Tag: Reviews
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...
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...
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...
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...
