It’s not secret I was not the biggest fan of Rat Queens when the first issue hit last fall. Don’t get me wrong, it was funny. I laughed. I recognized how so many other people would enjoy it, however I chalked it up to: It’s just not for me. I also tried to stay as…
COMIC LOVE: The Glory of Skottie Young Variants
Often times the comic book world can be a deep and controversy filled place mired in disagreements and general negativity. Providing a balance to the darkness, the Skottie Young variant covers that have been released by Marvel over the past several months are like a cruise missile of joy, unleashing explosions of happiness in shops…
COMIC LOVE: Poetic Injustice
On January 15, 2013, the first digital chapter of Injustice: Gods Among Us was released as a promotional tie-in for the video game of the same name — to very little fanfare. My interest in picking up the book was simple. I love the DC Universe characters but have been having difficulty finding books I…
COMIC LOVE: The Valiant Universe
“The valiant never taste of death but once” – William Shakespeare Previously… After failing to purchase Marvel Comics upon his dismissal as their Editor-In-Chief in 1987, Jim Shooter and his investment partners formed Voyager Communications in 1989, including a division known as Valiant Comics to specialize in licensed properties such as those for The Nintendo…
COMIC LOVE: What We’re Reading, July 2013
Comic Love is the place where we talk about all the books we love, so what better thing to do than talk about the favourite titles of the Comicosity staff? Our staff has banded together to lay it all out there: our top five books each month and the shining title that sits on the…
COMIC LOVE: Monkeybrain Comics
Comic Love: the place where we simply talk about the comics we love. This time around, we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of Monkeybrain Comics. The “little” company that could, and would, provide the world with great stories in digital for $0.99 a piece. Although they were set to launch of the fourth of July,…
COMIC LOVE: The Marvels Project
Comic Love: the place where we simply talk about the comics we love. This time around, I’ll be discussing the glory that is The Marvels Project by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (the duo who worked on the absolutely fabulous Captain America run that I hold near and dear to my heart). There reason I…
COMIC LOVE: The Marvel Free #1 comiXology Sale
Marvel has made the bold decision to allow over 700 #1 issues to be free until Tuesday 11PM EST. While extremely exciting for any comic fan new or old, the sheer amount of comics at our disposal right now is indimidating. Don’t be affected by ‘analysis paralysis’ (that’s a real thing I swear!) and let Comicosity…
COMIC LOVE: Death of the Family and Defining a Sequential Epic
No other character in DC Comics’ New 52 has benefited quite as much from such a kismet combination of literary and artistic talent as Batman under the creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Snyder’s infusion of horror into Batman’s mythology, exquisitely brought to life by Capullo’s rendering, has given Batman the fresh perspective…
COMIC LOVE: Why you should read Ultimate Spider-Man
The Rundown If there is one promise Marvel has been able to keep about the ‘Ultimate’ universe, it is that death matters. Death of Spider-Man was one of the best stories told that year and effectively wrapped up the young life of Peter Parker. Once the dust settled on the event, Marvel announced that the series…