Thursday, May 23 2013
‘How to Fake a Moon Landing’ Re-Examines Attitudes and Beliefs About Science
If you have ever doubted science, Darryl Cunningham's clever graphic exploration of controversial theories and ideas will set you on the course to realizing that ideology, not facts, create controversy.
Wednesday, May 22 2013
Cut and Pasty: “Fearless Defenders #4”
The Fearless Defenders book has been a welcome surprise among the Marvel NOW! Push. But the art…
Tuesday, May 21 2013
How Much?: “Ten Grand #1”
Can we escape our fate? And is doing so only a question of substantiation? The substantiation by means of a certain weight of money, or maybe the transubstantiation of piety in a hyper-noir landscape…
Monday, May 20 2013
Call of the Cthulhu Nazis: “Fatale #14”
“She should never have come to Romania... Damn me for a Fool...”
Wednesday, May 15 2013
The Power in Nightmares: “Batman: the Dark Knight #19”
As an issue that comes just prior to the culmination of the current arc, and on laced with artist Symon Kudranski's beautifully neonoir chiaroscuro, Batman: the Dark Knight #19, "the Pool of Tears," comes with the highest praise…
Tuesday, May 14 2013
Going Nowhere Slowly: “Uncanny X-Force #4”
Believe me, I wanted to like this book. I loved the cast, I was excited about the creative team of Sam Humphries and Ron Garney, and it was being sold as an action adventure series with emphasis on the action…
Monday, May 13 2013
Better Off Dead: “Suicide Squad #20”
In just one issue, Ales Kot has turned Suicide Squad into one of my must-read titles each month.
Wednesday, May 8 2013
Portrait of a Killer as a Young Clown: “Hawkeye #10”
Shouldn't Hawkeye face up against a villain not only every bit his equal, but also in it for more than just money? He really should…
Tuesday, May 7 2013
Consequences, and Some Truth Too: “Invincible Universe #2”
Invincible has always been marked by its unique style where comicbook consequences are actual and ongoing. But with creator/writer Robert Kirkman stepping away from writing duties on Invincible Universe, the series hits on the essential truth of the comics industry--that ideas are often larger than their creators…
Monday, May 6 2013
The Never-Ending Rock Opera of Youth, Engage: Young Avengers #4
There were almost too many question going into Marvel NOW!'s reboot of Young Avengers, but the dream-team of Gillen/ McKelvie delivers beyond expectation…
Wednesday, May 1 2013
Tried and True?: “Superman #19”
Between importing iconic Green Lantern villain, Hector Hammond, and struggling through the fallout of the "H'el on Earth" it seems writer Scott Lobdell's unique style might be at odds with the modern comics landscape…
Tuesday, April 30 2013
Neo Noir in a Flying Car: Mister X: Eviction #1
The “psychetecture” of Radiant City, the fedoras, Zoot suits, art deco and Lois Lane hairstyles, all rendered in a mix of drab and brilliant colors... it's all there in Dean Motter's Mister X: Eviction…
Monday, April 29 2013
A Walk Down Memory Lane: “G.I. Joe #3”
If anything, incoming G.I. Joe vol. three writer Fred van Lente not only honored outgoing industry star Chuck Dixon's vision of the Joes, he expanded on it…
Wednesday, April 24 2013
Staying on “Message”: “East of West #2”
The Old West, crossed with scifi, crossed with the Apocalypse, crossed a tale of supernatural revenge… Hickman and Dragotta offer a seductive and beguiling blend of genres inside a strong, tight story…
Tuesday, April 23 2013
The Past, in Gorgeous, Living Color: “Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray #2”
Are the ghosts that haunt pulp treasure hunter Fabian Gray literary to him? Or in his world, are they historical? Right now I couldn't care less, the wild cliffhanger-strewn romp that is Five Ghosts has me caught in its wave…
Monday, April 22 2013
Heroics in Such Uncertain, Fractious Times: “Justice League #19”
Geoff Johns returns to his core characterization of the heroes of the Justice League -- super-humans desperately trying to be as human as possible.
Wednesday, April 17 2013
Sad Dad Versus the Modern Prometheus: “Batman and Red Robin #19”
How far would a parent go to full the void left by a lost child? When you're Batman, you'll attempt fill that void in the most outlandish and controversial manner possible…
Tuesday, April 16 2013
The Longer Haul: Journey Into Mystery #650
I find it fitting that the one of the only titles at Marvel and DC to be hitting these triple digits of a 650th issue is a title that meets an ever-increasing demand for engaging female characters shepherded by talented female creators…
The Dark Knight Is Finally Defeated by ‘Batman: Night of the Owls’
“Night of the Owls” is bad in almost every conceivable way. It’s derivative, thoughtless, and boring, a by-the-numbers crossover in which the same story is told over and over again until the last page.
Monday, April 15 2013
Eros, Thanatos, and the Mechanized Body: “Saga #12”
The question at stake isn't whether Apple "censored" Saga #12 based on depictions of homosexual sex acts (they didn't), or even whether or not comiXology might be bigoted, the real question is far larger than that…
