It’s been almost nineteen years since I came out, not quite half my life, but edging closer to it year after year. Even way back then, I felt like I was coming into myself late, twenty-one years old and in my last year of college. Today, I read about out LGBT teenagers in high school…
Review: LAZARUS #9
LAZARUS #9 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Lark and Santi Arcas Published by Image Comics Release Date: July 2, 2014 “The Lift” reaches its tense conclusion as individual ambition meets the machinations of the Carlyle family on two fronts. Today, Michael and Casey go through the Lift process to starkly different results, while…
Image Teases Upcoming “Conclave” Arc in LAZARUS
“Greg Rucka! He is the coolest graphic writer. I love him… Lazarus is sick.” —Michelle Rodriguez, actress “Lazarus, the dense cyberpunk Mafia world will keep them coming back to the comic racks for weeks to come… Fans of Rucka and Lark’s Gotham Central or Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Sleeper will enjoy this rich universe.”…
MOM’S COVER WATCH: April 22, 2014
DEAD BODY ROAD #5 / GHOSTED #9 Written by Justin Jordan / Joshua Williamson Cover Art by Matteo Scalera Published by Image Comics Scalera has a double dose of cover beauty for us to behold this week. Whether it’s the animalistic nature taking over the image or the characters playing accent to the masthead with…
Review: LAZARUS #7
LAZARUS #7 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Lark and Santi Arcas Published by Image Comics Release Date: March 19, 2014 Part three of “Lift” finds Forever interrogating a terrorist, the Barret family headed to Denver in hopes of selection, and Johanna Carlyle earning her sister’s trust all over again. Everyone wants to move…
Review: LAZARUS #6
LAZARUS #6 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Lark Published by Image Comics Release date: February 5, 2014 This issue continues the new arc that dives into the past of our Lazarus (a genetically engineered protector of the family Carlyle), known by the name Forever. Just like in issue five, we’re given a few…
Review: LAZARUS #5
LAZARUS #5 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Lark Published by Image Comics Release Date: December 11, 2013 This issue starts a new arc for Lazarus, and with new arcs come new characters, new settings and more questions. Greg Rucka and Michael Lark continue to peel back the onion, revealing more about Forever, the…
Review: LAZARUS #4
LAZARUS #4 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Lark and Santi Arcas Published by Image Comics Release Date: October 2, 2013 The first arc of Lazarus, entitled “Family,” concludes as Jonah’s betrayal of the Carlyle clan, and specifically his sister Forever, becomes public knowledge. Left to defend herself against the full, unauthorized force of…
MOM’S COVER WATCH: August 28, 2013
Reds, blues, blood and a double dose of Thor all lay waiting for you as the mother of all comics takes a look at the best covers for the week of August 28, 2013 on MOM’S COVER WATCH. LARFLEEZE #3 Written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis Cover art by Howard Porter Published by…
Review: LAZARUS #3
LAZARUS #3 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Lark and Santi Arcas Published by Image Comics Release Date: August 28, 2013 For those who thought the last issue of Lazarus had too much exposition, this issue steps up the hard-boiled action. For those who were enjoying the machinations of Family Carlyle, there’s plenty more of that…