Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artists: Alex Maleev Colours: Matthew Wilson Letters: Cory Petit Covers: Bryan Hitch, Paul Mounts, and Paul Neary; Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado; Mark Texeira Published: Marvel Comics Bendis and Maleev reunite once again to bring…
Writers: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi Artists: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Norm Rapmund, Vicente Cifuentes, Oclair Albert, Tom Nguyen, Mick Gray, Mark Irwin and David Beaty Colour: Peter Steigerwald Cover: Gary Frank and Rod…
This is a book that has flown very low on the radar of North American readers; I became aware of it via the excellent Forbidden Planet UK blog, a great spot for European works in English. The Hound Of The…
Writers: Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery Artist: Andy Belanger Colours: Ian Herring Covers: Ian Herring; Kagan McLeod Letters: Chris Mowry Publisher: IDW Having met Shakespeare in the previous issue, Hamlet and the Prodigals must face the possibility that…
Nothing about this book from the outside interested me in the least. When this collection was published site after comics site sang it’s praises so I decided to pick up Daytripper from Vertigo. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: What are the…
Fantagraphics keeps the hits rolling throughout 2011 and The Arctic Marauder is the latest in their Jacques Tardi translations line. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: In our ongoing quest to showcase the wide range of Jacques Tardi’s bibliography, Fantagraphics reaches all…
Writer: Peter Tomasi Pencils: Fernando Pasarin Inks: Cam Smith Colours: Gabe Eltaeb Letters: Steve Wands Cover: Felipe Massafera; Tyler Kirkham and Batt with Nei Ruffino Publisher: DC Comics Here we are Green Lantern fans! Part three of the War…
Writer: Jonathan Hickman Penciler: Steve Epting Inkers:Rick Magyar and Steve Epting Colours: Paul Mounts Letters: Rus Wooton Covers: Steve Epting, Daniel Acuna, Marko Djurdjevic, Gerald Parel, Stan Goldberg, Joe Sinnott and Val Staples Publisher: Marvel Still reeling from the…
Anything by Travis Charest goes right onto my “must have” list; he’s an amazing artist that seems to keep getting better. Unfortunately he also seems to be getting slower with new work sorely lacking. I anxiously awaited Weapons Of The…
Writer: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi Artists: Scott Clark, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado Inker: Joe Beaty Colours: Peter Steigerwald and Rod Reis Cover: Gary Frank and Nathan Eyring; Ivan Reis and Rod Reis (variant) Letters: Rob Clark Jr. Publisher: DC…
Writer: Rick Remender Penciler: Tony Moore Inks: Crimeland Studios with Sandu Florea (p. 6) and Karl Kesel (p. 12-13) Colourist:John Rauch Letterer: Joe Caramagna Cover: Joe Quesada; Paulo Siqueira and Morry Hollowell (variant) Publisher: Marvel Comics Welcome to Project Rebirth…
Writer: William Harms Artist: Eric Nguyen Letters: Wes Abbott Cover: Doug Mahnke and Jorge Gonzalez Publisher: DC Comics Continuing the recent trend of adapting video games into the comic book format, the mini-series inFamous brings us back into the…
I love documentaries; and a documentary about the history of DC comics sounds right up my alley. Secret Origin is narrated by Ryan Reynolds and interspersed through his narration are excerpts of interviews done for this doc by key figures…
Writers: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi Artists: Patrick Gleason, Ivan Reis, and Joe Prado Inkers: Mark Irwin, Keith Champagne, Norm Rapmund, Christian Alamy Colour: Peter Steigerwald and Nathan Eyring Letters: Rob Clark Jr. Cover: Gary Frank and Nathan Eyring; Ivan…
This one caught me by surprise. As I read more and more collected editions my library of Fantagraphics books grows with new releases and older material “discovered” online and at my local comic shop. I was perusing their 2011 catalogue…
Writer: Fred Van Lente Pencils/Inks: Wellington Alves and Nelson Pereira (p. 1-9, 21-22) Art: Pere Perez (p. 10-20) Colours: Bruno Hang (p. 1-9, 21-22), Antonio Fabela (p. 10-20) Letterer: Joe Caramagna Cover: Mike Perkins and Dan Brown Publisher: Marvel Comics…
A new artist on an entire story arc of Spider-Man, in one hardcover package. Spider-Man: Big Time Premiere hardcover collects Amazing Spider-Man 648-651 by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Big changes are happening for the Amazing…
I love comic books and if I don’t have comic books themselves to read, I love to read books about comic books. Consider this review a brief warm-up before I tackle the monstrous 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art…