May 25 2013
It’s the end of an era as Geoff Johns delivers his final sensational issue of Green Lantern after a definitive decade-long run. As the opening montage to this oversized anniversary issue reminds us, writer Geoff Johns has fundamentally changed the Green Lantern universe. Under his guidance, we witnessed the rebirth of Hal Jordan, the resurgence …
May 24 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (22 May 2013) is another big one! First up, we check out a Grant Morrison-less Batman Incorporated #11 (DC Comics), a conclusion of sorts in Daredevil #26 …
May 23 2013
A fable-turned-video-game-turned-comic is an effective re-imagining of Red Riding Hood set in feudal Japan from American McGee. It’s often very easy to dismiss licences that are connected with video games, as they are typically less interested in storytelling than they are in selling games. Yet the comic that accompanies American McGee’s online game Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is …
May 23 2013
Joe Casey swaps sex for drugs as a slacker get super and continues to subvert the perception of modern superhero comics. Since the 1980s, a sub-genre of superhero comics have grown increasing darker and cynical, deconstructing the core elements to demonstrate disillusionment with the ideals that funny books once aspired to. In a post The Dark Knight Returns and …
May 23 2013
DC makes another grab at being, like, totally zeitgeist and stuff, and this time is a little closer to being on the money. A few weeks ago, DC launched The Movement, the first in a series of books aimed at grabbing some of the Occupy coin. At the very least, it was designed to appeal …
May 19 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (15 May 2013) is another big one! First up, we check in with Age of Ultron #8 (Marvel) just as it loses the plot. Then it’s back to the …
May 18 2013
A new crime series with a twist from Dark Horse leaves us with more questions than answers. Sounds like a perfect start to a new series. Not to be confused with Image Comics Dream Merchants #1, also out this week, the new title from Jai Nitz (The Green Hornet) could almost be described as a …
May 16 2013
A tightly paced opening to one of Marvel’s mini-crossover brings humour and humanity to the superhuman. This is how to do a crossover. Although this first issue is ostensibly a standalone title to introduce the 5-part “The Enemy Within” story arc, the seeds for this meeting of DeConnick’s Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble have been sewn into …
May 12 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (8 May 2013) is light one, letting us off the hook after a slew of big weeks. First up, we check back with Batman #20 …
May 06 2013
Marvel’s Free Comic Book Day offering gives us a glimpse into the big cosmic event for the year, and we like what we see so far. Of all the books coming out for Free Comic Book Day, Marvel’s Infinity had to be one of the most anticipated. Kicking off as a mini-series in August, undoubtedly …
May 03 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (1 May 2013) is another big one! First up, we check in with the Andy Diggle/Tony S. Daniel Action Comics #20 (DC Comics), before watching Age of …
