REVIEW: TIME WARP #1, Putting the Vertigo in Sci-Fi
Publishers seem increasingly willing to roll the dice on anthology formats recently. Maybe it’s the success of things like Dark Horse Presents, and the...
REVIEW: Everyone at The Beat Jumps Onto 2000AD Prog 1824
2000AD, the British anthology comic, announced that their most recent issue - last Wednesday's prog 2814 - would be an easy jump-on point for...
Review: Action Comics, the Grant Morrison Edition
Grant Morrison's run on Action Comics has been met with both high praise and no small measure of bewilderment. But this is a legendary...
Review – Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray
Every now and again there's a buzz book that lives up to the hype. When I first the announcements for Five Ghosts: The Haunting...
REVIEW: ‘Shoot This’, FORCEFIELD FOTOCOMIX, #.01
Photocomix are strange creatures. They look like a hybrid of a photography medium and a comics format, and when you spot them in the...
Review: Captain Marvel #11 – Warp Speed
The relaunch of Captain Marvel, with Carol Danvers in the title role, started off very shakily. The first six-issues told a time-travel story which...
Constantine #1 – The Six-Word Review
CONSTANTINE #1
Written by JEFF LEMIRE and RAY FAWKES
Art by RENATO GUEDES
Colored by MARCELO MAIOLO
Lettered by SAL CIPRIANO
Edited by KATIE KUBERT and BRIAN CUNNINGHAM
Covers by...
Review – Constantine #1, This Is Not Your Father’s Hellblazer
A preview for Constantine #1 was widely circulated last month and the reaction around these parts was somewhat less than enthusiastic. IIRC, someone in...
REVIEW: The Private Eye #1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin
The Private Eye #1 isn't about a detective - it's literally about people looking for privacy from the public gaze. Following a somewhat simplistic...
Mini Marvels: Fearless Defenders, Cheesecake for Women!
Marvel continue to tempt me with their extraordinary cover designs that are leaving many other publishers in the shade. Coming to Fearless Defenders blind...
REVIEW: When the Going Gets Tough in HELHEIM #1, TRIGGER GIRL 6, SLEDGE-HAMMER 44
I noticed a common feature in the comics I was reading this week, a feature that made them all compelling as stories: the role...
REVIEW: “Do I Really Want My Name Associated with SEX AND VIOLENCE?”
by LTZ
A while back, the Beat’s own Henry Barajas – tireless observer of Kickstarted comics that he is – took some time to preview...
