Tag: Reviews
REVIEW: Avengers Undercover #1– out of the arena
Written by: Dennis Hopeless
Art by : Kev Walker
Colors by: Jean Francois Beaulieu
Publisher by: Marvel
By Matt O'Keefe
Avengers Undercover is a direct sequel to Avengers Arena,...
The Aesthetic Hybridity of Fumio Obata’s ‘Just So Happens’
Just So Happens
By Fumio Obata
Published by Jonathan Cape
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Upon first impression of Fumio Obata's new graphic novel, Just So Happens, I was struck...
We’re The Kids in America: G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona’s Ms. Marvel #1
By Jeffrey O. Gustafson
Kamala Khan is a sixteen year old girl from Jersey City. She has the same pressures as any teenager: friends, family,...
Grant Morrison on Deluxe Happy! The Extended Edition
Look what arrived in my post today, and just in time for Christmas too! The just released Deluxe edition of Happy! with those all...
Comic of the Week: My So-Called Secret Identity
One fiercely intelligent young woman, one city in which superheroes and villains are the norm, and one comic in which diversity is as natural...
Thought Bubble 2013: A Reading List in Review!
This isn't a convention write-up. Instead, it's a review roundup of every new comic I came across at Thought Bubble 2013. Because I want...
(A) Top Ten Holiday Gift Guide for Black Friday and Beyond
By Jeffrey O. Gustafson
At this point in the morning of Black Friday, so many of you have already done your shopping. But if you...
Events Done Right in Writer Jonathan Hickman and Company’s Infinity 6 [Review]
By Jeffrey O. Gustafson
Damn Events. Maybe it's just a marketing term, but as I noted above, it's a matter of scale. I'm sick of...
Review: Remender and McNiven’s Uncanny Avengers 14
By Jeffrey O. Gustafson
I guess I'll start off by admitting I haven't really been reading writer Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers. I read the first...
Review: Injustice: Gods Among Us is a real page turner
Injustice: Gods Among Us is something of an anomaly in the world of super hero comics. It's a breakout hit for original digital work,...
Peter Pan, a Prequel by Régis Loisel: Dark, Discomforting, and Delightful
Earlier this year, Soaring Penguin Press published the first complete English translation of Régis Loisel’s classic French series of bande dessinée, Peter Pan, a...
24 Hours of Halloween Review: Afterlife with Archie #1
If we're doing Halloween, then that seems like a great chance for me to catch up on Afterlife with Archie, the company's first mature...