ADVANCED REVIEW: The Brother of All Men #1, a horror mystery based on a true story
This opening chapter is a strong, slow burn mystery that satisfies any craving for classic noir.
Read MoreREVIEW: I Breathed a Body #5 ends a wild journey and a great book
The first thought I had when I cracked open I Breathed A Body #5 (the finale to this series from Zac Thompson and Andy MacDonald) was, holy cow this has been a trip.
Read MoreREVIEW: I BREATHED A BODY #1 distills 2021 power structures into body horror
Breathed a Body #1 is a perfectly-executed and ragingly-smart body horror comic that takes existential concern over social media, influencers, and big tech, and distills it into one of the most interesting stories of the young year.
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lonely Receiver #2 is an A+ breakup story
By Zack Quaintance — The second issue of The Lonely Receiver — an artificial intelligence breakup comic by the team of writer Zac Thompson, artist Jen Hickman, and letterer Simon Bowland — is past needing to dole out exposition, which was done and done well in the debut. With orienting readers out of the way, this second issue can get to the core of what this book is really about — capturing the utter devastation of losing a long-term relationship.
Read MoreREVIEW: Lonely Receiver #1 - 'Everything about this book works'
By Jacob Cordas — Lonely Receiver #1 is a series that excels in its precision. No word or phrase is wasted. No panel could be replaced. Everything is exactly what it should be. Which makes writing a review about it near impossible. Precision in art is hard to quantify. To stare too long at the skill is to eventually erase the craft it took to make it. And this took so much craft.
Read MoreNo One's Rose #3 is a dense turning point issue - REVIEW
By Keigen Rea — With seven scenes in 22 pages, No One’s Rose #3 pushes the amount of story you can reasonably tell in a comic, and fortunately, it succeeds.
Read MoreNo One's Rose #2 Vault Comics - REVIEW
By Keigen Rea — No One’s Rose feels like it has perfect combination of elements to become a giant hit. An environmental focus while this generation faces the largest effects of climate change, riding the heat of the (arguably) hottest publisher in comics, sharing aesthetics with Krakoa without treading the same ground thematically — all of these are individually enough to make a story into a hit, but all three together seems like a recipe for a crossover sensation, even without having great execution. Fortunately for us, the execution of this comic matches the potential beautifully.
Read MoreADVANCED REVIEW: No One’s Rose #1 issues a vision that is at once dire and optimisic
By Zack Quaintance — There is an evolution happening among sci-fi comic books, wherein stories are almost aggressively pushing each other to find unexplored new ground. That sometimes means tone (Wasted Space, for example, has done a wonderful job with this) and at other times that means a novel plot twist (Vagrant Queen I think fits here) or new take on an older concept (Protector comes to mind) or just flat-out amazing intricate art execution (see Little Bird and Tartarus).
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