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Previews – May 2012

Maybe we’ll start this as a new feature?  I’ll flip through Previews, tell you what I think is worthwhile and you can tell me I’m a moron.  Sound like fun? DARK HORSE - Axe Cop: President of the World #1 - At some point, this odd comic that is written by 8 year old Malachai Nicolle and [...]

Creepy #8 – Review

By: Jeff Parker, Doug Moench, Rick Geary, Dan Braun & Bruce Jones (writers), Colleen Coover, Kelley Jones, Geary, Kyle Baker, Bernie Wrightson (artists) and Coover, Geary & Nate Piekos (letters) The Story: Another horror anthology guided by Uncle Creepy. Review: I had mixed feelings on this issue. One one hand, we got a pretty nifty [...]

Creepy #7 – Review

By: Joe Lansdale, Keith Lansdale, Dan Braun, Bill Morrison, Martin Salvador & Archie Goodwin (writers), Guus Floor, Patric Reynolds, Wilfredo Torres, Steve Skeates & Steve Ditko (artists) and Nate Piekos (letters) The Story: Uncle Creepy is back with three new tales of terror and two old reprints from the Creepy archives. Review: This isn’t a [...]

Creepy Comics #6 – Review

By: Joe R. Lansdale, Christopher A. Taylor, Alice Henderson, Dan Braun, Craig Haffnet, Archie Goodwin (writers), Nathan Fox, Jason Shawn Alexander, Kevin Ferrara, Garry Brown, Neal Adams (artists), Nate Piekos (letters) & Shawna Gore (editor) The Story: Another issue of the reborn horror anthology from Dark Horse. What’s Good: If you’re not getting Creepy, you’re [...]

Dark Horse Presents #2 – Review

By: Paul Chadwick, Robert Love, David Walker, Michelle Davies, Diego Simone, Thomas Mauer, Neal Adams, Moose, Carla Speed McNeil, Jenn Manley Lee, Bill Mudron, Howard Chaykin, Jesus Aburto, Ken Bruzenak, Michael T. Gilbert, Patrick Alexander, Sanford Greene, Chuck Brown, Tyson Hesse, Steve Dutro, Richard Corben, Clem Robins, David Chelsea The Story: Another round of Dark [...]

Dark Horse Presents #1 – Review

By: Paul Chadwick, Howard Chaykin, Jesus Alburto, Ken Bruzenak, Neal Adams, Moose, Carla Speed McNeil, Jenn Manley Lee, Bill Mudron, Michael T. Gilbert, Frank Miller, Richard Corben, Clem Robins, Randy Stadley, Paul Gulacy, Michael Bartolo, Michael Heisler, David Chelsea, John Schork (assistant editor), Scott Allie, Rachel Edidin, Sierra Hahn & Diana Schultz (editors) The Story: [...]

Creepy #5 – Review

By: Timothy Truman, Benjamin Truman, David Lapham, Dan Braun & Doug Moench (writers), T. Truman, Lapham, Lucas Marangon & Mike Vosburg (artists), Nate Piekos (letters), Shawna Gore & Dave Land (editors) The Story: Uncle Creepy is back with 4 new black and white tales of horror. What’s Good: There is just something about B&W horror [...]

Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #1 – Review

By: Malachai Nicolle (writer), Ethan Nicolle (art, letters), Dirk Erik Schulz (colors) & Shawna Gore (editor) The Story: Very roughly… Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier have to stop a nefarious plot. What’s Good: I wish we could have more comics like this.  If you aren’t familiar with the Axe Cop webcomic, (a) you should check [...]

WCBR Quick Hit Reviews – Week of 12/15/2010

Sometimes we get a few more comics than we can review in full, so here are the balance of the comics read by the WCBR staff, some good, and some pretty bad. Thunderbolts #151 – This was a great little story that tells the origin of Ghost (for those who care of such things).  Again, [...]

