What Looks Good for the Week of 9/23/2020
This week, we're spotlighting some experimentation, sci-fi epics, and the end of the road for the last of DC Rebirth's original writers. Also, we're rolling out a new segment designed to save you a few...
The Full Run: Usagi Yojimbo – The Ronin Part 2
After three appearances in Albedo Anthropomorphics, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo would move over to Fantagraphics, making appearances in the anthology series Critters and Doomsday Squad in 1986. In...
A Full Replay of NCSFest 2020 is now Available
The National Cartoonists Society is one of the premier organizations in the comics medium, celebrating those who take full control of the creative process from writing, to art, to even lettering. This past...
The Full Run: Usagi Yojimbo – The Ronin Part 1
Before getting its own series, Usagi Yojimbo bounced around a few anthology series, beginning with Albedo Anthropomorphics, published by Thoughts and Images. Usagi showed up in the anthology’s second issue,...
Valiant’s Virtual NYCC Metaverse Panel
September 9th, 2020 (New York, NY) – The future of Valiant Entertainment will be revealed at New York Comic Con's Metaverse. Before Paramount's HARBINGER movie hits the big screen next year, the...
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Micro Review: HELLBLAZER RISE AND FALL #1
DC Comics | Black Label (w) Tom Taylor (a) Darick Robertson (c) Diego Rodriguez As great as Hellblazer has been under the “Sandman Universe” banner, it’s now inexplicably cancelled. Thankfully,...
What Looks Good for the Week of 9/9/2020
After the Labor Day holiday, extend your vacation by kicking back and enjoying these new books. It will be a most excellent experience. The Rise of Ultraman #1 (Marvel Comics) (w) Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom (a)...
The Full Run: Usagi Yojimbo – A Prelude
When it comes to long-running, creator-owned, independent comics, the true legends can be counted on one hand. There’s Dave Sim’s Cerebus, Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon, and Stan Sakai’s Usagi...
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Review: GHOST WRITER Fights the Spectre of Unevenness
Multiple story threads, numerous acts, and relatively short page count make this graphic novel from Fantagraphics a very uneven experience.
The Full Run: FINAL CRISIS #7
Here we are. The final issue of Final Crisis. It’s been long, twisty, and like the actual series this feature has had its fair share of delays. Final Crisis #7 (w) Grant Morrison (a) Doug Mahnke (i) Tom...
What Looks Good for the Week of 9/2/2020
Yes, there's big books from the Big Two, but the ones that caught our eye come from (mostly) outside the industry's oligopoly. Fire Power #3 (Image Comics) (w) Robert Kirkman (a) Chris Samnee (c) Matt...
What Looks Good for the Week of August 19, 2020
It's an indie triple-threat this week, with a double-dose of Image hits, and a great one from a publisher that somehow is in business despite minimal releases. Decorum #4 (Image Comics) (w) Jonathan Hickman...
DEATH METAL is an Exercise in Creative Bankruptcy
It pains me to say that Dark Nights: Death Metal is one of the most incomprehensible, illogical, creatively bankrupt events in recent memory.
What Looks Good for the Week of 8/12/2020 – It’s Been One Week
For this week's installment of "What Looks Good," we take a look at three new #1s from outside the Big Two, as Image and BOOM! Studios continue to jockey for the industry's coveted spot as the third largest...
DRAWING BLOOD: A Hyper-Stylized, Fictional Autobiography
(w) Kevin Eastman, David Avallone (a) Ben Bishop (c) Brittany Peer, Tomi Varga The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hold a very special place in pop culture, having landed at the perfect time and making their...