‘I said, could there be a better morning than waking up to seeing that?’
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Neon death and violent romance in PEARL #2
Beauty and violence. Bonds and blood. Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, creators of the seminal Alias comic that saw the birth of Jessica Jones, are no strangers to these themes. And in Pearl, they’re back to explore them with an extremity you’ve never seen before. As the mysterious eponymous tattoo artist turned assassin is […]
Jessica Jones: some thoughts, art and news notes
I had the chance to watch the first two episodes of Jessica Jones, the new Netflix series based on the Marvel characters and I liked it a bit more than Kyle thus far. It’s a grimy, worn down detective tale with added super strength. Krysten Ritter fills the role of the driven, PTSD suffering private […]
Life With Greg: Swierczynski preps the next arc of Archie’s The Black Hood
Duane Swierczynski put Greg Hettinger, the star of his series from Archie’s Dark Circle imprint, through the ringer in the first arc of The Black Hood. Throughout “The Bullet’s Kiss” arc, Swierczynski’s background as a crime novelist shined through the pages, as each chapter of the five-part series read like an addictive crime novel. It was impossible […]
REVIEW: Gaming and Comics Collide in HAWKEN:GENESIS
Archaia, who makes a strengths out of the crossroads between comics and other visual media, has taken on another estuary zone in HAWKEN: GENESIS, bringing a comic based on a free internet gaming hub, HAWKEN to readers. Flood zones between visual media can be tricky, especially in gauging the right audience for a comic, since […]