Free Comic Book Day is once again almost upon us and nothing has been generating as big a buzz as the launch of DC Comics’ second weekly, New 52: Futures End. Debuting with a free #0 issue at local comic shops on Saturday, May 3, 2014, the series takes the DCU five years into a…
Review: 100 BULLETS: BROTHER LONO TPB
100 BULLETS: BROTHER LONO TPB Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Eduardo Risso Published by DC Comics/Vertigo Release Date: April 9, 2014 A man with a complicated, deadly past. A young nun arriving under mysterious circumstances. A drug cartel with shadowy connections to the local priest. And an orphanage full of children just waiting to…
Review: WONDER WOMAN #29
WONDER WOMAN #29 Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Cliff Chiang Published by DC Comics Release Date: March 19, 2014 Does anybody remember those interviews done with Azzarello a while back where it was said how an important death was going to shake up the Wonder Woman comic? Wow, so, it was one of the…
Review: WONDER WOMAN Volume 4: WAR
WONDER WOMAN VOLUME 4: WAR Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Cliff Chiang, Tony Akins and Goran Sudzuka Published by DC Comics Release Date: March 12, 2014 The odyssey Wonder Woman has been on since the birth of Zeus’ youngest child takes a personal turn for our heroine, as a split second decision changes Diana’s…
Review: WONDER WOMAN #26
WONDER WOMAN #26 Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Goran Sudzuka Published by DC Comics Release Date: December 18, 2013 It’s fascinating to watch Brian Azzarello really tie his take on the Wonder Woman universe together. The story elements now pull from early arcs as well as recent ones, bringing to bear the fates of…
DC Announces THE NEW 52: FUTURES END Weekly
Long teased by the company, this morning DC Comics announced the publication of a new weekly comic book series titled THE NEW 52: FUTURES END. Written by Jeff Lemire, Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen and Brian Azzarello THE NEW 52: FUTURES END is set five years in the future. Characters at the forefront of the series include (but are…
Review: WONDER WOMAN #24
WONDER WOMAN #24 Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Goran Sudzuka Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 16, 2013 I can understand why long term Wonder Woman fans might be unhappy with the direction Brian Azzarello has taken Diana’s story. For all its strengths — and there are many — Azzarello’s Wonder Woman is…
Review: WONDER WOMAN VOLUME 3: IRON
WONDER WOMAN VOLUME 3: IRON Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 11, 2013 The child Diana fought so hard to protect is now gone, spirited away by the very gods she thought she could trust. So, in her gambit to return Zeus’ newest…
Review: WONDER WOMAN #23
WONDER WOMAN #23 Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Cliff Chiang and Matt Wilson Published by DC Comics Release Date: August 21, 2013 Without exaggerating, this is the most important issue of Wonder Woman since the launch of the New 52. Depending on where things go from here, it may become one of the most…
Review: BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN / RORSCHACH and NITE OWL / DR. MANHATTAN HC
BEFORE WATCHMEN: COMEDIAN/RORSCHACH Hardcover Written by Brian Azzarello Art by J. G. Jones and Lee Bermejo BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE OWL/DR. MANHATTAN Hardcover Written by J. Michael Straczynski Art by Andy Kubert, Joe Kubert, Bill Sienkiewicz, Adam Hughes and Eduardo Risso Release Date: July 10, 2013 “Everyday the future looks a little bit darker. But the…