Advance Review: Snowpiercer – The Escape
The film is already a smash hit in Korea and France, the uncut dystopian thriller earning rave reviews, and in January the award-winning French...
Review: Injustice: Gods Among Us is a real page turner
Injustice: Gods Among Us is something of an anomaly in the world of super hero comics. It's a breakout hit for original digital work,...
Peter Pan, a Prequel by Régis Loisel: Dark, Discomforting, and Delightful
Earlier this year, Soaring Penguin Press published the first complete English translation of Régis Loisel’s classic French series of bande dessinée, Peter Pan, a...
Review: Cosmic Canine Capers in Astrodog!
Of the many comics I picked up at the recent Lakes International Comic Art Festival, there was one comic in particular that caught my...
24 Hours of Halloween Review: Afterlife with Archie #1
If we're doing Halloween, then that seems like a great chance for me to catch up on Afterlife with Archie, the company's first mature...
Review: Task Force Rad Squad #1
It's always nice to review something which shakes things around a little, and I'm sure nobody would have expected Task Force Rad Squad to...
Review: Dash Shaw’s New School is Pretty “Artsy” Stuff
I find Dash Shaw's work to be strangely invigorating. I admit I had some reservations when I first saw the daunting heft of his Bottomless Belly Button, with its absurdly extended passage of a man running and profusely sweating, drawn in a style so crunchy that it makes Gary Panter look slick. The idea that all we cartoonists must now draw books that are at least three inches thick and that take several years of deprivation to accomplish thanks to the efforts of obviously dedicated workhorses such as Shaw and Craig Thompson was not a pretty one. But I was eventually to resign myself to this new order.
Reviewed! Every Issue of Villains Month – the final issues
There are no new issues of Villain's Month left from DC, and business goes back to business this week. But there were six issues...
REVIEW: John Arcudi and A.C. Zamudio’s Real West
I hadn't seen anything about this new series from Monkeybrain, but it appears to be an anthology of western cowboy stories featuring an assortment...
Reviewed! Every Issue of Villains Month, Week Four
Week four wraps up the review copies, with another slightly-uninspiring collection of comics. The first two weeks definitely felt a little stronger, or perhaps...
Reviewed! Every Issue of Villains Month, Week Three
Week three brings a number of Batman villains to the forefront, as well as a surprising disconnect with the main Forever Evil storyline. Hardly...
Review: Liberator #3 – with extra Bunnies!
A striking cover from the tremendous Ben Templesmith has garnered Liberator #3 all kinds of attention. If you've not been reading this fantastic debut,...
