Pick of the Week for September 12, 2012 – Batman #0
Pick of the Week for September 12, 2012 – Batman #0 Story by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo Back-up Story by James Tynion IV Back-Up Art by Andy Clarke It’s been a year since the New 52 reboot, and DC has now launched “Zero Month” – every title is getting a […]
Pick of the Week for September 5, 2012 – Hawkeye #2
Pick of the Week for September 5, 2012 – Hawkeye #2 Story by Matt Fraction Art by David Aja I try not to pick the same book two issues in a row, but dammit if Hawkeye isn’t awesome. It’s funny, it’s smart, it has heart, and in a world full of make believe heroes, Clint Barton […]
Comic Pick of the Week: The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom
Pick of the week for August 27, 2012 – The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom Written by Mark Waid Art by Chris Samnee The year was 1991, and I was sitting in a darkened movie theater waiting for another random Disney movie. Little did I know I was about to fall in love with a movie […]
Comic Pick of the Week: Spider-Men #4
Pick of the Week: Spider-Men #4 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Sara Pichelli As I was going through my books for this week, no title jumped out and screamed “Pick Me!” Only Spider-Men #4 by Brian Bendis and Sara Pichelli stood out from the rest. This is the fourth issue in the 5 issue mini series. Some […]
Comic Pick of the Week: Hawkeye #1
Pick of the Week: Hawkeye #1 Written by Matt Fraction Art by David Aja There are some weeks when it’s insanely hard to pick just one book to review. This was not one of the those weeks. Hands down, the best thing I read was Hawkeye #1. Hot off the heels of the mega smash The […]
Comic Pick of the Week: Green Lantern #11
Pick of the Week: Green Lantern #11 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Doug Mahnke Two titles remain untouched in this time of DC reboots, Batman and Green Lantern. Coming out of the new 52, Hal Jordan and the rest of the Green Lanterns pick up where the previous volume ended. Hal has been stripped of […]
Comic Book Review: The Walking Dead #100
The Walking Dead #100 Written by: Robert Kirkman Art by: Charlie Adlard Covers by: Charlie Adlard, Marc Silverstri, Frank Quietly, Todd McFarlane, Sean Phillips, Bryan Hitch and Ryan Ottley There are some books that come along, grab you by the balls and never let go. The Walking Dead is one of those comics. I’ve been reading […]
Comic Book Commentary: Horror Comics
In the 40’s and 50’s, the comic book industry was riding a massive wave of popularity. DC Comics had taken off with the introduction of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc. Other companies were flourishing as well but for completely different reasons. The biggest of these companies was EC Comics or Entertaining Comics. They began a […]
Comic Book Commentary: The 2012 Harvey Nominations
The Harvey awards are like the Oscars for comics. The awards will be handed out at the 2012 Baltimore Comic Con. Here are the nominations. BEST LETTERER: Chris Eliopoulos – Fear Itself (Marvel Comics) Laura Lee Gulledge – Page by Page (Amulet Books) Todd Klein – S.H.I.E.L.D.: Architects of Forever (Marvel Comics) David Lanphear – Secret Avengers (Marvel […]