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...
THE HOBBIT is just like rice pudding: good to the last drop
Over the years, I've developed a stable of sick foods for those days—whether self-incurred or sent by nature—when you just can't get out of...
The Beat Comic Reviews for 12/12/12: Batman Vs Vampires
Hey! It's one of those dates where American readers can't shout at me for getting the day and month the 'wrong' way round! Hurrah!...
Dark Horse Review: HELLBOY IN HELL and HOUSE OF FUN
December has been a big month for Dark Horse, with two much anticipated books finally hitting the shelves: Mike Mignola’s HELLBOY IN HELL #1...
Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon #1, with Leah Moore and John Reppion
We’re currently in the midst of a long-running Sherlock Holmes media explosion, from the Guy Ritchie films starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law,...
Creator Owned Heroes #7: A Penultimate Review
Earlier this week, Jimmy Palmiotti announced that the noble experiment CREATOR OWNED HEROES would conclude after its 8th issue. Over the course of the...
Monsters, Zines, and MonsterZines with Stephen Bissette
Weird tales and comics naturally go together. From the days of pulp stories with enthralling illustrations, through EC’s Wertham-harried evocation of the fantastic and...
A Ghost Tour of RED LIGHT PROPERTIES with Dan Goldman
RED LIGHT PROPERTIES, now available in its first five issues through Monkeybrain Comics on Comixology, is a genre mixer with a gritty dose of...
