Paper Girls Vol. 1
Brian K. Vaughan, writer; Cliff Chiang, artist; Matt Wilson, colorist
Image Comics, 2016
It's 1988, so newspapers and neighborhood delivery are still a thing. Delivery in this particular neighborhood is handled by paper girls in
Read more…Due to recent health issues, I'm going to be offline for a little while. I hope to be back in a couple of weeks.
Read more…Low Vol. 2: Before the Dawn Burns Us
Rick Remender, writer; Greg Tocchini, artist; Dave McCaig, colorist
Image Comics, 2015
Only four issues in this second collection, but they still cover a lot of ground. No doubt it helps that the major world
Read more…I am a fan of both franchises, but I wasn’t really looking forward to this series because I didn’t see how they could make the timelines work. I bought issue #1 primarily to find out how they did, and was quite pleased to discover the clever way they
Read more…FIVE BOOKS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #1
Publisher: DC COMICS
Writers: GERARD WAY, JON RIVERA
Art/Cover: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Variant cover: MATT WAGNER
Variant cover: BILL SIENKIEWIC
40 pg • FC • $3.99 U.S. • MATURE READER
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
There are going to be a lot of new faces on the second season of Supergirl, which premiered Oct. 10 on its new network, The CW. One of those faces could lead to a whole “Legion” of more.
That face belongs to
Read more…Watched the first couple of episodes of Luke Cage last night and really enjoyed it. Some initial observations:
This week's Guide will be a bit truncated. It's been a rough week.
FIVE BOOKS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT
THE CLONE CONSPIRACY #1 (OF 5)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by DAN SLOTT
Art by JIM CHEUNG & RON FRENZ
Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
Variant Cov
Read more…Awhile back I brought up this question in another thread, to no reaction. I remembered being puzzled by this when the comics were new. In the indicia of all the Marvel books up until 1968 various publishing companies were listed instead of a single o
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Arrow and Flash have returned at The CW for seasons 5 and 3, respectively. Both are covering familiar ground, but cleverly enough that it feels new.
(Spoilers ahoy, so back out now if you must.)
The season p
Read more…MIND MGMT Volume Six: The Immortals
Created, written, & illustrated by Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Books, 2016
The final chapter of MIND MGMT: good triumphs over evil. Love conquers hate. Friendship beats enmity. Remembering eclipses forgetfulness. All t
Read more…COMICS GUIDE FOR OCT 5, 2016 (cont'd)
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A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER AND ARMSTRONG #8
Written by RAFER ROBERTS
Art by MIKE NORTON with DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover A by KANO
Cover B by DAVID LAFUENTE
Variant Cover by BRIAN LEVEL
Variant C
Read more…One based on a famous Spider-Man and the other on the Avengers cover when the Vision showed up.
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Read more…Saga Volume Six
Brian Vaughan (Author), Fiona Staples (Illustrator)
Image Comics, 2016
Dramatic leap forward in time, as the story opens with baby Hazel in kindergarten. She is also narrating, as always, but at this point it almost seems possible s
Read more…COMICS GUIDE FOR OCT 5, 2016
For some reason, I'm buried in PR more than usual this week, and there are lots and lots of comics worthy of comment. The result is that I'm going to have to break up the Comics Guide into more categories and posts than u
Read more…Who were the first black super-heroines at DC and Marvel? My brain says the Vixen for DC and Storm for Marvel, but my brain ain't what it used to be. (Note: I'm talking about in "real" life" here, not in continuity.) Were they the first for their
Read more…Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
If you watched Jessica Jones on Netflix, then you’re familiar with Luke Cage, whose own series drops Sept. 30. But if you look at the character’s old appearances in Marvel Comics, you’ll be in for a few surpris
Read more…The story is adapted from two unproduced teleplays commissioned by Irwin Allen for the third season of the tv show. It’s edited and adapted by Holly Interlandi, but it has more of a first season vibe than a typical third season episode (which may be
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