(IDW Publishing, 2014)
Writer – Steve Niles
Artist – Damien Worm
Editor – Chris Ryall
If Mary Shelley could have known what she was doing, would she still have done it? The same question could have been asked of the doctor in her most famous work. From a vacation on the banks of Lake Geneva with Lord Byron was born the stuff of legends, and constant reinvention, as well as re-animation, of one of the classic characters in literature. Continue reading
BEST OF 2013
with Cory Thrall
When I started this crazy thing called Bag & Bored I was looking for something to kill some time and have some fun with. Nothing big, no readership - just silly meanderings on whatever comics I had read that week. Consider my surprise that here we are over a year later and with quite a cast of reviewers and writers on our team. One of the major pay-offs with this site has been Continue reading
(Dynamite Entertainment, 2013)
Review by Cory Thrall
Written by Steve Niles
Artwork by Dennis Calero
Letters by Marshall Dillon
I’m normally not one to get into movie/television/video game based comics. They almost always feel like they have no real connection to the source material other than by name and characters alone. There have been the exceptions to this rule and Continue reading
(Dark Horse Comics, 2013)
Reviewed by Cory Thrall
WRITTEN BY: Steve Niles, Matt Santoro
ARTWORK BY: Dave Wachter
COVER ARTWORK: Dave Wachter
The varied stories of the Golem have been in Jewish Folklore for centuries. This is a common story linked from generation to generation over time, with multiple tales and takes on what we now consider the Golem - a speechless, towering ‘man’ made of mud, dirt, sometimes ash. We’ve seen in films from many periods how this can go wrong, how a mindless creature following orders exactly as they are given can lead to a nightmarish situation - one where the creator is forced to trick the Golem into its own destruction. This is a bit of folklore that has transcended from these old stories into a commonly shared one, regardless of the origins of this creature. Now, here in the 21st century, there are but a small number of films or media regarding this tale. Luckily for comic fans and history/folklore fans alike, we now have the 3 issue mini-series “Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem”. Continue reading