(Image Comics, 2014)
Created by Keenan Marshall Keller and Tom Neely
Written by Keenan Marshall Keller
Drawn by Tom Neely
Color by Kristina Collantes
Motorcycle movies are mostly a thing of the past. Not since Chopper Chicks in Zombietown have I had this much fun with a motorcycle story. (Alas, I’ve not started Sons of Anarchy yet.) Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer – Kurt Busiek
Artist and Cover Colors – Benjamin Dewey
Colors – Jordie Bellaire
Lettering and Design – John Roshell and Jimmy Betancourt
I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again, I love going in to a new issue #1 with one idea and coming out on the other end with a completely new understanding of what is going on in a book. Being surprised is really one of the greatest things in a medium where you think you’ve seen it all. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Written by Josh Howard
Artwork by Josh Howard
Summary: Nara Kilday was just your average, ordinary 16 year old girl until she began seeing visions of the demons and figures. And began reciting a language even she was unaware of its origin. Then her life began to change Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Written by Nick Spencer
Artwork by Joe Eisma
Color Artwork by Paul Little
Lettering by Johnny Lowe
Summary: Morning Glories is about a group of students who get shipped off to a school where things are not as they seem. And the more they learn, the more they must survive to keep a hold of their own sanity or lose everything precious to them. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer: Kel Symons
Art & Colors: Mathew Reynolds
Lettering & Design: Pat Brosseau
The adventures on The South Seas (1938) of Captain Jack Harper and the crew of the Venture continues in The Mercenary Sea #6 when Jack and Evelyn Green, the British secret agent code-named “Top Hat”, are Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Story by Ryan Burton
Art by John Bivens
Letters by Crank!
First issues should be eye-catching. They should encapsulate enough of a story that a new reader wants more, craves it like a vampire does for the good old AB +. The artwork should be dynamic, making it hard to turn the page even as you can’t wait to see what’s coming next. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Nailbiter #3
Story by Joshua Williamson
Artwork by Mike Henderson
Color Artwork by Adam Guzowski
Letters & Design by John J. Hill
Southern Bastards #3
Written by Jason Aaron
Artwork by Jason Latour
Letters by Jared K. Fletcher
It’s crazy to see so many good comics on the market, and extraordinarily frustrating, coming from the point of view of a reader. You find a story that connects and want to stick with it. Often those stories come from different companies with different release dates and that means a second trip to the shop and untold amounts of dollar books to sift through while you wait your turn…it all ends up costing you money. (Gladly of course, that’s part of the thrill.) Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer: Kel Symons
Art & Colors: Mathew Reynolds
Lettering & Design: Pat Brosseau
The adventures of Captain Jack Harper and the crew of the Venture continue in The Mercenary Sea #5 as their mission leads them deep into enemy territory. Having rescued Evelyn Green, the British secret agent code-named Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer – Daniel Corey
Artist – Mark Dos Santos
Color – Chris Fenoalio
Letters and Logo – Dave Lanphear
What do you get when you take the grittiness of Blade Runner, the locale of Total Recall, and throw in the politics and strangely attractive alien girls of Star Trek? You get Red City; the premiere issue of which released this week from Image Comics. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer – Joshua Williamson
Artist – Mike Henderson
Colors – Adam Guzowski
Return with me fellow readers, to Buckaroo, Oregon, birthplace of the highest concentration of serial killers in the continental United States, and official residence of Edward Charles Warren, a.k.a. “The Nailbiter”, who chewed his victim’s nails. Oh yes…their nails, before he killed them. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Words: Warren Ellis
Art: Jason Howard
A whole lot of something.
I have the upmost respect for Warren Ellis. The man has written some of the most highly regarded stories in modern comics. With The Authority, Transmetropolitan, and Planetary being the most notable standouts in a very stellar body of work. So you can imagine that before reading Trees #1, I couldn’t help but be exited. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Story by Kyle Higgins and Alec Siegel
Art by Rod Reis
Letters by Troy Peteri
Cover by Trevor McCarthy
I see this one come up in the queue, and I wonder, is this just another acronym book? And then I open it. Ahh…ladies and gentlemen, if I may be so bold, it is definitely not. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer - Jason Aaron
Art and Color - Jason Latour
Letters – Jared K. Fletcher
Color Asst. – Rico Renzi
Grab a beer, some BBQ’d ribs, and turn up that high school football game, it’s Wednesday, and in comic book land, that means a new issue of Southern Bastards. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer: Kel Symons
Art & Colors: Mathew Reynolds
Lettering & Design: Pat Brosseau
The seafaring adventures of Captain Jack Harper and the crew of the Venture, a refitted German U Boat, continues in The Mercenary Sea #4 as their mission to rescue a British spy, code-named “Top Hat,” from Japanese soldiers takes an unexpected turn. After a tense confrontation at sea with their Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Created, Written, & Drawn by Bryan Hitch
Inked by Paul Neary with Andrew Currie
Colored by Laura Martin
Lettered by Chris Eliopoulos
Production by Drew Gill
***Spoilers***
If you have not read Real Heroes number one, please do so. I do not want to be responsible for giving the ending away. Thank you! Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Written and Lettered by Ed Brisson
Illustrated by Simon Roy
Colored by Simon Gough
“Ok…I know what’s going on…oh wait…that’s different…didn’t see that one comi…oh no…that was unexpected…ugh…his head exploded all over the….is that a sword of Kahless?…”
Oh crap. I hope to God I never wake up in a field. Better yet, never in The Field, for that, comic friends, is a twisted and dark path filled Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Created by Mark Millar & Goran Parlov
Written by Mark Millar
Artwork by Goran Parlov
Color Artwork by Ive Svorcina
Mark Millar has captured the spirit of Star Wars, the nostalgia of Flash Gordon, the adventure of Indiana Jones and Buck Rogers and thrown in his usual heaping helping of over- the- top violence; the result is Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Written by Joe Keatinge
Art by Leila Del Duca
Colors by Owen Gieni
Letters by Ed Brisson
I begged and pleaded, and despite the combined weight of my many Twitter followers and urgent calls from my aged grandmother, Image went ahead with their proposed release date and made me wait a whole month for issue #2 of Shutter. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Written by Sina Grace and Daniel Freedman
Art by Sina Grace
Colors by Renee Keyes
Letters by Rus Wooton
The films I love from the 80’s can be listed single-spaced on ten or twelve sheets of college-lined paper. Alphabetized and organized by year and release date, these films wander through genres as easily as I do through by back yard. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Story by Jonathan Ross
Art by Ian Churchill
Lettering by Richard Starkings and Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt
Coloring by Arif Prianto and Ian Churchill
There are many times I bewail my inability to get to a comic store weekly. To work at one would be a dream, especially when something like Revenge #3 is sitting on the shelf.
I know. In recent years, with the popularity of horror comics coming back, the cover images on comics have become Continue reading