I just heard about this, but I haven't checked it out yet. Has anyone read it? Thoughts?
Read more…Sweet Tooth: The Return
Jeff Lemire: creator, writer & artist; José Villarrubia, colorist
DC Black Label, 2021
At the conclusion of the original Sweet Tooth series there was peace between normal humans and the hybrids, but the human population gradua
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Tribune Content Agency
Let’s dive right in to my To-Review Pile, Graphic Novels, Non-Superhero Category:
The Butchery HC
Story/Art: Bastien Vives | Fantagraphics | $19.99
The Butchery is the story of how a couple comes undone. (Art b
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Sept. 9, 2021 — The Teetering Tower of To-Review is once again in danger of falling over and destroying the city, so let’s pull out some graphic novels to relieve the pressure. Today’s theme: Books that ar
Read more…Captain Comics sez: Don't forget Batman Day this week, on Saturday, Sept. 18. Go here for more info.
THE TOP 5
Batman: The World HC
DC Comics | 184 pages | $24.99
Story: Various | Art: Various | Cover: Lee Bermejo
DC takes Batman’s war on crime wor
Read more…John Constantine: Hellblazer Vol. 2: The Best Version of You
Simon Spurrier, writer; Aaron Campbell & Matías Bergara, artists; Jordie Bellaire, colors
DC Black Label, 2021
Constantine is haunted by the (possibly) future version of himself throughout t
Read more…BOOM! STUDIOS
DARK BLOOD #3 (OF 6)
DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #10 (OF 12)
EAT THE RICH #2 (OF 5)
FIREFLY: RETURN TO EARTH THAT WAS VOL 1 HC
GOOD LUCK #4 (OF 5)
ONCE & FUTURE #20
DARK HORSE COMICS
BLACK HAMMER: VISIONS #8 (OF 8)
IYANU: CHILD OF WONDER VOL
Read more…Gail Simone posted a lengthy item on Facebook, here.
Gail Simone said:
Read more…Okay, this is something I have to express, wasn't sure how to address it, so I'll just ramble a bit. My apologies.
Many of you already have heard me talk about how Barbara Gordon
Here's the (huge) press release sent me, and for more info, you can go here. Of particular interest is "Batman: The Audio Adventures," which launches on HBO Max today. (Not really sure how that works.)
Here's the information DC sent me about this ye
Read more…1)Another "Team TARDIS meets an important cultural figure" story, this time Vincent Van Gogh. Interesting casting choice, I hadn't realized that Van Gogh was a Scotsman. As with Shakespeare, we're given the notion that Van Gogh can (literally, in t
Read more…Over in the thread What is the Earliest Multiverse Story, I wrote the following:
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It's difficult for me to accept any Wonder Woman story written by Robert Kanigher as being even remotely canonical since he basically made stuff up to fit his plots. He
We've mused about Columbo several times over the years -- he even made The Baron's list of his Favorite Fictional Characters -- and one point made more than once was how the convoluted resolutions of his cases might make for entertaining TV viewing,
Read more…1)They seem to have done away with the pre-credits sequences.
2)"Am I being weird?" "A little bit, yeah."
3)"I used to have sisters."
4)"You made an awesome human,"
5)"Are you Ed Sheeran?"
6)"You can't be President if you fired Yaz's mum!"
7)"I call
Read more…Previously, in "The New Superman":
After a deadly green comet robs Superman of his powers, his hand-picked successor, Ar-Val of Kandor, takes over as the New Superman. When Lex Luthor and Brainiac team up to enact a scheme of villainy, Ar-Val refuse
Read more…Loooking back, I regret not buying the Marvel Western reprint series and Sgt.Fury. I missed the All-New X-Men and Miller's Daredevil which weren't titles I bought then. For DC, I ignored most of their war books, except for the occasional Unknown Sold
Read more…This article from the blog at DCComics.com identifies the story in Wonder Woman #100 (AUG58) as the first multiverse story: "The Forest of Giants!/The Challenge of Dimension X" (16 pages) featuring an identical twin of Wonder Woman.
Just after that,
Read more…BOOM! STUDIOS
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER HELLMOUTH DELUXE EDITION HC
MAW #1 (OF 5)
POWER RANGERS #11
SAVE YOURSELF #4 (OF 4)
SEVEN SECRETS #12
WYND #10
DARK HORSE COMICS
HELLBOY & BPRD 1957 FAMILY TIES ONE-SHOT
HOUSE OF LOST HORIZONS #5 (OF 5)
SAVAGE
Read more…On May 19, one day after streaming on DC Universe, Stargirl will debut on The CW broadcast channels in Flash's time slot.
(Counter-clockwise from upper left) Blue Baron, Raider, Bull and Startup battle Naucrate the Auteur Cosmic (center) in the first issue of Heroes Union. (Cover art by Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding, copyright Binge Books)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Con
Read more…Lucifer Vol. 4: The Devil At Heart
Dan Watters, writer; Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara & Brian Level, artists; Dave McCaig & Dee Cunniffe, colorists
CD Vertigo, 2021
Watters and company bring this chapter in Lucifer's story to a stylish conclusion. In
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