SOME BOOKS WITH PRESS RELEASES, PREVIEWS
AND/OR VARIANT COVERS THAT I DON'T COMMENT ON
THE ART OF BROKEN AGE (HC)
Publisher: DARK HORSE COMICS
Writers/Art: Various
Cover: NATHAN ''BAGEL'' STAPLEY
FC • 120 pages • HC • 8 1/2'' x 11'' • $19.
Read more…Marvel has been putting out numerous new books featuring their second and third tier characters including some a lot time coming (Vision [more on that later], Scarlet Witch) and some getting yet another chance (Howard the Duck, Captain Marvel). A goo
Read more…Two Brothers
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
Dark Horse Comics, 2015
Based on a novel by Milton Hatoum, Two Brothers tells the story of twin brothers Omar and Yaqub. While they are the focal point, it is really a family history which extends before the
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
CONAN THE AVENGER #23
Writer: FRED VAN LENTE
Art: BRIAN CHING
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: PAUL RENAUD
FC, 32 pages, $3.50, Ongoing
A depraved witch rules Khauran in place of her twin sister, plunging the city into debauchery and c
Read more…DARK HORSE
ALABASTER: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BIRD #2 (OF 5)
Writer: CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN
Art: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
Colors: CARLOS BADILLA
Cover: GREG RUTH
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
“Kiernan is the poet and the bard of the wasted and the lost
Read more…MAY 4, 2016
BOOKS OF INTEREST
AVENGERS/IRON MAN: FORCE WORKS (TPB)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by TOM TENNEY, DAVID TAYLOR, STEWART JOHNSON, JIM CALAFIORE, DAVE ROSS,
JIM CHEUNG & MORE
Cover by TOM TENNEY
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Read more…MAY 11, 2016
Welcome to May 11! This won't be my best week, due to some personal problems. My apologies. But I have managed to review a thing or two, and assemble a list or two. Onward!
BOOKS I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT
AGATHA: THE REAL LIFE OF AG
Read more…Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine
Kelly Sue DeConnick, script/co-creator; Valentine De Landro, art & covers/co-creator
Image Comics
I know author Margaret Atwood (writer of The Handmaid’s Tale) is writing comics now, but I’m still going
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
RAINBOW CHILDREN: THE ART OF CAMILLA D’ERRICO VOL 3 (HC)
Writer/Art/Cover: CAMILLA D’ERRICO
FC, 112 pages, $24.99, HC, 8 1/2" x 11"
AN ART-BOOK EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER!
Camilla d’Errico is a world-renowned painter, illustrator, com
Read more…FREE COMIC BOOK DAY BOOKS
There are five FCBD books listed this week -- two from Dark Horse, three from IDW -- although I don't know why. Is it just for show? Are they distributing this week, and again on May 7? DH lists a price of "free," but IDW li
Read more…I’ve been taking my time reading this collection of 14 essays ever since I bought it a few weeks ago. The essays are grouped chronologically, following the Hulk from the beginning to present day. The first several essays deal with the military, theCo
Read more…Low Vol. 1: The Delirium Of Hope
Written by Rick Remender; Art by Greg Tocchini
Image Comics
The post-apocalyptic literature is vast, in prose as well as comics. So Rick Remender gets points for a truly original concept for this series. Eventuall
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
CONAN THE AVENGER #24
Writer: FRED VAN LENTE
Art: BRIAN CHING
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: PAUL RENAUD
FC, 32 pages, $3.50, Ongoing
As Conan lays siege to Khauran, inside the city the soldier Valerius desperately seeks evidence tha
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
DANGANRONPA: THE ANIMATION VOL 1 (TPB)
Writer/Art/Cover: TAKASHI TSUKIMI
B&W, 192 pages, $12.99, TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Each year, the elite Hope’s Peak Academy selects only the most gifted and talented students to enroll ... plus one
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
BARB WIRE BOOK 1: STEEL HARBOR BLUES (TPB)
Writer: CHRIS WARNER
Pencils: PATRICK OLLIFFE
Inks: TOM NGUYEN
Colors: GABE ELTAEB
Cover: ADAM HUGHES
FC, 96 pages, $14.99, TPB, 7" x 10"
Hard as nails and hot as hell, badass bounty hunter
Read more…DARK HORSE COMICS
CONAN VOLUME 19: XUTHAL OF THE DUSK (HC)
Writer: FRED VAN LENTE
Art: BRIAN CHING, GUIU VILANOVA
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: ERIC POWELL
FC, 176 pages, $24.99, HC, 7" x 10"
Conan and the former slave girl Natala dare to enter the c
Read more…I'll be reposting Cap's Comic Guide collection reviews to this thread to make them easier to link to for the index.
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BALTIMORE VOLUME 6: THE CULT OF THE RED KING (HC)
Writer/Cover: MIKE MIGNOLA
Writer: CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
Art: PETER BERGTING
Colors: DAVE STEWART
FC, 144 pages, $24.99, HC, 7” x 10”
Continuing his quest to destroy the Red King, Lord Baltimore hea
Read more…The Sandman: Overture
Written by Neil Gaiman; illustrated by J.H. Williams III & Dave Stewart
Vertigo Comics
Here it is at last, a real new Sandman story, beautifully illustrated by J.H.Williams III. Neil Gaiman describes this as a prequel, whic
Read more…Casanova: Acedia
Story By Matt Fraction & Michael Chabon; Art By Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá
Image Comics
Interdemensional superspy Casanova Quinn comes to this arc (the fourth in the series) on our Earth, with no memory of his past, not even his name.
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