Posted on January 16, 2012 by Roman Colombo
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis, Pencils: Chris Bachalo, John Romita Jr., and Mike Deodato, Ikners: Tim Townsend, Jaimie Mendoza, Al Vey, Wayne Faucher, Victor Olazaba, Mark Irwin, Klaus Janson. Colorists: Chris Bachalo (double duty), Dean White, Paul Mounts, and Rain Beredo. Collecting Avengers #13-17 and New Avengers #14-16 The Story: The Avengers fight against FEAR ITS—I [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Avengers, Avengers: Fear Itself, Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Bachalo, Fear Itself, Fear Itself: Avengers, Fear Itself: Avengers (Hardcover), Fear Itself: Avengers (Hardcover) review, Fear Itself: Avengers review, Hulk, John Romita Jr., Marvel Comics, Marvel Graphic Novels, Mike Deadato, Mockingbird, Protector, Red Hulk, Roman Colombo, Squirrel Girl, The Thing | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written and Drawn by Tony S. Daniel, inks by Sandu Florea, colors by Tomeu Morey The Story: Batman faces off against the Dollmaker and his twisted family. The Good: There was a lot of action in this issue. Brutal, Batman-getting-his-ass-kicked action. And we get to see how much balls Batman has–or still has, despite the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman Detective Comics, DCnU, Detective Comics, DETECTIVE COMICS #3, DETECTIVE COMICS #3 review, New 52, Sandu Florea, Tomeu Morey, Tony Daniel | 8 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Chris Yost; Now: Penciled by Paco Media, inked by Juan Vlasco, and colored by Mrate Gracia; Then: Art by Dalabor Talajic, colored by Juan Vlasco. The Story: One of the apes who got the crap beaten out of him with a femur bone in 2001: A Space Odyssey has his own bone to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Chris Yost, Craig Kyle, Cyclops, Dalabor Talajic, Juan Vlasco, Magneto, Marte Gracia, Paco Medina, Uncanny X-Men, Victor Gischler, X-Men, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: First to Last | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2011 by Roman Colombo
The Story: The original showdown between Odin and the Serpent. The Good: Here’s the thing…there actually is good things to say about this issue. In fact, there’s a lot of good things to say about it. Fear Itself was a disaster. I don’t see many people arguing that point–the most that can be said is that it [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Fear Itself, Loki, Matt Fraction, Mighty Thor, Norse Gods, Norse Mythology, Odin, Pasqual Ferry, The Mighty Thor #7, The Mighty Thor #7 review, Thor | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2011 by Roman Colombo
by: Jason Aaron (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils and colors), Tim Townsend, Jamie Mendoza, and Al Vey (inks) The Story: Wolverine had the money to build a school with floating towers? So that’s why he is on every superhero team in the Marvel Universe! Good stuff: 1. Jason Aaron… fun? Everything I have read from Jason Aaron [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Chris Bachalo, Jason Aaron, Kitty Pryde, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, Wolverine and the X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men #1, Wolverine and the X-Men #1 review, X-Men Regenesis, X-Men: Schism | 7 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Adam Glass, Art by Federico Dallocchio and Andrei Bressan, Colors by Val Staples The Story: Suicide Squad is dropped into…some stadium (they forgot to give us the name in this issue and I’m too lazy to go back to the last one to figure it out) and are instructed to kill everyone inside [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Adam Glass, Andrei Bressan, DCnU, Deadshot, El Diablo, Fantastic Four, Federico Dallocchio, Harley Quinn, King Shark, New DC 52, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad #2, Suicide Squad #2 review, The New 52, Thunderbolts | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written and Drawn by Tony S. Daniel, Inked by Ryan Winn and Sandu Florea, Colored by Tomeu Morey The Story: Batman and Gordon discover the Joker’s face left behind in Arkham and begin their investigation. But first, Batman must save a little girl… The Good: An issue 2 that doesn’t feel like filler to fit [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman Detective Comics, DC New 52, DCnU, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #2, Detective Comics #2 review, Dollmaker, Joker, Ryan Winn, Sandu Florea, The New 52, Tomeu Morey, Tony Daniel, Tony S. Daniel | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 4, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Tony S. Daniel, Art by Philip Tan, Colors by Sunny Gho The Story: Side effects of the Hawkman suit: piss it off and it will bond to your muscles. What’s Good: I have almost no knowledge of the character Hawman, so I was a little excited reading this–especially after reading Daniel’s Detective Comics. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: DCnU, Hawkman, New DC 52, Philip Tan, Savage Hawkman, Sunny Cho, Tony S. Daniel | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Jesus Saiz (best name ever!), colors by Nei Ruffino Story: Some idiot reporter attempts to infiltrate the hottest pillow fight EV-ER! What’s Good: If you know Swierczynski’s writing, then when you saw his name on Birds of Prey, your face lit up–maybe on fire as that happens to people [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Birds of Prey #1, Birds of Prey #1 review, Duane Swierczynski, Jesus Saiz, Nei Ruffino | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 18, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Kyle Higgins, Pencils by Joe Bennett, inks by Art Thibert, colors by Jason Wright The Story: A dude with Wolverine’s candor and Deadpool’s skill kills a lot of people. What’s Good: Is it