Recent Comics Reviews

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Tuesday, November 24 2009

From Wonderland with Love

By Erik Hinton

Just trying to make it through these thoroughly-other works, makes one believe that either they are the last living rubes who do not understand what is a now common tongue or that the comics were made by the craziest of crazy artists.

Thursday, November 19 2009

Batman/Doc Savage One Shot

By shathley Q

Azzarello paints a world rapidly out-evolving its legendary pulp heroes, giving way to the newer form of costumed vigilante.

Tuesday, November 17 2009

Batgirl

By C.E. McAuley

New Batgirl does not rise to iconic status.

Thursday, November 12 2009

Giants in the Earth

By Joshua O'Neill

Charles Fetherolf's graphic novel offers a visual beauty when recounting evolutionary history.

Tuesday, November 10 2009

Castle Waiting (Volume 2, #1-15)

By Walter Biggins

A review of Linda Medley's ongoing challenge to the fantasy comics genre.

Thursday, November 5 2009

Slingers

By Randy Romig

Marvel's recent republication of The Clone Saga lights a way in this economic downturn: that old gems can be mined once more. Why not republish the hidden treasure that was Slingers?

Tuesday, November 3 2009

Madame Xanadu: Disenchanted

By Kevin M. Brettauer

Reminiscent, in all the best ways, of Neil Gaiman and Kurt Vonnegut’s finest works, Matt Wagner’s opening salvo of his new Vertigo series shows the world still has need for the archetypes inherent in Wagner’s Parsifal.

Thursday, October 29 2009

The ACT-I-VATE Primer

By Zane Austin Grant

The ACT-I-VATE collective makes a successful transition from webcomics to print.

Tuesday, October 27 2009

Stitches

By Sara Cole

Like many non-graphic memoirs that have received loads of attention and landed their composers appearances on Oprah, Small’s Stitches recounts an extremely harrowing tale of childhood.

Thursday, October 22 2009

Cerebus: Latter Days

By Andrew Bishop

Cerebus: Latter Days is the most difficult read in the Cerebus saga. So why is it so compelling? Pure, insane ambition.

Tuesday, October 20 2009

Punk Rock and Trailer Parks

By Randy Romig

Fact or fiction, this is a dream come true for any punk rocker.

Thursday, October 15 2009

Vengeance Of The Moon Knight #1

By shathley Q

Series reboot storyarc 'Shock And Awe' opens with a powerful comment by writer Gregg Hurwitz distinguishing Moon Knight from the more recognizable vigilante of a competing publisher.

Tuesday, October 13 2009

West Coast Blues

By Sara Cole

Perhaps what makes West Coast Blues so captivating is how well it highlights the similarities between film and comics, while simultaneously showcasing its own unique ability as a graphic novel to capture the noir aesthetic through word and image.

Thursday, October 8 2009

Secret Warriors Vol. 1: Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing

By Kevin M. Brettauer

Jonathan Hickman blasts into the Marvel Universe, and he brings Nick Fury with him, as the super-spy popularized by Steranko maintains his classic sense of “cool”, refuting the modern-day “kewl” methods of cinema spies like James Bond and Jason Bourne as he attempts to take down his greatest threat to date.

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