Batman #31 - A Review
I don't think I need to say anything about the excellent artwork of Greg Capullo and Danny Miki after sharing this image. I want this image as a poster. Hell, I want a Souped-Up BMX Batman action...
View ArticleSerenity: Leaves On The Wind #5 - A Review
In previous reviews of this series, I called it a good story hampered by bad artwork. I will not be doing that this month. Oh, not because the artwork has gotten better. It hasn't. If anything, Georges...
View ArticleInvaders #5 - A Review
Invaders #5 has all the hallmarks of a James Robinson story. What this means is that the action of the book is pushed into the background so we can focus upon the dialogue. This might sound...
View ArticleConan The Avenger #2 - A Review
I savaged the first issue of Conan The Avengerin a review for Kabooooom.com and was honestly ready to call it quits on this book for a time. The artwork was terrible in several respects. The dialogue...
View ArticleBatman Eternal #8 - A Review
Batman's war with mobster Carmine "The Roman" Falcone continues to take center stage in this week's issue of Batman: Eternal. It is a war that Batman doesn't realize he is losing, as unbeknownst to...
View ArticleA-KON 25 Cosplay Pictures - Part One
Captain Planet and a Planeteer.Lara Croft from Tomb Raider and Samus from Metroid.Vega from Street Fighter.Tina and Bob from Bob's Burgers.Violent Lavender as Playboy Bunny Poison Ivy.Big Ass Dice...
View ArticleA-Kon 25 Cosplay Pictures - Part Two
Jigen from Lupin The 3rd.Alas, I didn't get all of this group of Disney Princess Sailor Scouts. But I did catch three of them!That's Glitzy Geek Girl as Sailor Ariel.Pedo Bear helps Thor Girl look...
View ArticleA-Kon 25 Cosplay Pictures - Part Three
Two characters from Monster High.The Geeky Seamstress as Bombshell Wonder WomanCaitlin Glass as Black Canary.Daenerys Targaryen.Mia Moore as Taiga from Toradora!The Shredder and April O'Neil from the...
View ArticleRobert E. Howard's Savage Sword #8 - A Review
Somehow, I've missed Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #7. Thankfully, that didn't matter too much. Only one of the stories in this issue - Breckinridge Elkins: Mountain Man - is a continuation from...
View ArticleBatman Eternal #9 - A Review
Batman Eternal #9 finds The Caped Crusader leaving Gotham City for a time. With the GCPD out for his head, Batman decides to head to Hong Kong and track down the crime bosses who assisted Carmine...
View ArticleEarth 2 #24 - A Review
I remember having a conversation at a convention a few months back, describing Earth 2 to a skeptical comic fan who loved the Golden Age heroes but didn't like much of what The New 52 had offered so...
View ArticleGreen Arrow #32 - A Review
Green Arrow #32 opens with Oliver Queen returning home and finding out about the rioting that is destroying his hometown. He doesn't get a chance to breathe, much less react, as a gang of...
View ArticleBatgirl #32 - A Review
Barbara Gordon has 99 problems and a bitch IS one. A billionaire bitch named Charise Carnes, to be specific. Carnes fancies herself a savior of sorts and under the guise of Knightfall has recruited a...
View ArticleInvaders #6 - A Review
James Robinson is one of the best idea men in comics history. He can build whole scenes around musings about what life would really be like in a world where superpowers were a reality. And while that...
View ArticleJustice League United #2 - A Review
A madman named Blyth is kidnapping the beings of a thousand star systems for nefarious purposes and has hired the bounty hunter Lobo to keep his captives subdued. The good news is that a new Justice...
View ArticleSheena #2 (Moonstone Books 2014) - A Review
When we last we left The Queen of The Jungle, she was launching dual investigations into a group of soldiers enslaving the local natives and reports of a jaguar attacking a local archaeological dig....
View ArticleBatman Eternal #10 - A Review
Batman Eternal #10 was of such dramatically dismal quality compared to the earlier installments I'm contemplating dropping the title. Part of this is due to the artwork of Riccardo Burchielli, whose...
View ArticleAll I Really Need To Know I Learned Watching Cheesy Movies With Puppets
All I Really Need To Know I Learned Watching Cheesy Movies With Puppets Or: Five Ways Mystery Science Theater 3000 Got Me Through Middle SchoolYou wouldn't think it from my writing output, but my first...
View ArticleRed Sonja: Sanctuary - A Review
Red Sonja: Sanctuary is a sequel to the one-shot Red Sonja: Raven. I never wrote a formal review of that story but I did read it and my memories of it are not fond ones. Thankfully, the title page of...
View ArticleBatman Eternal #11 - A Review
Let's not mince words or waste time. Batman: Eternal #11 is one of the worst comics I've seen in recent memory. Indeed, I'm not sure what aspect of it troubled me most. The idea of Alfred the Butler...
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