As follow-up to my recent pseudo-interview with the creators of Forty-Five, I was sent an advance copy to review. Since it’s an unconventional book, I figured it deserves an unconventional review–so here are 45 thoughts about Forty-Five: 1. Forty-Five is not a good comic book–in the traditional sense that a comic book involves a mix of [...]
“…Nat Turner furnished plenty of material for some rich class discussions. Baker’s graphic novel and his appearance on campus were both important parts of our course. (If nothing else, it did the students a lot of good to hear that at least one artist’s creative decisions are primarily technical and design-oriented, not thematic; sometimes a silhouette is [...]
“New” seems to be a relative term with regard to my comics pull this week. Marvel rehashed the babyfied X-Men and the Spidey clone saga, Image icons Todd McFarlane and Robert Kirkman joined forces to create a strangely familiar “new” character, and Warren Ellis picked his nose and the Interwebs rejoiced. The X-Babies have always been [...]
I realize that my conservative collecting habits mean that I pretty much review the same few books over and over. I try to mix it up every once in a while with impulse buys, but, generally, you’re going to get a few thoughts on books like The Walking Dead, Green Lantern, and the batch of books in [...]
Another full pull for me this week, and hardly a bad book in the lot. You may recall from earlier in the week, I loved me some Giant Sized Old Man Logan. I even went so far as to suggest that the mini-series could be the best–or at least my favorite–comic of the year. But [...]
I may be outgunned but I won’t be outdoned by the Comic Book Club. Here are my comic picks for the year: Best Ongoing Series: Regular, ongoing comics will always have their ups and downs–creative inconsistencies and other assorted hiccups on the road to long-term serialized storytelling–but a few titles had me hooked all year long. My pick [...]
Ozzy Osbourne, Jason Statham, and JK Rowling walk into a bar… Sounds like the opening to a bad joke, but it could also be an excerpt from an early draft of The Order of Dagonet, a high-concept indy comic in which fictionalized cyphers for the famous rocker, action hero, and storyteller above are summoned together by [...]
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