Archive for the ‘Review’ Category
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Radical Comics is a new publishing company that just came out with their first two books, Caliber and Hercules. While Hercules seems to be a more formal retelling of Herc's classic myth, Caliber is a recreation of the King Arthur myth, putting the whole story in the old west andmaking ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
This little pulpy gem was one that shined from start to finish.
In Criminal, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips tell a familiar story. Teeg, a soilder returning home from Vietnam has a debt to pay. As the story unfolds Teeg, tormented by alcoholism and bloody memories, unleashes his ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
If you're one of the few misguided souls that dropped Spider-Man after One More Day, I feel for you. Not just because the weekly book has been great ever since, but because the last two issues in particular have been as good as any one of the adjectives that preceded ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Well, the new Titans run began yesterday. Written by Judd Winnick and with art and cover by Ian Churchill and Norm Rapmund, this book hopes to relaunch the original group of Teen Titans, now adults. The premise for the story is that a older enemy has arisen to kill anyone ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
I read the first 11 issues of Invincible a few years ago, and set it aside because it essentially looked like a generic superhero book. The main character (Mark/Invincible) is essentially the son of the Image universe's version of Superman. Early on, he finally develops his powers and starts hero-ing. ...
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