Writers: Eric Powell & Tracy Marsh Pencils: Phil Hester Inks: Bruce McCorkindale Publisher: IDW There's a fantastic selection of licensed comics available these days. That wasn't always the case. I think a number of factors have changed the product from a throwaway quick money grab by »»
Written by: Ande Parks Illustrated by: Esteve Polls Published by: Dynamite Entertainment Huge crossovers featuring dozens of titles and stacks of comics don't interest me in the least. Every time I give them a shot, they let me down. I can't think of more than a handful that I look back u »»
Written by: Garth Ennis Art by: Adriano Batista Lettered by: Rob Steen Colored by: Romulo Fajardo Jr. Cover by: Tim Bradstreet Rock on, Garth! Garth Ennis is a recognized symbol of excellence on my bookshelf. Next to Mike Grell there is no creator whose bibliography I find almo »»
Writers Going Boldly: David and Scott Tipton Finishing and Inking Where No Man Has Gone Before: Gary Erskine Seeking Out New Layouts: Casey Maloney Coloring in a Red Shirt: Luis Antonio Delgado I almost didn't pick up Star Trek: Infestation. The first two parts of the Infestation Sag »»
I love pop culture, and there was plenty of excellence this year. It's fun to talk about what you love, but it's even better to rant and rave. Here's a look at ten things that irked me about 2010.Green Lantern's first trailer – Is anyone excited to see this dreadful looking piece of garbage? T »»
Plot: J. Michael Straczynski Script: Chris Roberson Penciller: Allan Goldman Inker: Eber Ferreira Why should fans care about a comic when the company producing the book can't even keep a creative team together! The last four issues of Superman have featured a revolving door of different art »»
Victor Gischler – Dropped the ball Paco Medina – Drew the tired horse back to the stable Juan Vlasco – Outlined the dead body The setup of Curse of the Mutants was outstanding. The Death of Dracula one-shot was a memorable piece centered on the variety of vampire factions in the Marve »»
Writer: Marv Wolfman Artist: Brent Anderson I couldn’t resist picking up this book. Random team-ups are a cornerstone of the comic industry. When it features a character like Plastic Man who is fairly underexposed at the comic shop and a creative team of established talent it’s a wor »»
Master of hitting reset: Geoff Johns Art: Scott Kolins My first Flash comic was issue #350, which was consequently the final issue of the “Barry Allen” run. I was eleven years old. I so fell in love with the character as he seemingly disappeared into a future of happiness that I slow »»
Written by: Gail Simone Art by: Jim Calafiore For most of my life comics with the “DC Bullet” on them were the funny books for me. That changed around the time the bullet morphed into the current detergent emblem. It seemingly marked the moment editorial lost control. Mixed signals »»
Writer: Paul Tobin Artist: Clayton Henry Colorist: Chris Sotomayor I cannot consider myself a monstrous fan of the previous incarnation of Spider-Girl as written by Tom DeFalco, but I did stick around and read a good chunk of the comics. I always found the series a solid diversion and a n »»
Scripted by: Peter David Art by: Mirco Pierfederici Characters created by: Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird About two and a half years ago Disney premiered a rough trailer for a TRON sequel at San Diego Comic Con. I wasn't in attendance but I was thrilled when the footage leaked to the I »»
Soldier Zero Writer: Paul Cornell Art: Javier Pina Colors: Alfred Rockefeller Grand Poobah: Stan Lee Publisher: Boom Studios Superior Writer: Mark Millar Pencils: Lenil Yu Inks: Gerry Alanguilan Colors: Dave McCaig Publisher: ICON After reading Soldier Zero #1 this week, it felt nece »»
Writers: Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin Artist: Diego Olmos Color: Marta Martinez I bought my comics on Wednesday like normal this week, but I couldn’t bring myself to review anything. I always tell people reviews are a blast to write as long as the comic is either a train wreck or som »»
Brandon and Azzarello = Trying to write their way off the sinking ship Nic Klein = Drawing and Coloring in lieu of bailing Joey Cavalieri = It’s all on your shoulders, brother! Does anyone out there even care what’s happening with First Wave and the launch of the Spirit and Doc Savage »»
