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REVIEW: ‘Evil Empire’ #2

(BOOM! Studios, 2014)

Created and Written by Max Bemis
Illustrated by Ransom Getty
Inks by Ryan Winn
Colored by Chris Blythe
Lettered by Ed Dukeshire

I read a lot of comic books.  Most of them are not books that I’ve been reading for years, whose history has been imprinted on me from a very young age.  Most of the books I read on a monthly basis are new books from smaller studios like Boom! Continue reading

EvilEmpire-No1--COVER

REVIEW: ‘Evil Empire’ #1

(BOOM! Studios, 2014)

Created & Written by Max Bemis
Illustrated by Ransom Getty
Colored by Chris Blythe
Lettered by Ed Dukeshire

Comic books are an escape. For the reader they are, by their very nature, a way to have a scant 22 pages to yourself, quiet and calm no matter what may be happening in the pages. But flip that around to the writer and artists’ viewpoint, and they become the exact opposite. Like any other form of media Continue reading

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REVIEW: “Harley Quinn” #1

(DC Comics, 2013)

Review by Shawn Warner

Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
Artwork by Chad Hardin
Color Artwork by Alex Sinclair
Lettering by John J. Hill

This book opens with Harley roaring into a new town, the surviving articles of her past bundled up on the back of her chopper and a talking beaver strapped to the front. Topping the jumble of miscellaneous items Continue reading