Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic…
TRADE WAITING #9: Week of November 3, 2021
Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic…
MISTER MIRACLE: How One Man Got Off Scott Free (and You Can, Too)
It’s been a really bad few years in America. Crushing years in terms of anxiety and fear. We all know the external force that is burgeoning anxiety. I feel stuck between fear for myself, guilt over those who have more to fear than I, and a relentless desire to want to fix it all. Fight.…
Review: MAN WITHOUT FEAR #3
MAN WITHOUT FEAR #3 Written by Jed MacKay Art by Iban Coello, Andres Mossa, Clayton Cowles Edited by Lauren Amaro, Devin Lewis, and Nick Lowe Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: January 16, 2019 “So now that you’ve ditched your badass act….what do you have under it?” For the past couple of weeks, Jed MacKay…
Review: CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
CAPTAIN MARVEL#1 Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Carmen Carnero, Tamra Bonvillain and Clayton Cowles Edited by Sarah Brunstad, Wil Moss, Tom Brevoort Published by Marvel Comics Release date: January 9, 2019 I’m going to be blunt. The return of Kelly Thompson writing Captain Marvel is second only to Carol Danvers’s reboot queen (Kelly Sue…
Review: BITTER ROOT #3
BITTER ROOT #3 Written by David F. Walker and Chuck Brown Art by Sanford Greene, Rico Renzi, Clayton Cowles Edited by Heather Antos Released by Image Comics Release Date: January 9, 2019 David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Greene’s Harlem Renassiance era tale of an African American family of demon hunters that protects the…
Review: MAN WITHOUT FEAR #2
MAN WITHOUT FEAR #2 Written by Jed MacKay Art by Stefano Landini, Andres, Mossa, VC’s Clayton Cowles Edited by Devin Lewis, Lauren Amaro, and Nick Lowe Release by Marvel Comics Release Date: January 9, 2019 Once again Jed MacKay delivers another fantastic issue of Man Without Fear, that definitely continues its dissection of who Matt…
Review: MAN WITHOUT FEAR #1
MAN WITHOUT FEAR #1 Written by Jed MacKay Art by Danilo S. Beyruth, Andres Mossa, Clayton Cowles Edited by Devin Lewis and Lauren Amaro Released by Marvel Comics Release Date: January 2, 2019 Man Without Fear beings new and literal meaning to the old saying of facing your demons. After attempting to save a distracted…
Review: HEROES IN CRISIS #4
HEROES IN CRISIS #4 Written by Tom King Art by Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey, and Clayton Cowles Edited by Jamie S. Rich and Brittney Holzherr Published by DC Comics Release Date: January 2, 2019 Having previously written one piece on the issue surrounding Poison Ivy and then another issue about the flaws I saw with…
Review: BATMAN #61
BATMAN #61 Written by Tom King Art by Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain, and Clayton Cowles Edited by Jamie S. Rich and Brittany Holzherr Published by DC Comics Release Date: December 19, 2018 Batman #61 is yet another devastatingly disturbing cut in Tom King’s surgical dissection of The Dark Knight’s psyche. After the cataclysmic cliffhanger of…