Writer of the Planet of the Apes: Daryl Gregory Artist of the Planet of the Apes: Carlos Magno Colorist of the Planet of the Apes: Juan Manuel Timburus Background of the Planet of the Apes My love of the Planet of the Apes franchise dates back over thirty years. Some of my earliest memor »»
Written by: Rick Remender Pencils by: Tony Moore Most of what Marvel and DC are putting out these days doesn't interest me. I have gotten on DC a lot in the past few months, but that doesn't mean I like much of what Marvel is doing. I heaped praise on the debut issue of Spider-Girl a few m »»
Written and Drawn by: John Byrne Colored by: Ronda Pattison Publisher: IDW I hadn't read Next Men until a few weeks ago. Reviewing the first issue of John Byrne's Jurassic Park: Devils in the Desert made me want to read more of JB's work. Now hold on, I've read plenty of Byrne's stuff »»
Infestation: Transformers #1 Written by: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Art by: Nick Roche Captain America: Hail Hydra #2 Written by: Jonathan Mayberry Art by: Tom Scioli The Rise and Fall of Zombie Storytelling I have lived with an undeniable predilection towards the undead sin »»
Story and Art by: John Byrne Color by: Ronda Pattison I have a hard time respecting artists that aren't capable of monthly artistic duties. If you can't handle 9-12 comics a month you should be in another profession. In the old days artists drew multiple comics in a single month. If they cou »»
Cully Hamner – Writer/Artist Val Staples – Colorist Red was one of the better comic inspired films of 2010. The film did not cling to the source material as closely as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World or even Kick Ass, but it captured the relative premise of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's wo »»
Phil Hester – Writer Jonathan Lau -Pencils Ivan Nunes – Colors Dynamite – Publisher When Dynamic Forces, purveyors of signed comics, launched Dynamite Entertainment it seemed like it would be another short lived publisher that would try to capitalize on procured licenses with bad, ve »»
David Liss – Writer Without Fear Francesco Francavilla – Artist Without Fear I hate everything about Marvel's ploys with numbering over the past decade. I find it appalling when they selectively return comics to old numbering as milestones would have been reached or, worse, gather up the »»
Andy Lanning & Dan Abnett – Writers Brad Walker – Pencils Andrew Hennessy – Inks Marvel should be lauded for perfectly launched ongoing series each of the past two weeks. Last week’s Spider-Girl was about as good as a premiere issue can be, yet Heroes for Hire marks a more im »»
Matt Wagner: Writer Aaron Campbell: Pencils and Inks Francesco Francavilla: Colors I became a fan of the Green Hornet during the '90s when I was first able to obtain a run of the '60s TV show. I had seen the two appearances that the Hornet and Kato »»
Writer – John Rogers Art – Andrea Di Vito Color – Aburtov Publisher – IDW I am without question a child of the 1980s. I adore Sylvester Stallone movies, am wistful when speaking of GI Joe and Transformers cartoons on weekday afternoons, and Diff’rent Strokes is one my favor »»
Brubaker – Writer Deodato – Artist Beredo – Color Art Publisher – Marvel I am an unabashed fan of kung fu and ‘70s action films. That love cross pollinates to a love for the characters of Iron Fist and Shang-Chi. They are two of my favorite comic characters by a great margin. »»
Joe Benitez – Writer, Artist, Creator Peter Steigerwald – Colorist Aspen – Publisher I bought five comics this week. Three of which were brand new books and, man, I was not impressed with any of them. I could have spent $7 and gotten the two I knew I would enjoy, but I decided t »»
INID - RETIRW NIDRAH - SLICNEP REHCUAF – SKNI IREILAVAC - STIDE - DOOG WOHS SIHT KEEW Zatanna is a character with a history dating back nearly forty years, yet she only gained her first ongoing this year. How does that happen? Aquaman launches a new title every 5-8 years with inevita »»
Ordered alphabetical symbols – Diggle Line scribbling – Tan Tracing - Olazaba w/ Tan Use of the Color Spectrum – Strain & Guru EFX I can’t find my way through the comic book store anymore. It’s become so alien to me in the last five years. If you used to read my reviews d »»
