Slugfest

Comics Bulletin’s Dan Gehen and Jason Jeffords Jr. both had strong opinions on Wonder Twins #2 from DC, so it’s time to put one in the chamber for a new installment of Sunday Slugfest. Gehen: I’m...

(w) John Layman (a) Nick Pitarra (c) Michael Garland With the trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters dropping recently, there's been in uptick in interest regarding giant, building smashing monsters....

KEITH SILVA: “I don’t even believe your gold is real!” - Lumina What is this? Like every Hoppers-head, I was psyched when Fantagraphics announced “Gilbert and Jaime’s return to the ‘floppy’...

Kyle Garret: There's this thing that happens with historical fiction, be it based in a germ of truth or not: we forget history.  The stories are generalized modified for modern sensibilities, but we never...

Kyle Garret: Karnak #1 is a Warren Ellis comic. I should preface this by saying I'm a big Warren Ellis fan.  I recently re-read a lot of his comics and it reminded me just how much I love his work, from...

Jamil Scalese: Through all the events, reboots and relaunches it might be hard to notice that many of mainstream comics top scribes have left the Big Two. This is particularity true on the Marvel side which...

Nameless #5 Story: Grant Morrison Art: Chris Burnham Colors: Nathan Fairbairn Solicit: The soul-destroying origin story of the man known only as “Nameless” is uncovered in all its horror....

Jamil Scalese: Final judgement first: It may have not been exactly my favorite flavor of milkshake but Negative Space #1 firmly deserves its place on the rack. Per the suggestion of my Bulletin brethren I...

Julia Walchuk: Oh man, where do I even start for this? There are so many cool things going on. My first favorite thing was the guy who talked in old-timey rhyme for the whole issue. My second favorite thing...

Jamil Scalese: There is only Secret Wars. Or at least that’s what they tell us. Despite some impressive juggling of scheduling and logistics not all series neatly wrapped up in wake of Secret Wars #1, and...

Jamil Scalese: We ain't afraid of no crossovers! Like the ghosts they bust this franchise refuses to dissipate from the modern zeitgeist. The 1984 Ghostbusters is a true classic, evident in the fact that...

Kyle Garret: There are four types of solo superhero books.  There are the bad ones, the average ones, the good ones, and the great ones.  By and large we get average ones with a few good thrown in.  Every...

It’s the biggest Marvel Comics event since last week! Well, OK, fine. Secret Wars 2.0 (or is this now 3.0?) is easily the biggest Marvel event ever. There, hyperbole up the ying. But it’s true. With SW,...

(Dan Jurgens/ Jeff King / Ethan Van Sciver / Marcelo Maiolo / Travis Lanham; DC Comics) Jason Sacks: Is Convergence real or just a fever dream? Yesterday I ate something that gave me food poisoning...

(Mark Millar/ Sean Murphy/ Matt Hollingsworth/ Chris Eliopoulos; Image Comics) Michael Bettendorf: Friends, fellow comic book fans, excuse me while I put my metaphorical-mouth-gloves on, because I have a...