I recently read an entire year’s worth of X-Men comics in a single weekend. Well, technically it was only ten months but, with Marvel double shipping some months, it was more than 25 single issues.
Let's try something new this week: Let's lead with the comics the publishers are most proud of, judging by the press releases and previews. They're not really my picks, even though I plan to pick up a number of them, as it's the publishers who are br
Oct. 1, 2013 -- Papercutz bills itself as “the industry’s leading children’s graphic novel publisher,” and – judging from its current output – that could very well be true.
Once upon a time that title would have gone to Harvey Comics, which transit
If you liked Brubaker and Epting’s espionage-influenced Captain America, you may rest assured that they’ve kicked the intrigue up to eleven in their new spy series. Brubaker takes the time to write an i
I brought the first 30 Days of Night Omnibus with me to the beach this week. It might not be standard beach fare, but it's almost Halloween! This morning I reread the original series. It's still a marvelous concept: a group of vampires attacking Barr
Springblossom the fairy went tripping down the fairy path that ran through the wild part of the garden, eager to begin her tasks for the day. There were the daisies to pollinate, and birthday gifts to be la
The first issue of Neil Gaiman’s long-awaited Sandman prequel shipped yesterday, and so far it’s living up to my every expectation. One caveat, though: if you’ve never read Sandman before and are looking for a good jumping on point, this isn’t necess
Last night, I saw Rifftrax (the guys from Mystery Science Theatre 3000) do their thing with the cult classic Night of the Living Dead. I never saw the movie in its entirety before and I'm sure that many of you have but the jokes aside ("it's Young Pr
I finally got around to perusing Marvel's solicitations for January. Holy cow! The House of Ideas has a ton of new stuff coming out in the new year. So what are you most looking forward to? The return of Miracleman? George A Romero's Empire of t