism on newsprint?
Then make sure to click that Notify Me on Launch button for The Comics Courier Issue 3's Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
Then make sure to click that Notify Me on Launch button for The Comics Courier Issue 3's Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
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'Our Soot Stained Heart' #1 coming in December!
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'Our Soot Stained Heart' #1 coming in December!
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
Co-written by Joni Hagg and yours truly. Colored by Ropemann, lettered by Hass.
DEADPOOL/BATMAN is not very good. Main story is the most basic version of this team-up, back-ups are fine to bad. Plus side: I was able to get a DWJ Thing vs. Barda cover.
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
DEADPOOL/BATMAN is not very good. Main story is the most basic version of this team-up, back-ups are fine to bad. Plus side: I was able to get a DWJ Thing vs. Barda cover.
Despite starting slow, I’ve grown to really appreciate what the ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN team is doing. Rereading the first arc was very rewarding.
I've been repping hard for Absolute Green Lantern for a while now, and in this month's Double Take column with @oliversava.bsky.social, I dig into why and how the finale to its first arc made me feel vindicated for that belief. (It's great!)
Of all the Absolute DC titles, it can feel like Absolute Green Lantern is the one that no one can agree on.
Unless you're @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social.
After a barnburner of an arc ender, that duo looks at the series so far in Double Take and what makes it pop for them.
Unless you're @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social.
After a barnburner of an arc ender, that duo looks at the series so far in Double Take and what makes it pop for them.
September 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Despite starting slow, I’ve grown to really appreciate what the ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN team is doing. Rereading the first arc was very rewarding.
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Of all the Absolute DC titles, it can feel like Absolute Green Lantern is the one that no one can agree on.
Unless you're @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social.
After a barnburner of an arc ender, that duo looks at the series so far in Double Take and what makes it pop for them.
Unless you're @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social.
After a barnburner of an arc ender, that duo looks at the series so far in Double Take and what makes it pop for them.
Double Take: On the Atmospheric and Polarizing Absolute Green Lantern, and Where It Stands After Its First Arc - SKTCHD
Welcome to Double Take, a column dedicated to highlighting different comics and each’s merits through a discussion between two veterans of the comic site space. One is yours truly, the person behind t...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Of all the Absolute DC titles, it can feel like Absolute Green Lantern is the one that no one can agree on.
Unless you're @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social.
After a barnburner of an arc ender, that duo looks at the series so far in Double Take and what makes it pop for them.
Unless you're @oliversava.bsky.social and @davidharper.bsky.social.
After a barnburner of an arc ender, that duo looks at the series so far in Double Take and what makes it pop for them.
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Absolute Martian Manhunter is a one-of-a-kind comic, and today, I talked with one of the big reasons why: its artist, @javierrodriguez.bsky.social.
We talked about his evolution, the collaboration on AMM, the importance of its colors, and more as we discuss varying pages from the series.
We talked about his evolution, the collaboration on AMM, the importance of its colors, and more as we discuss varying pages from the series.
"I Want to Be Invisible": Javier Rodriguez on the Art and Collaboration of Absolute Martian Manhunter - SKTCHD
I’ve said this already and I’ll say it again: If any project defines DC’s Absolute line, it’s Absolute Martian Manhunter. Nothing expresses the potential and power of the line better than it, as write...
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September 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Absolute Martian Manhunter is a one-of-a-kind comic, and today, I talked with one of the big reasons why: its artist, @javierrodriguez.bsky.social.
We talked about his evolution, the collaboration on AMM, the importance of its colors, and more as we discuss varying pages from the series.
We talked about his evolution, the collaboration on AMM, the importance of its colors, and more as we discuss varying pages from the series.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just a reminder but SKTCHD is an entirely independent and Eisner-nominated site focused on comics. Want to read ad-free articles about anything and everything comics? Subscribe for just the cost of one comic a month, and try it for free with the 7-day trial.
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she's calling me an absolute martian the way I'm hunting her man
September 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
she's calling me an absolute martian the way I'm hunting her man
My September comics preview is up at @avclub.com! Picks include:
🐦⬛ Lee Lai’s CANNON
🔀 DEADPOOL/BATMAN by a bunch of ppl
🔃 Ngozi Ukazu’s FLIP
🐙 Giuliva & Rebelka’s LAST DAY OF HP LOVECRAFT
🧙♀️ Ben Wickey’s MORE WEIGHT: A SALEM STORY
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🐦⬛ Lee Lai’s CANNON
🔀 DEADPOOL/BATMAN by a bunch of ppl
🔃 Ngozi Ukazu’s FLIP
🐙 Giuliva & Rebelka’s LAST DAY OF HP LOVECRAFT
🧙♀️ Ben Wickey’s MORE WEIGHT: A SALEM STORY
www.avclub.com/comics-previ...
5 new comics to read in September, including the first Marvel/DC crossover in 22 years
5 new comics to read in September, including the first Marvel/DC crossover in 22 years
www.avclub.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My September comics preview is up at @avclub.com! Picks include:
🐦⬛ Lee Lai’s CANNON
🔀 DEADPOOL/BATMAN by a bunch of ppl
🔃 Ngozi Ukazu’s FLIP
🐙 Giuliva & Rebelka’s LAST DAY OF HP LOVECRAFT
🧙♀️ Ben Wickey’s MORE WEIGHT: A SALEM STORY
www.avclub.com/comics-previ...
🐦⬛ Lee Lai’s CANNON
🔀 DEADPOOL/BATMAN by a bunch of ppl
🔃 Ngozi Ukazu’s FLIP
🐙 Giuliva & Rebelka’s LAST DAY OF HP LOVECRAFT
🧙♀️ Ben Wickey’s MORE WEIGHT: A SALEM STORY
www.avclub.com/comics-previ...
Very excited to be contributing a review to the next Comics Courier! A totally random comic I picked up at a resale shop for 99 cents this summer!
Now that The Comics Courier issue 2 is safely in folks' hands, it's time to announce the roster for The Comics Courier issue 3!
Say hello to...
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Say hello to...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very excited to be contributing a review to the next Comics Courier! A totally random comic I picked up at a resale shop for 99 cents this summer!