Justice League #17 - A Review
There's little I can say about Justice League #17 that I haven't said already about the other issues in the Throne of Atlantis mini-series. There is much I fear to say for the sake of spoiling a story...
View ArticleSupergirl #17 - A Review
The focal point of Supergirl #17 is a battle between Supergirl and Wonder Woman. Settle down, folks - this ain't no cat fight! This is the real thing. Mike Johnson makes this moment every bit as...
View ArticleArrow #21 (Web Comic) - A Review
Detour is the name of our story this week. The plot focuses upon Oliver Queen and John Diggle being car-jacked by an attractive young lady, who posed as a damsel in distress with a broken car. It...
View ArticleArrow Reviews: Season 1, Episode 16 - Dead To Rights
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotAfter The Hood kills the assassin the Starling City Triad had brought in to fulfill Moira Queen's contract on Malcolm...
View ArticleNew Blog: Reese's Pieces
Remember the Kitty Pryde cosplayer I posted a picture of a few weeks ago? If not, here she is again.Her name is Reese and she's just started her own comics review/cosplay blog!You can read all about...
View ArticleArrow #22 (Web Comic) - A Review
The Arrow episodeDead to Rightsleft fans with many questions heading into the show's brief break. One of these questions involved the assassin Deadshot and how he survived his apparently lethal...
View ArticleHawkeye #8 - A Review
Hawkeye #8 came out a few weeks too late for Valentines' Day but romance is very much at the center of this issue. The action is broken up by a number of splash pages with art by Annie Wu, which...
View ArticleGreen Arrow #18 - A Review
Green Arrow #18 continues to move The Kill Machine storyline along at a brisk pace while expanding upon an excellent first issue. The script by Jeff Lemire balances a thrilling action-movie plot with...
View ArticleDoctor Who #6 (IDW Vol. 3) - A Review
Reviewing Doctor Who can be a challenge at times. I frequently find myself feeling like a broken record, when my complaints and complements about one issue mirror my comments about the previous issue....
View ArticleAquaman #17 - A Review
Conflict lies at the heart of all great stories. Indeed, most stories are described in terms of one of four types of conflict; Man fights Nature, Man fights Society, Man fights another Man and Man...
View ArticleAll-Con 2013!
Hey folks! To those of you coming here for the first time because you met me at All-Con, welcome!To the rest of you, regular and irregular readers, I'll be out of circulation this weekend because I'm...
View ArticleInjustice: Gods Among Us #9 - A Review
Injustice #9 offered me a glimpse of something I haven't seen in recent memory- a Wonder Woman whose adventures I would want to read every month. Personally, I found Brian Azzarello's take on the...
View ArticleAll-Con 2013: Day One
Friday would prove to be my shortest stay at All-Con. I only had one panel to teach (Secret Origins: The History of American Comics) and with a show in Dallas to perform in that evening (Amber Does...
View ArticleArrow #23 (Web Comic) - A Review
Arrow #23 wasn't written or drawn by Mike Grell. Despite this, it seems to possess some of the same spirit that inspired much of the late '80s/early '90s run of Green Arrow. Subtitled Hunters, the...
View ArticleAll-Con 2013: Day Two - Part One
Note To Self: The next time you teach a class at a convention, do not agree to a 9 AM start time the morning after you're up until 4 AM driving home from a late night performance. Good advice to...
View ArticleWorld's Finest #10 - A Review
I'd like to say that World's Finest #10 continues the trend of this series standing on its' own merits but I can't. The sad truth is that for the second month in a row the on-going storyline treads...
View ArticleAll-Con 2013: Day Two - Part Two
I can't say for certain that All-Con 2013 was the biggest one ever. I haven't heard any specific numbers from the convention organizers nor have I heard any statements to that effect. But I suspect...
View ArticleGreen Lantern #18 - A Review
Green Lantern #18 offers an interesting study in contrast between two very different artists depicting separate sections of the same story. It also finally allows Geoff Johns the chance to answer a...
View ArticleAll-Con 2013: Day Two - Part Three
The early evening allowed me a chance to meet up with some more old friends before my final panel of the day - Start of Darkness: The Bronze Age of Comics. I had a decent enough turnout considering I...
View ArticleEarth 2 #10 - A Review
Despite continuing an increasingly involved storyline, Earth 2 #10 is a good jumping-on point for new readers. I love James Robinson's work but he's better known for his sprawling epics and finely...
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