wrong to say that out of all the New 52 I’ve read so far, this is the one I’ve had [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Art Thibert, DC Comics, DCnU, Deadpool, Deathstroke, Deathstroke #1 review, Deathstroke 1, Joe Bennett, Kyle Higgins, Roman Colombo, The New 52, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 16, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Adam Glass, Art by Federico Dallocchio, Ransom Getty, and Scott Hanna The Story: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to vanquish the Thunderbolts in a game of softball. And by choose, we mean “if you don’t do this, we blow up your neck.” What’s Good: The ending. Or at least, it [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Adam Glass, DC New 52, DCnU, Federico Dallocchio, Ransom Getty, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad #1, Suicide Squad #1 review | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written and Drawn by Tony S. Daniel, Inked by Ryan Winn, Colored by Tomeu Morey The Story: The Joker’s murders are even more gruesome than usual, and as usual, Batman has had enough and goes to deal with the laughing menace. The Good: This is a good start for a new era of Batman. The Batman vs. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman Detective Comics, DC New 52, DC Relaunch, DCnU, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #1, Detective Comics #1 relaunch, Detective Comics #1 review, Ryan Winn, Tomeu Morey, Tony S. Daniel | 6 Comments »
Posted on July 22, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Brief Personal Note: While I do teach, I also worked for five years at Borders Books and this midnight screening of Cap was also on the last day that Borders operated as an actual bookstore before going into liquidation today. So, it was kind of the last thing my coworkers and I will do as [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America: First Avenger, Captain America: The First Avenger movie reviw, Captain America: The First Avenger review, Chris Evans, Dominic Cooper, Haley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel Sudios, Movie Review, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Stanley Tucci, The Avengers, Thor, Toby Jones, Tommy Lee Jones | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Art by Alex Maleev Story: Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. –John F. Kennedy The Review: Certain names you hear together and you can almost hear an angel get her wings…or a fiery redhead get a sniper rifle. Such names are Bendis and Maleev. When those [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Other, Reviews, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Alex Maleev, Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel Icon, Scarlet, Scarlet Graphic Novel, Scarlet HC, Scarlet review | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 27, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Jim Zub, Line art by Edwin Haung, Colors by Misty Coats, and Art by Chris Stevens Story: The Dwarf and the Big Guy go around kicking the ass of anything that gets in their way…or just seems convenient to kick. The Good: First of all, if you are a fan of comics and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Chris Stevens, Edwin Huang, Image Comics, Jim Zub, Misty Coats, Skullkickers, SkullKickers Vol 1: 1000 Opas and a Dead Body, SkullKickers Vol 1: 1000 Opas and a Dead Body review | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 21, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Mark Waid, Penciled by Jorge Molina Story: An updating/retelling of Captain America’s origins that has his being unfrozen during Obama’s administration—and trying to return to the past to save Bucky. The Writing: Fantastic. This miniseries came out along with a dozen other Cap miniseries and got a little lost in the wash, which [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Captain America, Captain America: Man Out Of Time, Captain America: Man Out Of Time HC, Captain America: Man Out Of Time HC review, Jorge Molina, Mark Waid | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 6, 2011 by Roman Colombo
SPOILER ALERT! So came a Thursday—I apologize—THOR’s Day Night in a crowded IMAX theater when through the entrance lo! Thor appears and bellows his name to the masses awaiting his big screen debut… Seriously, some guy dressed as Thor burst into our theater before preview and yelled “THORRRRRRRRRRR!” with a Mjolnir knock-off held high. He [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Anthony Hopkins, Avengers, Chris Hemsworth, Hawkeye, Idris Elba, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Kat Dennings, Kenneth Branagh, Loki, Natalie Portman, Odin, Thor, Thor movie, Thor movie review, Thor spoilers, Tom Hiddleston | 8 Comments »
Posted on May 3, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Rick Rememder, Art by Jerome Opena with Leonard Manco, colors by Dean White and Chris Sotomayor, cover art by Esad Ribic. The Story: Though Cyclops has ended X-Force, Wolverine and Archangel decide to continue operations, bringing in Deadpool, Psylocke, and Fantomex. Their first mission? Kill Apocalypse! As if this would be hard enough, [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Apocalypse, Archangel, Deadpool, Dean White, Esad Ribic, Fantomex, Jerome Opena, Leonardo Manco, Psylocke, Rick Remender, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force Apocalypse Solution, Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Sollution HC, Wolverine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Adapted by Seymour Chwast This is the most out-of-the-box graphic novel I’ve reviewed so far. Truth be told—I’m stuck on what to actually write about. But I suppose what it comes down to is this: to really love this piece, you have to either know and love the source material (the complete Divine Comedy by [...]
