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REVIEW: “Harley Quinn” #0

(DC Comics, 2013)

Review by Shawn Warner

Written by Jim Palmiotti, Amanda Conner
Artwork by Various

Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti don’t just break the fourth wall in this issue, they obliterate it! However it’s all in good fun and it goes miles in restoring some of the humor that the New 52 re-invention of Harley Quinn has leached from the sometimes silly sidekick of Mistah J. Continue reading

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REVIEW: “True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys” #1

(Dark Horse Comics, 2013)

Review by Shawn Warner

WRITTEN BY:  Gerard Way & Shaun Simon
ARTWORK BY:  Becky Cloonan
COLOR ARTWORK BY:  Dan Jackson

Gerard Way, former lead singer of the now defunct emo-metal band My Chemical Romance, is not a bad comic book writer; in fact he’s pretty darned good. In the aftermath of his band’s demise he proves that his success with The Umbrella Academy was no fluke by following it up five years later with the equally well written True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. Continue reading