Tag: Reviews
Mini-Review: New Territory for HE-MAN and the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1
I could pretend that I wasn’t slightly baffled by this comic, and try to be objective about its visually appealing art and its rather nuanced storytelling, separating it surgically from the fact that I...
Review: Dial H Vol. 1: Into You
One of the later additions to DC's New 52 reboot was a new version of Dial H For Hero, this time shortened to just Dial H. The revamped version is a vehicle for China Mieville,...
Review: Li’l Gotham #1 – Finally! An All-Ages Batman!
It’s only taken the best part of two years, but now we’re finally back in a world where people younger than 14 can pick up a Batman book, in the form of Dustin Nguyen...
REVIEW: 10 Debuts at MoCCA Fest 2013
MoCCA Fest simulates the surreal experience of swimming in comics, even this year when things were more neatly arranged within their red curtained aisles, and perhaps it was more of a spa experience than...
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,...
Kubla Comics—a Rotten Tomatoes for Comics?
A new site called Kubla Comics aims to be a review aggregator for comics, with a Rotten Tomatoes-like 0-5 rating system and pages for series and reviewers. Tyler James interviews site runner Ken Marden...
REVIEW: Harbinger Wars #1
Spoilers ahead
And so Valiant enters crossover mini-event territory, with Harbinger Wars and Bloodshot crossing into a storyline called Harbinger Wars. After a year of building up the Valiant Universe, this offers us a first...
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 model they’ve followed of introducing new works and then successfully...
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 anybody. Anyone can pick it up and get an idea...
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 run - you just need to think five dimensionally.
When Morrison was...
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 wild you’re never sure whether they arose as some part...
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 eventually teased together parts of the character's origin in a...
