(Image Comics, 2014)
Writer – Michael Stock
Artist – Sina Grace
Colorist – Tamra Bonvillian
Letterer – Hope Larson
Wishing for things is bred into us from a very young age. We’re told by our parents to wish on stars, birthday candles, when the clock hits 11:11, and if you’re like I was when I was little, I always wished for the same thing. The Millennium Falcon. The Hasbro one, with the chess table and spinning quad gun on the roof Continue reading
(Markosia, 2014)
Writer – Kevin Gunstone
Artist – Slobadan Jovanovic
Colorist – Matteo Baldrighi
Lettering and Design – Patrick Foster
One of the most iconic scenes in all of cinema is that of the Neanderthals around the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The scene involves the Cro-Magnons probing a strange, otherworldly pillar that has appeared in their midst Continue reading
(Titan Comics, 2014)
The Rage
Volume One: Zombie Generation
Script by Pierre Boisserie
Art by Malo Kerfriden
Colors by Boubette
Translated by Virginie Selavy
I’m starting to find it difficult to come up with clever quips about the dead walking around. My store of silly puns is dry, drier than the corpse of Tutankhamen in the middle of an Egyptian July. There seem to be no end to zombie-based fiction stories, both on the big and small screen, in all kinds of print fiction and comics. Continue reading
(Archaia, 2014)
Tale of Sand: The Illustrated Screenplay
Written by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl
Illustrated by Ramon K. Perez
Edited by Stephen Christy
Anyone who grew up in the 80’s grew up with Jim Henson. I was no different, and perhaps I was even more inundated with the Henson-esque style of television because we didn’t have cable until I was in high school. Continue reading
(Redline Comics, 2014)
Writer – Brian Visaggio
Art – Kevin Roberts
Letters – Zakk Saam
Editor – Heather Antos
Cons are special places. If you’re a fan of comics and/or pop culture I would highly recommend attending one, most states have some sort of big con at least once a year. Continue reading
(BOOM! Studios, 2014)
Written by Paul Jenkins
Illustrated by Ramon Bachs
Colors by Leonardo Paciarotti
Letters by Jim Campbell
“Every nursery rhyme is a crime scene…” Interesting thought that, and I think it could be the over-reaching statement to characterize what the new comic from BOOM! Studios is about. Continue reading
(Archaia, 2014)
The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow
The Lost Television Special by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl
Adapted, Illustrated, and Hand-Lettered by Roger Langridge
Colors by Ian Herring
I’ve been a lifelong fan of everything Henson. From the first time I saw The Muppet Show, to the tenth time I watched The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson has been a major influence in my life. Those films, and Sesame Street, were the Continue reading
(Dynamite Entertainment, 2014)
Written by Christina Blanch and Chris Carr
Art by Chee
Letters by Troy Peteri
I love going into a comic blind, but often I see a title in my email folder and think, “where have I heard that before?” You get an immediate impression with a good title, and The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood is one Continue reading
(Greentea Publishing, 2014)
Recipes for the Dead #3: Steam Minted Meringue
Written by Vera Greentea
Art by Allison Strom
Lettering by Adam Wollet
*Recipes for the Dead #3: Steam Minted Meringue will debut this coming weekend at New York Comic Con
By most accounts the business of indie comics is a struggle, a grind against time. If you have the stamina and more than a little bit of talent, you have but a chance. This is not meant to be disparaging Continue reading
(Archaia, 2014)
Story by Arash Amel
Written by Marguerite Bennett
Illustrated by Antonio Fuso
Colored by Adam Guzowski
Lettered by Steve Wands
Cover by Phil Noto
*Major Spoilage…you’ve been warned.
As I’ve gotten more involved with the comic industry, and more vigilant on the entertainment industry as well, I’ve found it easier to watch trends. Most recently of course we saw Continue reading
(Black Mask Studios, 2014)
Written by Matt Miner
Pencils and Inks by Jonathan Brandon Sawyer
Colors by Doug Garbark
Lettered by Crank!
