THE MASSIVE #4 Written by Brian Wood Art by Garry Brown Release Date: September 12, 2012 Roll on, Massive, roll on. I’ll get this out there right now, this is my least favourite issue of the series so far, but it is still a really solid comic. Brian Wood is crafting a fantastically interesting world…
Review: STUMPTOWN VOLUME 2 #1
STUMPTOWN Volume 2 #1 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Matthew Southworth and Rico Renzi Release Date: September 12, 2012 Oni Press’ Stumptown continues with a new volume and a new case, as private investigator Dex Parios sets up shop in a new Portland, Oregon office and encounters a brand new, but very recognizable client.…
Advance Review: RUST VOL. 2: SECRETS OF THE CELL
RUST VOL. 2: SECRETS OF THE CELL Written by Royden Lepp Art by Royden Lepp Release Date: October 16, 2012 This follow up volume to the fantastic Rust: Visitor In The Field is being released as digital chapters, but I had the lucky fortune of reading the entire thing…and I was astounded. Royden Lepp has…
Review: TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #83
TRANSFORMERS: REGENERATION ONE #83 Written by Simon Furman Art by Andrew Wildman Release Date: September 5, 2012 Transformers: Regeneration One is a throwback to a time gone by in comics, and the nostalgic part of me loved every minute of it. This is not the best ‘crafted’ book by today’s standards, but it is exceptionally…
Review: THE SIXTH GUN #24
THE SIXTH GUN #24 Written by Cullen Bunn Art by Brian Hurtt Release Date: August 29, 2012 Bunn & Hurtt are back for another installment of The Sixth Gun, this month kicking off the Winter Wolves arc. Becky and Drake have been through an intense roller coaster these past 23 issues and if this first…
Review: LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE PRAYER OF NEFERU
LOBSTER JOHNSON: THE PRAYER OF NEFERU Written by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi Art by Wilfredo Torres Release Date: August 22, 2012 From the pages of Hellboy comes one of the most fun one-shot stories I have read in a very long time. I’ll plead my ignorance right now, I’m not overly familiar with Lobster Johnson,…
Review: THE VICTORIES #1
THE VICTORIES #1 Written by Michael Oeming Art by Michael Oeming Release Date: August 15, 2012 With an opening few pages that reads like a Batman comic, I thought that I was going to be treated to a comic book that, while maybe a little bit of a knock-off, would still be a good, dark…
Review: JERICHO SEASON 4 #1
JERICHO SEASON 4 #1 Written by Kalinda Vazquez, Dan Shotz, Robert Levine Art by Andrew Currie Released August 15, 2012 Reviewing a licensed book that is meant to continue continuity is a dicey proposition. Made even more difficult in this case as Jericho Season 4 is a sequel to a sequel to a cancelled TV…
Review: ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1 Written by Fred Van Lente Art by Clayton Henry Release Date: August 8, 2012 This is a great comic. Valiant Entertainment has brought their “A” game with all the titles in the Summer of Valiant so far, but Archer & Armstrong is at a whole other level of awesome. Fred Van…
Review: AXE COP: PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD #1
AXE COP: PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD #1 Written by Malachai Nicolle Art by Ethan Nicolle Release Date: July 25, 2012 Oh, Axe Cop….where do I even start to discuss just what you are? Axe Cop: President of the World #1 is a beast unto itself, just like all Axe Cop before it, and really cannot…