Review: Fantastic Four: Season One

Fantastic Four: Season One Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (words) & David Marquez (art) Marvel, 2012 There is a part of me that takes a look at something like Fantastic Four: Season One and wants rail in rage and frustration. Truth is, I don’t want to be that guy. It helps that the art and writing in FF: [...]

Review: American Vampire Vol. 1

American Vampire Volume 1 Scott Snyder, Stephen King (writers) Rafel Albuquerque, Dave McCaig (art/color) DC/Vertigo, 2010 Scott Snyder has become something of a household name in the comics world now that he’s taken the reins of one of DC Comics’ Trinity with the New 52 reboot of Batman. Before Batman though Snyder worked on a [...]

Review: Morning Glories (Vol. 1 & 2)

Morning Glories Image Comics Nick Spencer (writer) Joe Eisma (art) Rodin Equejo (covers) Nick Spencer’s Morning Glories is what you would get if you crossed Lost with Tower Prep (sort of obscure but I did enjoy that show). There are no tropical islands here instead there is a prestigious private school, Morning Glory Academy, where [...]

On Scott Snyder’s Batman….

This book is badass. Seriously this is the best “New 52″ title out there.  You can ignore all other DC books and be happy to read this title.  My question regarding Batman (at least two issues in): is Batman the main character?  I admit that I am not the most adamant of Batman readers but [...]

Quick Shot: Stephen King’s N.

Stephen King’s N Adapted by Marc Guggenheim Art by Alex Maleev I picked up a read the graphic novel adaptation of Stephen King’s N. some time ago and after digesting the work several diverging thoughts crossed my mine. The first was “this is awesome,” followed shortly by “if this was awesome was the short story [...]

Locke and Key Double-Shot

Locke and Key: Crown of Shadows (Volume 3) Locke and Key: Keys to the Kingdom (Volume 4) Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez IDW, 2011 While on vacation a couple of a weeks ago I stepped into a bookshop in Portsmouth, NH and while trying my very hardest to keep my hands jammed deep into my [...]

A Dose of Awesome

Sometimes you come across something that speaks to you on a primal level.  You see this think and your world is changed…forever.  This is what happened to me yesterday when I saw this: BAM! Your life will never be the same again!  Super Dinosaur is the latest book, this time an all-ages title, by the [...]

Comic Thoughts: Superman Earth One

If you had cornered the 12-year-old me and asked him if he liked Superman, he would have likely responded with a derisive laugh.  For what it is worth back then I certainly enjoyed the spectacle of the Death of Superman and the following Reign of the Supermen, but I never would ever in a million [...]

Comic Thoughts (10/6/10)

I buy a lot of comics.  More than I should.  I rarely talk about them.  I’m going to due my best to change that right here.  I won’t go into detail with every comic I’ve bought in a given week rather I’ll try to highlight the standouts from the previous week.  Last Thursday’s email debacle [...]

The Best Comic You’re Not Reading

My first experience with Chuckles was G. I. Joe: the  Movie; a film that gave birth to the horrific Cobra-La, the kind cool but not really Nemesis Enforcer, the snake-faced Cobra Commander, and the death of Duke.  Thankfully the Chuckles seen in G. I. Joe: Cobra is nothing like the briefly glimpsed animated version.  No this [...]