Nocterra speeds into its second arc, with Nocterra #7. The art remains strong as ever, with the villainous Blacktop Bill ranking as my favorite thing in the series so far. Full review.
Read MoreWe Have Demons #1 — the first creator-owned comic from long-time DC Comics collaborators Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, and Jonathan Glapion — is a pulpy blistering good-time comic with grindhouse horror grit.
Read MoreNocterra #1 delivers a summer blockbuster film by way of comics, operating with comforting grandiosity as it lays out an interesting concept with an execution of familiar big thriller action beats.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — This week saw the return of writer Scott Snyder and artist Rafael Albuquerque’s series, American Vampire, via the release of the first issue of a new series, American Vampire 1976 #1. As the title indicates, this book is a continuation of the series — which has sat dormant for a bit — in the year 1976.
Read MoreBy Jacob Cordas — Undiscovered Country #8 finally lets us explore the second region of this nightmarish America and it does not disappoint. This world is designed to a tee. Every issue has done some of the best implied ...
Read MoreBy Jacob Cordas — “The American Dream will never---,” our Uncle Sam surrogate shouts before being riddled with bullets. He, of course, stands up in a display of grit and determination that would make the Founding Fathers proud to yell at his assailants, “The American Dream will never die! But you will.” And in that insane moment, I realized two things about Undiscovered Country: 1) I unabashedly love this comic and 2) I have absolutely no idea what this is about.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — Four issues in, Undiscovered Country feels like it’s still just scratching the surface of what the book can be, both in terms of the world the creators have constructed as well as the characters they’ve put within it. This is all meant as a tremendous compliment.
Read MoreBy Jarred A. Luján — Oh, man. Undiscovered Country has been the talk of the comics town for a minute now. Ever since its announcement, which revealed that the book would see heavy-hitter writers Charles Soule and Scott Snyder teaming up with Giuseppe Camuncoli and Daniel Orlandini on interiors, the hype behind this book has only increased. Then it was announced that it had been optioned for a film franchise…before the first issue ever hit the shelves. Basically, the momentum has always been there for this book.
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