It’s hard to stay on top of modern entertainment. It comes out so fast now that before you know it “I’ll start watching Game of Thrones after the first season is collected…” becomes, “…oh crap, Game of Thrones is starting it’s fifth season and I’ve yet to watch any of them…” Continue reading
(BOOM! Studios, 2014)
Written, Illustrated, and Created by George Perez
Colors by Leonardo Paciarotti
Let’s not bury the lead. George M*$@er&*.^%’in Perez! Need I say more? The man who helped define the look of a generation of comic books has released his first original book. BOOM! Studios and George Perez release Sirens this week, but don’t expect to get it on the first read. Perez’s brain works on several Continue reading
(BOOM! Studios)
Created by Dan Abnett & I.N.J. Culbard
Written by Dan Abnett
Illustrated & Lettered by I.N.J. Culbard
I usually try to begin a review with a snappy anecdote, some little tidbit about my personal history with comics or entertainment that will bring the reader more easily over to my point of view. (Because the long and short of it is if you’re reading this you’re wondering about the book and my review was one that popped up on your search engine.) With Wild’s End #1, out from BOOM! Studios this week Continue reading
(BOOM! Studios, 2014)
Created & Written by James Tynion IV
Illustrated by Michael Dialynas
Color Artwork by Josan Gonzalez
Lettering by Ed Dukeshire
We’ve been taught since our youngest remembrances not to go into the woods by ourselves. Fear of the Boogie Man, the Big Bad Wolf, or tales of the Mothman or Sasquatch have always been on hand to keep our children from wandering into the real-life dangers of the unknown. Continue reading
(Indie Crash Comics, 2014)
Writer and Creator – Deon Brown
Artist – Steve Myers
Colorist – Licca Kirk
Inker – Jeff Morrow
Letterer – Chris Chandler
The stories that we heard as children, and their many incarnations, are the ones that we treasure as adults. I recall hearing classic fairy tales, both through film and through by mother’s interpretations as she read to me, and I still find a bit of magic in those stories as I watch them with or read them to my own kids. Continue reading
(Dynamite Comics, 2014)
Written by Joe Harris
Illustrated by Eman Casallos
Colored by Aikau Oliva
Lettered by Simon Bowland
Main Cover by David Mack
Comic book creators have a tough job. Coming up with an original character isn’t always as easy as interviews with Uncle Stan would have you believe. The creation of a new, believable character can be a painstaking process that doesn’t always pay off in the end. Wouldn’t it be easier to take an existing person and bring them in? Continue reading
(Markosia Enterprises, 2014)
Story and Letters: Wes Locher
Art: Emre Ozdamarlar
Cover Colors: Kell Smith
Interior Colors: Kefas Armando
Logo Design: Amanda Kent
There are certain themes and tropes that never get old. They come up again and again in popular entertainment because they work. Prison breaks, heists, revenge…all are popular ways to help us escape into another world. And The Undoubtables has all of this in spades. Continue reading
(Comix Tribe, 2014)
Story: John Lees
Art: Iain Laurie
Colors: Megan Wilson
Letters: Colin Bell
Let the creepy return! Now that horror comics have slipped into mainstream popular culture, when it has become commonplace to see zombies walking across your television screen, a new terror has arrived to make you check the shadows. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Written by Ed Brubaker
Artwork by Sean Phillips
Colors by Elizabeth Breitweiser
There are people who are good at a certain thing, and there are those who are able to perfect an art form. Ed Brubaker (need I list his accomplishments?), writer of great comics Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Story by Ryan Burton
Art by John Bivens
Colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick
Letters by Crank!
The stories I like the most are the ones that connect with me in some way. I’m a sucker for “what if…” storylines, for callbacks, homage, and all the stuff that can be deemed as cheap and tawdry stunts are things that Continue reading