Filed under: Other, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Big Sleep, Dante Alighieri, Dante's Divine Comedy, Dante's Divine Comedy comic book, Dante's Divine Comedy graphic novel, Dante's Divine Comedy review, Dante's Inferno, Dante's Paradiso, Dante's Purgutorio, film noir, Seymour Chwast, The Divine Comedy | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Victor Gischler, Penciled by Paco Medina, Inked by Juan Vlasco, and colored by Marte Gracia The Story: Marvel writers and editors sit around and come up with one of the worst concepts in comic book history: mutants vs. vampires. And yet they somehow manage to pull it off. The Actual Story: Vampires try [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Juan Vlasco, Marte Gracia, Paco Medina, Victor Gischler, X-Men, X-Men: Curse of the Mutants, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 22, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Words by Nick Spencer, Art by Joe Eisma, Covers by Rodin Esquejo, Colors by Alex Sollazzo A friend of mine recently got into Lost and said that if he had watched it week to week, he didn’t think he would have enjoyed it half as much as watching them all at once. It would have [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Sollazzo, Avengers Academy, Brian Michael Bendis, Image Comics, Joe Eisma, Lost, Morning Glores Vol. 1, Morning Glories, Morning Glories Vol. 1, Morning Glories Vol. 1 review, Morning Glories: For A Better Future, Nick Spencer, Rodin Esquejo, Runaways | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 14, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Dan Slott, Art by Humberto Ramos, Inks by Carlos Cuevas, Colors by Edgar Delgado What more can anyone say about Spider-Man: Big Time? Seriously, I need to know because this was the newest thing my bookstore had in stock, so I’m trying to review it. But it’s kind of hard when the cover [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Amazing Spider-Man Big Time, Carlos Cuevas, Dan Slott, Edgar Delgado, Humberto Ramos, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Scripts by Kevin Smith, Breakdowns by Phil Hester, Art by Jonathan Lau, Colors by Ivan Nunes Green Hornet Vol 1., Sins of the Father, left off with Brit deciding to take his father’s mantle. It was really only the halfway point for what Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet movie would have been. Wearing O’ the Green [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Green Hornet, Green Hornet Vol 2: Wearing O' the Green, Ivan Nunes, Jonathan Lau, Kevin Smith, Michel Gondry, Phil Hester, Seth Rogen, The Green Hornet movie | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Andy Diggle, Pencils by Billy Tan Be Aware! Spoilers may lurk within! Marvel wasted no time in getting this one on the shelves (in fact, they’re getting even more aggressive with releasing their hardcovers) and I’m kind of glad for that, as I was looking forward to reading this as one collected piece. [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Alex Maleev, Andy Diggle, Billy Tan, Brian Michael Bendis, Daredevil, Ed Brubaker, Ghost Rider, Iron Fist, Joe Quesada, Kevin Smith, Power Man, Shadowland, Shadowland hard cover, Thunderbolts | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 15, 2011 by Roman Colombo
by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI • Art by SHANE DAVIS and SANDRA HOPE I really don’t like Superman. I give him opportunities to impress me every so often; and I am a fan of Superman: Red Son, but for the most part, he just doesn’t interest me. At all. His back story is completely uninteresting: a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Barbara Ciardo, Clark Kent, J. Michael Straczynski, Sandra Hope, Shane Davis, Superman, Superman Earth One | 8 Comments »
