It’s Monday, which means another look at some of the hottest trade paperbacks, collected editions, and graphic novels in this week’s “Trade Waiting” – your weekly spotlight of five noteworthy comic book collections that are being released to stores this Wednesday and why you should watch out for them! BATGIRL VOL. 1: THE BATGIRL OF…
THE HANGOUT: May 19, 2015
It’s another ladies night on The Hangout! We discuss Marvel’s A-Force, DC Comics’ Bombshells variant covers, and which new DC books we’re looking forward to in June. And as always, we share our picks of the week (including Captain Marvel #17 and East of West #19) and our picks for next week. Follow The Hangout on Twitter: @TheComicHangout…
Review: EAST OF WEST #17
EAST OF WEST #17 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Nick Dragotta Published by Image Comics Release Date: February 4, 2015 It’s time for mommy and daddy to have a little chat. Turns out the son of Death and Xiao has been manipulated to bring about the apocalypse. Death isn’t going to sit idly…
TRADE WAITING: Week of October 8, 2014
We are a mere 48 hours away from new comic books, and a whole fresh crop of collections as well! If your bookshelf is in need of a trade or hardcover infusion, look no further than the top five releases of October 8, 2014: EARTH 2 VOL. 4 HC: THE DARK AGE Written by Tom…
THE HONOR ROLL: July 30, 2014 Releases
Let’s face it, this week had so many amazing comics. It’s the heart of summer. Guardians of the Galaxy came out. People are busy. We have a beautiful collection of contributor pics this week. Spoilers abound! Let’s get to it! EAST OF WEST #14 – Ken Godberson III Of all the fascinating characters that are…
Image Teases EAST OF WEST #13 by Hickman & Dragotta
Image Comics has released a teaser image for East of West #13, in stores June 25, 2014. Official Press Release
Review: EAST OF WEST #12
EAST OF WEST #12 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Nick Dragotta Published by Image Comics Release Date: May 21, 2014 Just when you didn’t think things could get any more complicated, KA-BOOM. East of West #12 ups the ante after a too-long hiatus with a political summit that probably couldn’t be shown on C-SPAN.…
Trade Waiting: Week of April 9, 2014
We are a mere 48 hours away from new comic books, and a whole fresh crop of collections as well! If your bookshelf is in need of a trade or hardcover infusion, look no further than the top five releases of April 9, 2014: ASTRO CITY: THROUGH OPEN DOORS HC Written by Kurt Busiek Art…
Review: EAST OF WEST #7
EAST OF WEST #7 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Nick Dragotta Published by Image Comics Release Date: November 6, 2013 Every month, a new issue of East of West comes out, and every month I want to reread all of it from the beginning to dig for clues. Jonathan Hickman is really taking his…
The Comics Classroom: American Mythology in EAST OF WEST
Many times when the word “mythology” crops up in conversation, the trend is to think of ancient, distant lands with foundational gods and religions — the Norse, the Egyptian, the Chinese, etc. We tend to conceive of the mythic entities like Odin and Ra as being those who were once worshipped. How do we then…