REVIEW: Devil's Highway #1 from AWA

By Wesley Messer — If you ever want an understanding as to stuff I find myself digging, a good thriller is my jam. Which is why the idea of Devil’s Highway caught my eye. The cover by Brent Schoonover and Nick Filardi struck me as well, which added to my curiosity for this comic. It’s also my first time looking into AWA’s comics so this is an added treat. AWA got lost in the comic shuffle for me due to all the crazy events of the past few months. Two adventures in one, a comic I’m curious about and trying out a new company, sounds like fun right? Well, let’s get on with the show here and see how this all goes shall we?

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REVIEW: Wolverine #1 perfectly fits creators to the character

By Zack Quaintance — As a writer, I’ve been reading Benjamin Percy’s work for some time, long before I made any sort of move to go from steady reader of comic book trade collections to an active weekly comics blogger. My first exposure to his work came in 2009 or so, when a friend recommended his debut short story collection to me, Refresh, Refresh, which features a blistering title story about the savageness of war...underscored by the deep emotional pain it inflicts upon the communities from which soldiers come. There was a vague interest in technology present as well, plus an ending story that starred a lone man on a motorcycle in the nuclear-weapon scarred Pacific Northwest, fleeing in one memorable scene from a pack of crazed (and maybe mutated?) hounds.

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