(Image Comics/Top Cow, 2015)
Written by Bryan Hill and Matt Hawkins
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Colors by Betsy Gonia
Letters by Troy Peteri
How do you ferret out the truth when the teller is a proven liar? Where do you turn to solve a murder in a town filled with convicted criminals? Who can you possibly believe? Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2015)
Written by Bryan Hill and Matt Hawkins
Art by Isaac Goodhart
Colors by Betsy Gonia
Letters by Troy Peteri
When I was a kid it was easy to find the hero in the story. The guy with the tights, the girl with the lasso, the mild-mannered person who occupied nearly every frame of the book until something bad happened, and then they pulled a cape out and went to work was the good guy. The bad guy was the one who either had a sinister grin on his face, or was dangling the hero’s lady-friend or aged aunt off the edge of a building.
(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
(Image Comics, 2014)
Story by Kyle Higgins and Alec Siegel
Art by Rod Reis
Letters by Troy Peteri
Cover by Trevor McCarthy
I see this one come up in the queue, and I wonder, is this just another acronym book? And then I open it. Ahh…ladies and gentlemen, if I may be so bold, it is definitely not. Continue reading
(Image Comics, 2014)
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Line Art by Sid Kotian
Color by Bill Farmer
Letters by Troy Peteri
I’ve been singing the Cheap Trick song in my head for about an hour now, every since opened the PDF of this comic. So to try to excise the demons and scrape Robin Zander’s chant from my mind, I’ll write about comics. Good comics, not happy comics. Please J. Michael Straczynski, scour my brain. Continue reading
(Top Cow/Image Comics, 2014)
Writer – Matt Hawkins
Artist – Jung-Geun Yoon
Letterer – Troy Peteri
Editor – Betsy Gonia
I grew up reading the Asimov’s Science Fiction and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, both the small, reader’s digest size magazines that fit so well into your back pocket or hid perfectly in that small front zippered pocket of your backpack. At the time Continue reading
(Image Comics/Joe’s Comics, 2014)
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Artwork by Tom Mandrake
Color Atwork by Hi-Fi
Lettering by Troy Peteri
The deconstruction of a super hero is not a new concept; it has been done to great acclaim by the likes of Alan Moore, Mark Waid and Grant Morrison to name a few of the stand-outs. Now, with his engrossing and intriguing series Sidekick hitting its stride, it seems we can add J. Michael Straczynski’s name to that list. Continue reading