ONE AND DONE: The Trouble With First Issues [The Life After #1]
Sometimes, it’s just not fair to judge a book by its first issue. They’re just so different from what you’ll end up getting on...
SIX-GUN GORILLA REVIEW: All That And More
Let's start with that title, shall we?
Calling a story "Six-Gun Gorilla" is a bold and audacious decision, one that's guaranteed to attract a specific...
Review: Legendary Star Lord #1 – A Good Start
Falling in line with the upcoming theatrical release of Guardians of the Galaxy, a couple of the team's more likable (and perhaps a touch more scandalous) characters will also be seeing some center-stage comic debuts. The token human of the group happens to be one of those lucky two; Star Lord! Perhaps better known in the comic itself by his human name, the character Peter Quill will be appearing in his own reoccurring comic entitled Legendary Star Lord.
Review: Skottie Young’s Rocket Raccoon #1 — is it a ‘must have’?
By Nicholas Eskey
ROCKET RACCOON #1
Writer, artist and cover: Skottie Young
Colorist: Jean-Francois Beaulieu
When thinking of furry-anthropomorphic characters in comics, my mind for some twisted reason...
Review: ‘Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present’ paints a worldly picture
by Alexa Dickman
Funny story: A few weeks ago, I got a message on Facebook from an old friend from college. He asked me if...
Review: It’s time for Marvel ocarinas
Ocarinas aren't just for Zelda fans any more. St. Louis Ocarinas has released an officially licensed line of Marvel ocarinas in a variety of...
Vertigo Gets Back To Its Roots: A Look At Coffin Hill: Forest of the...
There was a time, early on, when Vertigo was considered more of a horror and dark fantasy line. Swamp Thing, Hellblazer and Sandman all being...
Batman Eternal Vs. Futures End, DC’s Two Very Different Weekly Comics
You probably already know that DC has made weekly comics a big part of their strategy as they wind down their time in NYC...
The Best Flash Gordon Comic In Quite Some Time
Flash Gordon has been around for quite awhile. You've got the newspaper strip going back to the 1930s. Switching over to non-reprint comics, King...
Review: Some Picks from the Spring Oily Bundle
It's hard to convince me to not contribute to the growing number of small press comic subscriptions--every season there seems to be even more...
The Genre-Bending World of Hinterkind (Reviewing the V. 1 TPB, “The Waking World”)
Vertigo's new fantasy-ish title Hinterkind recently released its first trade paperback collection, The Waking World. If you only glanced at the covers, it's probably not...
Advance Review: Inhuman #1 bears an Uncanny resemblance – updated
From the creative team of Charles Soule, Joe Madureira, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles, Inhuman #1 finally sees release this week, and Marvel have...



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