Recent Comics Reviews

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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.

Tuesday, October 6 2009

Wolverine: Weapon X #1-5

By shathley Q

Possibly the most literate vision of the character since its inception, Writer Jason Aaron's Wolverine taps tropes from the works of Margaret Atwood and the perennial Jack Kerouac.

Thursday, October 1 2009

Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil #1

By shathley Q

Andy Diggle is perhaps the greatest reboot writer of our generation, yet even he is outshined by artist Billy Tan.

Tuesday, September 29 2009

Mouse Guard: Winter 1152

By Walter Biggins

Tough medicine -- and great satire -- goes down easier in a funny-animal pill, when animals serve as icons for human concerns.

Thursday, September 24 2009

Wednesday Comics #1-7

By Andrew Bishop

Is Wednesday Comics just another piece of the DC pie or its own unique work?

Tuesday, September 22 2009

Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes

By Kevin M. Brettauer

The newest creative team is doing tremendous work on the series that redefined the X-Men -- so why some fans won’t accept it?

Thursday, September 17 2009

George Sprott: 1894-1971, A Picture Novella by the Cartoonist Seth

By Oliver Ho

An almost overwhelmingly beautiful book-as-art-object, George Sprott also tells an intriguing story with an intense and pervasive mix of melancholy, nostalgia, introspection and gags.

Tuesday, September 15 2009

Razorjack

By Ian Chant

There’s simply not enough room to build the story that Higgins wants to tell in just a couple of issues.

Thursday, September 10 2009

Galactic Zoo Dossier #8

By Sara Cole

Underground music and comics, while both inspiring each other, too, inspire a lot of similar fan behavior as Galactic Zoo Dossier demonstrates.

Tuesday, September 8 2009

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century - 1910

By Kevin M. Brettauer

Set in the past during the events of Brecht’s most well-known musical, it’s interesting to note that the latest League book is really about the modern world and the evolution of terrorism from Jack the Ripper to Osama bin Laden to the Antichrist himself.

Thursday, September 3 2009

Boody: The Bizarre Comics of Boody Rogers

By Erik Hinton

Boody’s bizarre comics are Golden Age nuggets of an off-kilter author who found a particular release in his medium. This is the absurd with no absurd as context.

Tuesday, September 1 2009

Marvel 1985

By Shawn O'Rourke

This synthesis of escapist childhood fantasy and adult themed violence and plot, creates a wonderful storytelling blend that reminds the reminds the reader of the pleasures comics books offer as a child while still providing a story that is enjoyable to older readers.

Thursday, August 20 2009

A Family Matter

By Ian Chant

Admittedly, it is probably not his finest work, but A Family Matter a worthy representation of a genre that Eisner pioneered.

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