Pretty Deadly Vol. 1 – The Shrike
Kelly Sue DeConnick, script; Emma Rios, art & cover; Jordie Bellaire, colors; Clayton Cowles, letters
Image Comics
Kelly Sue DeConnick has made her name primarily writing Marvel superhero comics, so this occult horro
Read more…Fairest Vol. 3: The Return of the Maharaja
Sean E. Williams, writer; Stephen Sadowski, Phil JImenez, and others; artists
Vertigo Comics
This is another Fairest story arc that risks being seen as about the male lead rather than the female one. The M
Read more…FBP Federal Bureau of Physics Vol. 2: Wish You Were Here
Simon Oliver, writer; Robbi Rodriguez, artist; Rico Renzi, colorist
Vertigo Comics
Things take an odd (or even odder, anyway) twist in the second installment of this Vertigo series. The FBP
Read more…The Sculptor
Scott McCloud
First Second
Scott McCloud has been so influential as a comics theorist--most notably in his book Understanding Comics–that his work as a cartoonist can be overlooked. It doesn't help that his most substantial creative
Read more…Trillium
Jeff Lemire, writer & artist
Vertigo Comics
Trillium is an eight-issue miniseries based upon a very creative sci-fi concept, involving teleportation across both space and time. The story begins in the year 3797 on a distant planet. Scie
Read more…Prime #Infinity
September 1995
Cover art by: who cares?
Story: What's A Hero Anyway?
Writer: Gerard Jones & Len Strazewski
Pencils: John Statema
Inks: Philip Moy & Larry Welch
Man, that is one boring cover.
Remember when Marvel tried to bring t
Read more…100 Bullets: Brother Lono
Brian Azzarello, Writer; Eduardo Risso, Artist
Vertigo Comics
The epic series conclusion in 100 Bullets #100 left few possibilities for sequels or spin-offs, as most of the major characters were dead. When we last saw Lo
Read more…THE BORGIAS
Dark Horse Books, $59.99
Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Art: Milo Manara
I love me some Milo Manara artwork.
Not just for the nekkid chicks, either! No sir, I admire his fine line work, his exceptional shading and texture techniques, his pa
Read more…PRE-CODE CLASSICS: THE THING VOLUME TWO
PS Artbooks, $59.99
Reprinting Charlton’s The Thing #10-17 (Sep 52-Nov 54)
This book languished in my to-read pile for too long a time; I wish I had gotten to it sooner!
Not that the stories are anything to wri
Read more…ZORRO: THE COMPLETE DELL PRE-CODE COMICS ADVENTURES
Hermes Press, $60.00
Reprinted from Dell’s Four Color #228, 425, 497, 538, 574, 617, 732
I already have Alex Toth’s Zorro: The Complete Dell Comics Adventures, and if you do too, we may be done here
Read more…Hellboy In Hell Vol. 1: The Descent
Story & art by Mike Mignola; Colored by Dave Stewart
Dark Horse Books
Apparently Mike Mignola had to kill Hellboy before he could get interested in drawing him again. Good as the other artists have been, it's a
Read more…BATGIRL #35-37
Written by Cameron Stewart & Brendan Fletcher
Art by Babs Tarr
Breakdowns by Cameron Stewart
Colors by Maris Wicks
Letters by Jared K. Fletcher
Covers by Cliff Chiang, Cameron Stewart, Bengal, Darwyn Cooke
OK, I'm sold.
Like most olde
Read more…This will hopefully be the first of series of reviews of modern comics in this, the Conglomerate Age where everything is merely a drop in the corporate bucket which makes my opinion practically worthless. But you get what you pay for and we'll see if
Read more…Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel
Jules Feiffer
Liveright
Finally got my hands on a copy of Jules Feiffer's Kill My Mother, after it had already made some Year's Best lists. It's amazing how well his cartooning style translates into a long story, a
Read more…Suicide Squad #9
January 1988
Cover art by: Jerry Bingham
Story: The Final Price
Writer: John Ostrander
Pencils: Luke McDonnell
Inks: Bob Lewis
As you can see by the cover this is a “Millennium” cross over. I was pretty indifferent to the main se
Read more…American Vampire Volume Six
Scott Snyder & Rafael Albuquerque Plus stories by Jason Aaron, Becky Cloonan, Greg Rucka, and more!
Vertigo Comics
Scott Snyder needed a break from American Vampire before the start of Cycle Two of the series, but he f
Read more…Showcase #56
May-June 1965
Cover art by: Murphy Anderson
Story: Perils of the Psycho-Pirate!
Writer: Gardner Fox
Art: Murphy Anderson
Kent Nelson (Dr. Fate) with the backing of Rex Tyler (Hourman) has unearthed the legendary Medusa Masks. Tyler l
Read more…When we last saw our young family they were in a lighthouse on the planet Quietus, hiding from the newly-arrived Prince Robot IV. Vaughan and Staples make us wait for it, by first taking the story line back to their earlier arrival on the planet. I
Read more…Star-Spangled War Stories #147
October-November 1969
Cover art by: Joe Kubert
Story: A Grave in the Sky!
Writer: Joe Kubert
Art: Joe Kubert
Baron von Hammer goes up against a nut-job Englishman who really believes he is St. George reincarnated. H
Read more…MIND MGMT Volume Two: The Futurist
Created, Written & Illustrated by Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Books
Our heroine Meru finds herself in her apartment with her mind a blank, about to begin the cycle of working on a book and following clues to former Min
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