Written by Dennis Hopeless, Art by Mike Norton Amidst my pile of the known, this week, I opted for the unknown. Dennis Hopeless and Mike Norton bring an interesting melange of noir, action, suspense, and convoluted tropes to a mini-series that leaves me slightly bedraggled more than blown away. ‘The Answer’ in it’s first outing [...]
Written by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo As much as I’ve tried to stray away from the stalwart books I continue to review… I couldn’t pass up a chance to return to Scott Snyder’s Batman. Here, just a final beat away from the conclusion to the ‘Death of the Family’ crossover event, we get [...]
Written by Dan Slott, Art by Ryan Stegman and Edgar Delgado I had this novel idea that I would write this entire article as my evil nemesis, Dan Dougherty. But then I’d realize that if I did that, half of you would immediately swear off reading my articles. The other half would be really curious [...]
Written by Geoff Johns, Art by Doug Mahnke Ahh, that’s the stuff! I’ve been way too happy lately. Leave it to the tail-spinning Geoff Johns to tank my mood quicker than you can say “another event”. Green Lantern 15 is trash. A waste of ink and paper. A wealth of non-ideas. Proof that any old [...]
Written by David Schulner, Art by Juan Jose Ryp and Felix Serrano Clone, as brought to us by Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint at Image Comics, is a mini-series that has enough intellectualism to cause me to question why I’ve been such a mainstream whore for so long. DC and Marvel (and I exclude Icon and [...]
Written by Jonathan Hickman, Art by Jerome Opena Well Marvel? You’re 4 for 5 with me. Avengers #1, one of the Marvel NOW anchor books, is everything it ought to be. Coming from the pen of Jonathan Hickman, it’s a very wide lensed start to a book that promises to be to comics what “Justice [...]
Art by Michael and Laura Allred. Written by Matt Fraction. Now this is what I call a good start. For those not following along, I had a bit of a meltdown last week on ComicMix.com. You see I was feeling so good about Bat Girl, I just had to share it with ya’ll just a [...]
Written by Gail Simone, Art by Ed Benes Daniel Sampere and Vincente Cifuentes It’s all mayhem, all night long at the Bat-House! Gail Simone joins in the ‘Death Of The Family’ fun with issue 14 of Batgirl, and how else can I start but with a rousing round of digital applause. After 13 issues of [...]
Written by Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft. Art by Becky Cloonan, Andrew Belanger and Karl Kerschl Scott Snyder likes the long game. It’s as clear as day with this over-sized annual #1 of the New52 Swamp Thing. For those who like to follow my witty repartee, know all too well that I love the long [...]
Written by Matt Fraction, Art by Salvador Larroca Hey all… I’m back, and chock full of sunshine. No, seriously, I am. You see, there was a sad time for me, about a 18 months ago, when DC was getting ready to reboot their entire universe. And during this time, I endured the “epic” conclusions to [...]
Written by Scott Snyder, Art by Greg Capullo Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird? Nope. A plane? Hardly. No my friends, it’s the shining beacon that strikes fear in the heart of Rob Liefeld. It’s Scott Snyder’s Batman! After an entirely forgettable issue 12, and a decent, if not perfect issue 0, [...]
Written by Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, and Ed Brubaker Art by Adam Kubert, John Dell, and Mark Morales 6 issues ago, I came to you my readers, a man disgusted by event fatigue. Well, thanks to a shared train ride with a friend who was picking up the series, what started as a casual [...]
Written by Jonathan Hickman, Art by Andre Araujo Over at Marvel.com, they tout FF #22 as the “…conclusion [of the] crossover with Fantastic Four #610. Witness the fallout of Bentley 23′s reunion with his father, the Wizard. It’s Bad Father, Worse Son. Now, nothing pushes my buttons more than slick copy that just lies to [...]
Written by Sam Humphries, Art by Luke Ross It’s been a good long while since I talked about the Ultimate Ultimates. Ultimately I figured I might as well come back to it. I’ve been following along, that is to say I’ve been trying hard to, and here the pivot is complete; gone is Hickman, and [...]
Written by Geoff Johns. Art by Gary Frank. In my continuing effort to review something you’ve not seen throughout the year, I decided to turn a page and give a read to the DC’s “Earth One” series. First established with J. Michael Straczynski’s Superman, the “Earth One” is an established separate universe where DC’s most [...]
