REVIEW: Carnage - Black, White, and Blood #1
Another solid addition to the growing ranks of color-themed superhero comics from the Big 2, Carnage: Black, White, and Blood #1 is a fun anthology for Carnage fans.
Read MoreADVANCED REVIEW: The Silver Coin #1 is a nice display of craft
The Silver Coin #1 is the start of a new monthly comics series with an interesting concept — while Michael Walsh will be doing the artwork/coloring/lettering for every issue, the writer on the book will rotate.
Read MoreADVANCED REVIEW: Home #1 is an important comic
Home #1 is one of the best and most important comics I’ve read all year, taking the real world atrocities committed by the U.S. family separation policy, and conveying an interesting narrative with empathy and humanity.
Read MoreREVIEW: Orphan and the Five Beasts #1
Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 as a story will fit a very particular sort of comic fan. Those who love epic-journey stories like Conan the Barbarian, or full fledged, action-manga like Naruto…
Read MoreREVIEW: Ultramega #1 is THE perfect combo of body horror and kaiju comic
With Ultramega #1, writer/artist James Harren delivers a kaiju-body horror hybrid that stands out as a high performance machine coated in a thick layer of grime and viscera.
Read MoreREVIEW: Black Knight - Curse of the Ebony Blade #1
While Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1 doesn’t win me over in its first issue, I’m still willing to keep going with it - in the hopes it can as the miniseries progresses.
Read MoreGRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Tono Monogatari by Shigeru Mizuki
Tono Monogatari by Shigeru Mizuki, as translated by Zack Davisson, is a wonderful collection of stories. Some may be familiar, some strange, but all are imparted with a love of storytelling that keeps cultural ideas and tales alive.
Read MoreREVIEW: Karmen #1 has some major problems, from publishing format to lacking a content warning
I have a morbid curiosity about where the story that begins in Karmen #1 goes, but there is a LOT not to like here, namely the lack of a content warning added to the decision to publish a graphic novel in a serialized format.
Read MoreREVIEW: Thor & Loki - Double Trouble #1 will cure your literal headache
Thor & Loki - Double Trouble #1 is an excellent start to a new four-part miniseries, and it’s one that immediately imbues the proceedings with welcome charm and delight.
Read MoreREVIEW: The new Grant Morrison comic, PROCTOR VALLEY ROAD #1
Proctor Valley Road #1 is the new series from comics legend Grant Morrison, who teams here with writer Alex Childs, artist Naomi Franquiz, colorist Tamra Bonvillain, and letterer Jim Campbell.
Read MoreTRADE REVIEW: Rogue Planet by Cullen Bunn and Andy MacDonald
Rogue Planet, which is due out in collected trade March 10, is a tune we've heard before, but it's one I have always enjoyed and It is made even better by its powerhouse art team.
Read MoreREVIEW: Jonna and Unpossible Monsters #1 is Chris Samnee's new comic and it rules
With Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #1, Chris Samnee, Laura Samnee, and Matthew Wilson deliver modern comics a Kamandi-esque story with a vibrant YA bend in place of dystopian super-heroics.
Read MoreREVIEW: Nocterra #1 is a summer blockbuster via comics, and it goes BIG
Nocterra #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 MoreREVIEW: Infinite Frontier #0 is a strong table-setter for DC's new line
A rich and deliberate table-setter for a new pared down DC Universe with an evident awareness of the importance of its own legacy, Infinite Frontier #0 is a rewarding read that seems to portend better days ahead for DC Comics.
Read MoreREVIEW: Marvel's Voices - Legacy #1 celebrates Black History Month
Marvel’s Voices - Legacy #1 is a fitting collection to celebrate storytelling and representation, holding up the Black experience and wrapping a blanket of context and love around the heroes of beloved comics.
Read MoreREVIEW: Nuclear Family #1, a wonderful Cold War nightmare begins
Another excellent comic from writer Stephanie Phillips, Nuclear Family #1 is a wonderful take on a cold war nightmare. Philip K. Dick would be proud.
Read MoreREVIEW: Stray Dogs #1 is 'shocking, witty, and different'
Stray Dogs #1 is out this week from Image Comics, and it’s a creative and singular type of mystery comic that tells its entire story from a unique place — a dog’s point of view.
Read MoreREVIEW: STILLWATER #6 falls short of previous issue
Keigen Rea has reviewed every issue of Chip Zdarsky and Ramon K. Perez’s series STILLWATER to date…and now he weighs in on the final chapter of the first story art with his STILLWATER #6 review…
Read MoreREVIEW: Snow Angels #1 on comiXology is engrossing, beautiful
Two of the most acclaimed creators of their generation — writer JEFF LEMIRE and artist JOCK — together for the first time in SNOW ANGELS #1, a new comiXology original series…
Read MoreREVIEW: AWA's Casual Fling #1 brings love, betrayal, and rich scandal
An interesting, thought-provoking story that revels in the non-traditional comics space it inhabits. Casual Fling #1 is rich with love, betrayal, and scandal. Out today from AWA.
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