(Image Comics, 2014)
Written by Kelley Sue DeConnick
Artwork by Emma Rios
Color Artwork by Jordie Bellaire
Lettering by Clayton Clowes
Kelly Sue Deconnick has proven herself to be one of the most versatile writers working today; her super hero work at Marvel is among the most innovative of their current offerings. However it’s her supernatural horror/ western Pretty Deadly that is breaking new ground among the independent mavericks.
(Titan Comics, 2014)
Written by Various
Artwork by Various
Edited by Dave Elliot
*Suggested for a mature audience…and they ain’t lyin’.
For a long time I didn’t know what kind of music I liked. (Keep reading, this is actually going somewhere in the realm of comics.) I blame my grandpa for this, and not in a bad way. When I was a kid he would wake us with marching band music. Nothing rouses you out of bed at 6 a.m. like the dulcet tones of John Phillip Sousa or K.L. King. Continue reading
(BOOM! Studios, 2014)
Written by Michael Moreci and Tim Daniel
Art by Riley Rossmo and Colin Lorimer
Additional Colors by Tamra Bonvillian
Letters by Jim Campbell
Who doesn’t love a werewolf story? Watching people walk through the darkened woods away from their broken down car (get back to the car!), or seeing their wide eyes as their heads whip around at the sound of an unearthly howl (get back to the car!) or seeing the “wolf’s view” as it gets closer and closer Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Review by Galen Garner
Written by Robert Kirkman
Artwork by Charlie Adlard
Inks by Stefano Gaudiano & Cliff Rathburn
Lettering by Rus Wooton
I still like The Walking Dead. Take it that my love for this comic over the past 120 issues has weakened tremendously, but there is still this bitter sweetness to the relationship I have with this comic. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2013)
Review by Jeremiah Kielman
Story by Chris Dingess
Artwork by Matthew Roberts & Owen Gieni
Manifest Destiny. Just the title of this book inspires fear. And terror is what you have in store if you pick up this months copy of Manifest Destiny. Continue reading
(Monsterverse, July 2013)
Review by Brad Gischia
Publisher/Editor – Kerry Gammill
Writers – Mark Finn, Lowell Isaac, Ed Polgardy,
Michael Leal, Kerry Gammill
Artists – John Lucas, Bill Sienkiewicz, Lowell Isaac,
Rob Brown, Nik Poliwko, Kerry Gammill
*This is not exactly a new book, but also not that old, having come out in July. Here’s to back orders and overstock my friends!
While giving a grumbling congratulation to the Boston Red Sox for their World Series victory, one cannot overlook the importance of a manager. John Farrell took a last place team to first place in the span of a year with very little change in the assembled talent. Continue reading
(Archie Comics, 2013)
Review by Cory Thrall
WRITTEN BY: Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa
ARTWORK BY: Francesco Francavilla
COLOR ARTWORK BY: Francesco Francavilla
LETTERING BY: Jack Morelli
Archie and zombies. Zombies and Archie. Riverdale in the midst of an approaching zombie apocalypse. Who would have thought - even with the Zombie craze that has become a growing epidemic of it’s own - that we’d see these words together outside of some weird Fan Fiction? Continue reading
In the Dark - A Comic Horror Anthology
Interview with Creator Rachel Deering
By: Brad Gischia
Everyone has seen how Kickstarter has changed the indie comics industry. If you have a good idea and good talent there is nothing that can stop you from getting funding. Millions of people see the site and donate daily to projects they feel strongly about. What happens when you take a seasoned comic professional and add the Kickstarter gene into the pool? In the Dark happens. Thank you Rachel Deering. Continue reading