(Source Point Press 2016)
Created by Jay P. Fosgitt
If you don’t know who Jay P. Fosgitt is yet, you soon will. The Michigan-based artist has recently begun drawing Rocket and Groot for Marvel, now on it’s fifth issue and going strong, and before that, had success with his own all-ages book Bodie Troll. Continue reading
(Devil’s Due/1First Comics 2016)
Written by Omaha Perez
Illustrated by Tony Talbert (Chapters 2-5)
and Greg Hinkle (Chapter 1 and back cover)
Front Cover by Bob Eggleton
From the very first moment you pick up your copy of Super Terre.r you are thrown into that classic sci-fi realm that was made popular with cheap dime novels of the 50’s and 60’s, where writers like Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury were pumping out stories and getting paid by the word, and where men like Isaac Asimov, through his creative look at the science of space travel and robotics, literally transformed the way future scientists looked at those very same topics. Continue reading
(ComixTribe 2016)
Writer: Ryan K. Lindsay
Art: Sami Kivelä
Colors: Mark Dale
Letterer: Nic J. Shaw
Editor: Dan Hill
When you have a story with sex, murder, mystery, and a bag full of drug money, what could be better? In this case, if the backdrop is an island surf town. Continue reading
(Scout Comics 2016)
Written by A.C. Medina
Art by Kevin Shah
Colors by Ross A. Campbell
Cover by Jean-Francois Beulieu
Letters by Micah Myers
Sometimes it’s all about the cover. I know it’s an awful way to decide what to read. I know that my middle school librarian, Mrs. Paulson, would be horrified. (Along with my librarian mother.) Continue reading
What is Groupees.com?
That’s the question I was asking when I first heard about this digital comic bundle. So, thank you Google, I found out that groupees.com is a site that organizes games, music, and comics into bundles for charity. What better way to help out and spread the comic love? Continue reading
(Madius Comics 2016)
Written by Rob Jones and Michael Sambrook
Art by Neil Ford, Alastair McLauchlan, Gareth Sleightholme, and Alisdair Wood
Horror is and has been one of the most popular genres in comics. Books like Tales from the Crypt and Eerie have been staples to horror fans since the 50’s, and caused such an uproar that parents had them burnt in the streets. Continue reading
(Madius Comics 2016)
Written by Robin Jones
Art by Gareth Sleightholme
Vikings and monsters and tales of daring-do. What more could you want in a comic? There is a long history of stories that follow the epic adventures of Norsemen who faced unparalleled danger by venturing out into the ocean and striking out for new lands and plunder. Continue reading
(Alterna Comics-2015)
Writer- Erica J. Heflin
Artist- Fares Maese
Edson Alves
Colors- Fares Maese
Fabian Cobos
Editor- James O’Callaghan
The Black Hand is a 4 part mini-series digitally available from Alterna Comics. The story follows Victoria Addair, a member of the Order of the Black Hand, who is sent to investigate a ghostly presence that is haunting a mountainside mining town. Continue reading
(webcomic 2014, print 2016)
Created by Ben Jelter
Comic creator Ben Jelter comes from my wheelhouse. He grew up in the late eighties and nineties, and watched a lot of animation. Just look at his most current work, Heliosphere, and you’ll see what I mean. He’s got credits as well, with previous projects Moscow 38 and The Tumor. Continue reading
(Label 610/Ankama Editions 2006)
Story, Art, Colors, and Book Design by RUN
Book Layout by Dorothee Bachy
Whoa, this book came out of nowhere for me, and left me very affected and wanting more. It was very, very good. Continue reading
(Caliber Comics 2015)
Writer: Travis McIntire
Artist: Grant Perkins
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Bayani is fun and cool. It’s a kid friendly series from Travis McIntire and Grant Perkins that is both steeped in Filipino folklore, and at the same time modern and youthful. Continue reading
(Archaia 2013)
Hardcover Graphic Novel
Created by Jeremy Bastian
I met Jeremy Bastian briefly at C2E2 in Chicago this year. I was wandering artist’s alley on the second day, just kind of glancing at booths, when I saw this unassuming blue book sitting on the table. Then I looked up at the banner… Continue reading
(kaboom! 2015)
Bravest Warriors: Tales From the Holo John
“Mr. Tickles”
Writer - John Omohundro
Artist - Eryk Donovan
Colorist - Whitney Cogar
Letterer - Corey Breen Continue reading
(Devil’s Due Ent. 2014 and 2015)
Created and written by Ash Maczko
Art, Letters, and Colors by Ashley Witter
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” Oh yes, I’m quoting Socrates, that hemlock-drinker whose ideas became the basis for much of modern thought. Continue reading
(Angry Eggman, 2013)
Written by Sam Eggleston
Pencils by Jason Baroody
Inks by Josh Oakes
Colors and Letters by John Hunt
Edits by Kim Eggleston
In 1969 the United States landed men on the surface of the moon. Anyone who was alive that day can tell you where they were, who they were watching it with, and how it made them feel. It was the end of JFK’s “space race”, and in that ending was the beginning of so many possibilities for the human race. 42 years later, that race would end for the U.S. with the dissolution of the shuttle program by NASA. Continue reading
(Borderline Press, 2013)
By Dennis Wojda
One cannot help but see reviews. It’s the nature of the entertainment beast, of which I am a willing cog, that for every film trailer, book excerpt, or comic book PDF there will be a person tap-tapping away on his laptop, opining on a shadow in the corner or a too-closely-filled word balloon. At the same time, there is nothing better than being surprised and having your preconceived notions wonderfully smashed before your eyes.
(ComixTribe, 2015)
Story by Sam Read
Art by Alex Cormack
Letters by Tyler James
Edited by Steven Forbes
Comic books are a big business. Apart from many businesses though, it is also an art form, which brings it’s own set of complications. How do you judge art? It’s in the eye of the beholder of course, but there is a way to tap into the collective consciousness that makes something culturally popular and therefore financially successful, and at this point in time the term “comic book” seems to bring out wallets like never before.
(Sourcepoint Press, 2014)
Written by Trico Lutkins
Art by Joshua Werner
I love social media, from a comic book and reviewer standpoint, because of the ability it gives me to get into contact with people actually working in the industry. To know that the writer of a book read my review and enjoyed it, or that I caught the subtlety in a piece of art that the artist hoped the reader would get, it makes it all worth it.
(IDW Publishing, 2014)
Writer: Frank Bill
Artist: Drew Moss
Colorist: Oliver Lee Arce
Editor: Sarah Gaydos
In 1989 I was fully in the thrall of the X-Men and Spider-Man, but there were other books out there, something mysterious called “indie” comics, that would shape my later life. 1994 saw the release of The Crow, the Brandon Lee film, and I was enthralled. It was a superhero movie. We were on the heels of Batman Returns Continue reading