Author Archives: Matt Santori

Review: BLACK BEETLE: THE NIGHT SHIFT #0

Review: BLACK BEETLE: THE NIGHT SHIFT #0

BLACK BEETLE: THE NIGHT SHIFT #0 Written by Francesco Francavilla Art by Francesco Francavilla Release Date: December 19, 2012 Nostalgia is a curious thing in 2012, because it no longer appears to be strictly connected to personal experience. Often my strongest nostalgic pining comes for material with which I couldn’t possibly have first person experience,

Review: BATGIRL #15

BATGIRL #15 Written by Gail Simone Art by Daniel Sampere and Vicente Cifuentes Release Date: December 12, 2012 It’s not been a great week to be Batgirl. After the baffling back channel announcement on Sunday that writer Gail Simone was removed from her post as the chief driver of Barbara Gordon’s fate (after nearly a

Review: HUMAN BOMB #1

HUMAN BOMB #1 Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray Art by Jerry Ordway Release Date: December 5, 2012 Ex-Marine and recent war vet Michael Taylor has been having nightmares — about receiving the medal of honor and inexplicably exploding, and taking the White House with him. No run-of-the-mill PTSD, these dreams quickly become reality as

Crisis of Epic Proportion: The Illusion of Change

I am always genuinely impressed by the vigor with which fans react to the monthly twists and turns of their favorite comic book. As a testimonial to the power of these characters — and the craft of the creative teams behind them — you can’t beat insane message board and twitter uproar. Meanwhile, it’s completely

Review: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Vol. 1

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Volume 1 Written by Denise Mina (adapted from the original novel by Stieg Larsson) Art by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti Release Date: November 7, 2012 The lives of two people — journalistic crusader Mikael Blomkvist and isolated punk genius Lisbeth Salander — begin to circle the vortex of

HOT FIVE: Week of November 28, 2012

Every week, Comicosity will be bringing you our Hot Five, a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold for the week in the

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