Resident Alien by writer Peter Hogan and artist Steve Parkhouse is one of my favorite comics to premier in recent years. The delightfully bucolic British series blends classic science fiction tropes, police...

One of the most primal human needs is the need to belong. We are all social creatures, and when we are alone too long, that need to belong can fester into a terrible miasma of existential despair. Tonoharu...

Few creators deliver interesting comics as consistently as Jim Zub. From his wonderfully fun Skullkickers to his genre-fusing Wayward to his thrilling work on Thunderbolts, Jim fuses a strong instinct for...

I never would have expected that one of my favorite comics of the year is The Flintstones. After all, comics based on “the modern stone age family” have always been about as boring and stale as any comic...

Dan Mora is living a life that few of his countrymen could dream about. A native of the small Central American nation of Costa Rica, Mora comes from a place with almost no comic book tradition. But that lack...

Joyride is in fact a joyride, by which I mean a delightfully fun exploration of space travel with a team of teenagers as leads. When I spoke to Lanzing and Kelly at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, their...

Imagine yourself at age 49. You’re successful in your chosen profession, working steadily, able to make a living and help put food on the table for your spouse and two kids. Things are calm and content. At...

M.K. Reed has carved out a unique career in comic books. Primarily publishing through First Second Books, Reed has written graphic novels that place characters in the American Revolution (Americus), Ireland...

Welcome to the final chapter of my looks at Frank Miller’s classic series Ronin For the introduction, click here. For a look at issue one, click here. For a look at issue two, click here. For a...

Suicide Squad is one of the most unique super-hero comics ever published. It revels in antiheroes, features storylines with inconclusive endings, and takes place in the real world rather than the highly...