(Jump Comics 2015)
Story & Art by Masashi Kishimoto
Chapters 4 and 5-Ongoing
Summary: It’s been many years since the finale of Naruto, our hero is the current Hokage and people live in a time of peace. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Review: Mayday #2
(Black Mask Studios 2015)
Written by Curt Pires
Art by Christopher Peterson
Colors by Pete Toms
Curt Pires is the kind of writer who likes to keep you guessing. Upon opening the first issue of Mayday from Black Mask Studios, you would never guess that enough could happen in 44 pages that by the end of issue two he felt the need for some editorial disclaimer. Continue reading
Review: A-Force #1
(Marvel Comics 2015)
Written by Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson
Art by Jorge Molina and Laura Martin
A-Force #1 is easily one of the most high profile books to come out of the Secret Wars event if for no other reason than to quiet the lingering criticisms that Marvel is not female friendly enough in terms of publishing titles with female led teams or lead female characters. Continue reading
Review: Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Chapters 1-10
(Kodansha Comics 2013)
Story by Ryou Suzukaze & Art by Satoshi Shiki
Storyline Ongoing
 Summary: Taking place 57 years before the beginning of the original series by Hajime Isayama, we see a fledgling new Scouting Legion learning the reigns for the first time in a time where even less was known about the Titans than we know now. Continue reading
Review: Secret Wars 2
(Marvel Comics 2015)
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Esad Ribic
The second chapter of Secret Wars begins to examine the effects of the incursion event in greater detail than ever before. Continue reading
Review: The Thrilling Adventure Hour Presents: Beyond Belief
(Image Comics 2015)
The Thrilling Adventure Hour Presents: Beyond Belief #1
Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker
Pencils by Phil Hester
Inks by Eric Gapstur and Ande Parks
Colors by Mauricio Wallace
Letters by Marshall Dillon
“It’s time to send the little ones off to dreamland, and set your radio’s dial to “spookyâ€. Bolt the doors, lock your windows, and steel yourself for mysterious suspense in this evening’s feature…Beyond Belief.†Continue reading
Review: Oreimo 1
 (Dengeki G’s Magazine/Dark Horse Comics 2012)
Story is completed (4 volumes, 26 Chapters)
 Story by Tsukasa Fushimi & Art by Sakura Ikeda
 Summary: Kyousuke is your normal, average, everyday teenager. Until one day his world enters the weird when he discovers that his little sister, Kirino is a closet otaku for anime, manga, and ero-games. Continue reading
Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Ep. 21 & 22
(Marvel Studios 2015)
Summary: Agent Phil Coulsen leads a ragtag group of agents through the mud as he fights Hydra and any other baddies that comes along the way. Continue reading
Review: Attack on Titan Chapters 65-69
(Shonen Magazine Comics 2009)
Story & Art by Hajime Isayama
Storyline Ongoing
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Summary: In an alternate telling of the history of the world, mankind has been pushed back behind walls where for the last 100 years they’ve been protected from monsters known as Titans. Continue reading
Review: Squarriors #1 and #2
(Devil’s Due Ent. 2014 and 2015)
Created and written by Ash Maczko
Art, Letters, and Colors by Ashley Witter
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.†Oh yes, I’m quoting Socrates, that hemlock-drinker whose ideas became the basis for much of modern thought. Continue reading
Review: Monster Musume Chapter 31
(Seven Seas 2012)
Story & Art by Okayado
Storyline Ongoing
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Summary: It’s every day life with Monster Girls in this ecchi comedy, telling the harrowing tale of a young man named Kimihito Kurusu who builds a harem of young, attractive girls with animalistic features. Continue reading
Review: Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring Chapter 3
(Jump Comics 2015)
Story & Art by Masashi Kishimoto
Chapters: 3-Ongoing
Summary: It’s been many years since the finale of Naruto, our hero is the current Hokage and people live in a time of peace. Continue reading
Review: Godkiller Vol. 1 and Issue #4
(Black Mask Studios 2015)
Written by Matt Pizzolo
Illustrated by Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk
Additional Illustrations by Ben Templesmith, Tim Seeley, and Amancay Nahuelpan
I try to keep my reviews tasteful. I try to refrain from curse words as adjectives because they don’t usually expand upon an idea any more than a regular adjective might. I may have to make an exception here. Godkiller Volume 1, what an amazing f@#kin’ book. (and I don’t use my keyboard characters lightly.) Continue reading
Review: Secret Wars #1
(Marvel Comics 2015)
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Esad Ribic
Begun the Secret Wars have. Sorry, I couldn’t resist, but hey it is true. I guess Marvel’s huge universe ending event actually began on FCBD with Secret Wars 0 issue in which Valeria Richards breaks it down and tells it like it is. Continue reading
Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Ep. 20
(Marvel Studios 2015)
Summary: Agent Phil Coulson leads a ragtag group of agents through the mud as he fights Hydra and any other baddies that comes along the way.
Review: Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
(Jump Comics 2015)
Chapter 2
Story & Art by Masashi Kishimoto
Chapters: 2-Ongoing
Summary: It’s been many years since the finale of Naruto, our hero is the current Hokage and people live in a time of peace. Continue reading
Review: Wild Bullets One-Shot
(Michigan Comics Collective 2015)
Written by Greg Wright
Art by Sean Seal, Jason Jimenez, Stephen Sharar, Joe Freyre
Colors and Letters by Sara Sowles
Edited by Travis McIntire
I grew up on holiday specials. Not one calendar year would pass without me marking the upcoming holidays by running through the television checklist. Continue reading
Review: Up The River #1
(Source Point Press 2015)
Written by Travis McIntire
Pencils and Inks by Stephen Sharar
Colors by Sean Seal
Letters by Joshua Werner
Up The River from Source Point Press is not your average indie comic.  Like everything in the industry, “independent comics†have changed over the last fifty years. Continue reading
Interview: Heads of the Pack
An Interview with Packs of the Low Country creators John Dudley and Don Cardenas
By: Brad Gischia
I’ve been going to cons for about five years now, and as I’ve grown with the con experience, I’ve found that meeting the creators, the artists and writers, has become what takes up most of my time there. Continue reading
Article: A Local’s Guide to Free Comic Book Day in Baltimore 2015
By Shawn Warner
Lately my hometown of Baltimore has been in the news for some seriously heinous reasons;
first the unjustified killing of a citizen by six of the city’s worst police officers makes worldwide headlines, Continue reading