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This last week-end, TCAF, the Toronto Comics Art Festival was held. It's always a great show, as the emphasis is strictly on comics and their creators, and the creators who come are all small-press, or independent artists. Sure, Jeff Lemire was there, but he was there for his work on books lik »»
It's time to look through Previews again, and see what the future holds for comics. Dark Horse I think I bought all of Dark Horse’s ‘Comics’ Greatest World’ line, at least the first issues, back in the 90s, but I barely remember any of them, because they weren’t all that impressive. Th »»
Best Comic of the Week: Chew #33 Written by John Layman Art by Rob Guillory I'm not sure if there is any other comic coming out (more or less) monthly that I look forward to more than a new issue of Chew. Layman and Guillory have worked into such a perfect groove for this title that each »»
Best Comic of the Week: Godzilla: The Half-Century War #5 by James Stokoe Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Gigan, and a new Mechagodzilla fight it out for the last time in a battle that includes a gigantic cannon that shoots miniaturized black holes. In a comic drawn by James Stokoe. I'm not »»
Best Comic of the Week: East of West #1 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Nick Dragotta While I'm not entirely sure I have a handle on everything that's going on in this new series, I am definitely swept up in it, and am very excited to be able to enjoy another Jonathan Hickman-written »»
Best Comic of the Week: The Manhattan Projects #10 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Ryan Browne Have you ever felt the desire to read a comic that features J. Robert Oppenheimer punching out a horse? You know you have, and Jonathan Hickman has finally helped you realize your dreams. »»
Do you ever get the feeling that reading about which comics are going to be coming out can be more exciting than reading the actual comics when you get them? Let's see how May is stacking up... Dark Horse A new Mister X mini-series is starting in May. I’ve always enjoyed Dean Motter’s »»
Best Comic of the Week: Mind MGMT #8 by Matt Kindt As we move ever deeper into Matt Kindt's unique and excellent series Mind MGMT, I find that my enjoyment of it only increases. With this current arc, the once-again amnesiac Meru has begun working with Henry Lyme, the most powerfu »»
Best Comic of the Week: Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity #4 by Brandon Graham In the middle of the last issue of Multiple Warheads, when Brandon Graham began introducing and developing new characters, the realization dawned on me that he had no intention of wrapping up his storyline »»
Best Comic of the Week: Glory #32 Written by Joe Keatinge Art by Ross Campbell, Owen Gieni, Emi Lenox, Sloane Leong, Jed Dougherty, and Greg Hinkle I've always been a sucker for those 'night before the big battle' kind of comics, where the heroes take a few quiet moments to reflect on thei »»
Best Comic of the Week: Saga #9 Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Fiona Staples One of the things that make Saga such a wonderful series is the way in which Brian K. Vaughan has developed his science fiction universe in such a way as to allow for side stories beyond the monthly check-in o »»
Time to look through Previews and see what goodies are coming our way in March! Dark Horse Following up on the events of BPRD 1948 is a new mini-series, BPRD Vampire, which I’m very excited for, because of the involvement of two of my favourite artists - Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon! Grante »»
I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year, and all the best for 2013! Best Comic of the Week: Mara #1 Written by Brian Wood Art by Ming Doyle One of the best things about Brian Wood's shorter independent books, like Supermarket and The Couriers, is the way in which he shows the future. I »»
Best Comic of the Week: Age of Bronze #32 by Eric Shanower Among some of the other recent signs that indicate that the world may indeed be ending on December 21st, we have to include the sudden appearance of a new issue of Age of Bronze, the overwhelmingly ambitious and excellent comic by »»
It's time to dig through Previews and see what goodies February will bring us. Dark Horse I couldn’t find a single new book to talk about in Dark Horse’s solicitations for this month. I’m buying twelve titles, but they are all continuing from months before. The break-down is kind of »»
Best Comic of the Week: The Strangers #1 Written by Chris Roberson Art by Scott Kowalchuk Amid a pile of preview stories, reprints, and undisguised advertisements, only Oni Press can be counted on to deliver top-notch material each and every Free Comic Book Day. This year, they launch »»
This was a monster week for new comics, which both shows the diversity of the market these days, and its insularity. Below I discuss four books written by Jonathan Hickman, and five books with the word 'Avengers' in their titles. Two books are in both categories. Can't they spread this stuff o »»
Best Comic of the Week: Saga #12 Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Fiona Staples Ah, Saga. Never a book to hide from controversy, this latest issue has caused a bit of a sensation due to the fact that, on the first two pages, Prince Robot IV is broadcasting gay porn on his television-sc »»
It's time to look through the new Previews, and see how the comic world will be in June. Dark Horse I’ve learned to be skeptical of pop/rock-star involved comics, and ignored Gerard Way’s Umbrella Academy when it first came out, and only discovered that it was indeed very good. I’m not goi »»
Best Comic of the Week: The Private Eye #1 Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Marcos Martin The easiest way to get me to overcome my dislike of reading comics on my computer? Tell me that there's a new digital-only series by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin. Want to sweeten the dea »»
Best Comic of the Week: Lost Vegas #1 Written by Jim McCann Art by Janet Lee I love digging into a new comics series when I don't have the first idea what to expect from it. I didn't read anything about Lost Vegas, the new series from Mind the Gap writer Jim McCann and his Dapper Me »»
Best Comic of the Week: The Massive #9 Written by Brian Wood Art by Garry Brown When The Massive, Brian Wood's post-environmental collapse series began, I thought I had a pretty clear handle on it, and that the book really would be about the search for The Massive, the missing vessel owned »»
I couldn't get either Fatale or Archer & Armstrong this week, which was unfortunate. Oh well, there are always plenty of books on the racks. Best Comic of the Week: The Manhattan Projects #9 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Nick Pitarra The staff of the Manhattan Projects, under t »»
It's always fun to look through Previews, and imagine that the future will bring us many shiny new things! Dark Horse I think it’s really interesting that Dark Horse are printing Bloodhound, a series that originally ran at DC, by Dan Jolley and Leonard Kirk. I guess it was creator-owned in »»
Best Comic of the Week: Chew #31 Written by John Layman Art by Rob Guillory In the last issue of Chew, John Layman did something that has permanently changed the tone of this title, as a tragedy was visited on the Chu family. This issue follows up on that event, returns the series to its roo »»
Best Comic of the Week: Sweet Tooth #40 by Jeff Lemire I feel that there are way too many titles that I love ending these days, and I don't see clear replacements for them in the pipeline. Scalped ended a few months ago, and while I loved its ending, I miss my monthly visits to the Prai »»
If every new comics day of 2013 could be so filled with quality comics... Best Comic of the Week: Punk Rock Jesus #6 by Sean Murphy Punk Rock Jesus has to be one of the best series Vertigo has published in years. Unlike many of their other recent projects, this title best exemplifies wha »»
Merry Christmas to Inside Pulse readers everywhere! This week was just about the largest new comics week I can ever remember, as most publishers pushed out two weeks' worth of material, in a bid to close off their books for the year, I assume. I feel bad for all the retailers who had to process »»
Best Comic of the Week: Storm Dogs #2 Written by David Hine Art by Doug Braithwaite I'm really enjoying David Hine's new science fiction series. It concerns a group of cops who have been sent to a backwards mining planet where a number of attacks have been happening against workers there »»
My favourite store finally got in the Saga issues they were shorted two weeks ago, but didn't get Bedlam. You have to love Diamond... Best Comic of the Week: Chew #30 Written by John Layman Art by Rob Guillory There were plenty of signs that this issue was going to be a big, important o »»
