“ZED: A Cosmic Tale” – Reviewing A Children’s Comic That’s Not For Children
The collected edition of ZED - A Cosmic Tale will be coming out next week. It may be under your radar, and that's understandable. It certainly...
Beat Reviews for 16/01/13: X-Men, Hoax Hunters & Armstrong
Another week where I purposely ignore Saga! What devilry is this? Surely answers must be forthcoming.
This week I'll be reviewing X-Men #40, Hoax Hunters...
Review: CREATOR-OWNED HEROES #8 and BLACK BEETLE #1
Well, here it is. The final issue of CREATOR-OWNED HEROES. When you think “last issue”, particularly on a series meeting an untimely end, you...
The Beat Reviews for 09/01/13: Ghosts Galore
Aside from being Dennis Hopeless week once more, this week saw every company release a massively publicized, 'important' comic. From Dark Horse's new Star...
Review: SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 for the Confused
I’ll admit it. I’m confused. For a Spidey fan, I haven’t been following AMAZING SPIDER-MAN closely enough, though it would have been impossible to...
The Beat Reviews for 02/01/13: Featuring Illicit Benedict Cumberbatch Pictures!
2013 rolls in like a Swiss person being pushed down a hill, which means it's time for some more reviews! And some photos of...
A Smurfy Preview Review: THE BABY SMURF by Peyo from Papercutz
It seems appropriate to ring in the new year with a blue moon and a stork-bourne baby Smurf. THE BABY SMURF, including the title...
The 2012 Comics Happy List
I’m not going to write a definitive “best of 2012” post. There’s a lot of variation for taste and I didn’t read _every_ comic...
Holiday Reading Review: I WILL BITE YOU by Joseph Lambert
Though I attended MoCCA Fest 2012 where I WILL BITE YOU debuted, it went under my overwhelmed radar, but fortunately, it caught my attention...
REVIEW: THE BLACK BEETLE #0, “Night Shift”
Talk about an anticipated comic! While enthusiasts are waiting impatiently for the launch of THE BLACK BEETLE #1-4, “No Way Out”, starting on January...
The Beat Comic Reviews for 19/12/12: Spiders, Birds, Harbingers and Dazzlers
It's time for the last reviews section I'll be doing this year. I have to make it a little quicker than usual, too, because...
Review: Richard Corben’s THE CONQUEROR WORM from Dark Horse
Rightly speaking, the title of this review should read, “Richard Corben’s Edgar Allen Poe’s THE CONQUEROR WORM”, but that seemed particularly wordy for an...
