Kill or Be Killed: Volume One
Ed Brubaker (Writer), Sean Phillips (Illustrator), Elizabeth Breitweiser (Colorist)
Image Comics, 2017
Brubaker and Phillips return with their latest crime noir series, about an urban vigilante named Dylan. The series ope
Read more…A nice haunted house story, here, atmospheric and creepy. Another episode that they couldn't have done well before CGI.
David Suchet was good as the Landlord, pathetic and sinister at the same time.
More clues as to who's in the Vault, but nothing de
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GET A FIRST LOOK AT THE CW’S RIVERDALE TV SERIES
Live-action series based on Archie Comics characters premieres January 26th at 9pm ET/8pm Central
You’ve waited patiently for this moment – and now it’s here.
We’ve got a sneak peek at ‘Riverdale’, t
Read more…Another interesting episode. the show has always done these kind of period pieces well. I couldn't help thinking how impossibly lame the creature would have looked if they had tried doing this episode during the 1970's. CGI has really helped this sh
Read more…Finally got to watch this over the weekend. It was an OK episode, if a bit reminiscent of previous stories. The Doctor himself remarks that he's run into more than a few "last surviving" groups of humans over the years.
I was especially reminded of
Read more…All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1 - The Guardians pull a heist for the Grandmaster, who forces them to plan a second one. Story by Gerry Duggan, art by Aaron Kuder.
Hmm. These weren't characters I was that interested in prior to the movie, and in all
It's that time of year again!
We've done this before (here, here, here, here, and here), but now it's time for this year! This is a place for comments about any and all shows, but especially for shows that don't generate their own threads.
I'm remiss
Read more…The cable channel Decades has a show about comics this Friday, May 5.
http://www.decades.com/schedule/
Read more…Phonogram Volume 3: The Immaterial Girl
Kieron Gillen, writer; Jamie McKelvie, artist; Matthew Wilson, colorist; Clayton Cowles, letterer
Image Comics, 2016
The long-delayed conclusion to the Phonogram series, with the focus shifted to music videos. P
Read more…Only one Marvel #1 this week:
Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider #1 - Ben attempts to create a new life in Las Vegas after the Clone Conspiracy Story by Peter David, art by Mark Bagley.
I wasn't reading comics during the initial Clone Saga, so I have no act
Photo Credit: Ben Rothstein
Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) tries to protect the young mutant Laura (Dafne Keen ) in Logan.
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Logan, premiering March 3, is already getting positive reviews and word of mouth.
Read more…Here's the sizzle reel from SDCC. Season 2 begins Sept. 19!
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Last week's issue of Dark Horse Presents had an announcement that it would be the last issue; the book was canceled.This despite solicitations for future issues in Previews, and the issue including several stories that ended uncompleted. (Thankfully,
Read more…FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics Vol. 3: Audeamus
Simon Oliver, writer; Alberto Ponticelli, artist; Rico Renzi, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2015
Volume 2 left off with a helicopter sent by the mysterious Mr. Blackwood. But before that story resumes, we ge
Read more…Roughneck
Jeff Lemire
Gallery 13 Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), 2017
Jeff Lemire returns to the Canadian setting of his early masterpiece Essex County with Roughneck, a story that initially focuses on retired (and disgraced) hockey star D
Read more…Elsewhere, I got involved in a discussion about Ra's al Mary Sue and the Lazarus Pits. This particular discussion revolved around multiple uses of the pits, whereas I'm pretty sure that at some point it was established that each pit was single use--
Read more…Secret Wars kicks off with Secret Wars #0, a free prologue arriving on May 2, Free Comic Book Day. Copyright Marvel Entertainment Inc.
The first issue of Secret Wars, out in May, will begin the story with the heroes of two worlds failing to stop a
Monsters Unleashed #1 - We get Kid Kaiju's new set up--he's been reloacated by SHIELD, Elsa Bloodstone is his bodyguard. HERBIE has been sent to help educate him, and his group of "monsters" are itching for action--which comes. Story by Cullen Bunn,
Read more…I picked up the first issue of Steve Rogers Captain America today out of curiosity and I have to say it completely caught me off guard.
I generally have a pretty high tolerance for hype, gimmicks, and attempts to stir up controversey or get attentio
Read more…INTRIGUE, ADVENTURE AND DECEPTION TEST THE BONDS OF DC SUPER HEROES AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES TEEN TITANS: THE JUDAS CONTRACT ON BLU-RAY TM DELUXE GIFT SET, BLU-RAY TM COMBO PACK, DVD AND DIGITAL HD APRIL 18, 2017
Highly-Anticipated
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