Creepy #4 – Review

By: Dan Braun, Craig Haffner, Bill Morrison, Andrew Foley, Nicola Cuti & Otto Binder (writers) & Kevin Ferrara, Michael Kaluta, Rahsan Ekedal, Paul Komoda, Hilary Barta & Gray Morrow (art) & Nate Piekos (letters) The Story: A set of six horror tales to get your ready for Halloween! What’s Good: Take a second to look [...]

First Impressions 8/25/10

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 8/25/10 Science Dog Special #1 By Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker Price: $3.50 Brief Thoughts: I’m conflicted about this comic.  On one hand, I enjoyed the fun, in-media-res introduction to the title character.  There’s a lot of fun to be had with the concept introduced here, and Science Dog alone is actually a likable [...]

First Impressions 7/8/10

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 7/8/10 Hit-Monkey #1 By Daniel Way & Dalibor Talajic Price: $2.99 Brief Thoughts: Way and Talajic squeeze way more material out of this idea than I ever thought possible.  It’s not an amazing read or a comic that will change your life, but it’s solidly written and the idea of a monkey with [...]

First Impressions 6/09/10

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Ever wanted to try a new comic, but you weren’t sure what out there was worth your hard-earned dough?  Well, we’re here to help!  We read as many new #1 issues from the past week of releases we could afford and looked for the gems of the pack.  All so that you don’t [...]

B.P.R.D.: King of Fear #5 – Review

by Mike Mignola & John Arcudi (writers), Guy Davis (art), Dave Stewart (colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: New giant monsters abound, Liz disappears (again), and the UN makes it’s stance on the frogs, and the BPRD, clear. What’s Good: As a conclusion to a multi-year epic, this issue is more focused on opening [...]

Hellboy in Mexico (Or, A Drunken Blur) – Review

by Mike Mignola (writer), Richard Corben (art), Dave Stewart (colors), and Clem Robins The Story: Hellboy teams up with a trio of luchadores to fight vampires in 1950s Mexico. What’s Good: Believe me when I say that Mignola definitely delivers on the insanity of that hook I typed out above.  With all the big powers [...]

Sugarshock (One-Shot) – Review

By Joss Whedon (writer), Fabio Moon (art) The Story: Straight from the web comic and onto the pages, the amazing rock band, Sugarshock debuts. They participate in the Intergalactic Battle of the Bands (which may not actually involve “bands”, but definitely involves “battle”), take advantage of groupies, get into a car accident, play The Saddest [...]

Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #7 – Review

by Mike Mignola (writer), Duncan Fegredo (art), Scott Allie (back-up co-writer), Patric Reynolds (back-up art), Dave Stewart (colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: Hellboy learns the weighty consequences to wielding Excalibur. What’s Good: Mignola crafts an issue here that causes the reader’s experience to mirror Hellboy’s own. Specifically, almost to the point of frustration [...]

Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #6 – Review

by Mike Mignola (writer), Duncan Fegredo (art), Dave Stewart (colors), Gary Gianni (back-up writer & art), Alex Wald (back-up colors), and Clem Robins (letters) The Story: A big reveal about Hellboy’s lineage is outed, as he’s given one of the biggest choices he’s ever had to make. What’s Good: Well, let’s get the obvious out [...]

Aliens #2 – Review

By John Arcudi (Writer), Zach Howard & Gabriel Andrade (Pencils), Mark Irwin, Marcelo Mueller, & Zach Howard (Inks), and Wes Dzioba (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Aliens #1 was pretty flawed, but it had enough potential to make me think that issue two would be worth checking out. The Story: The lone survivor from [...]

Predator #1 – Capsule Review

By John Acrudi (Writer), Javier Saltares (Art), and Wes Dzioba & Andrew Elder (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The first issue of the Aliens re-launch was pretty odd all around. While it was written well and looked rather nice, it rarely felt like an Aliens comic. It will be interesting to see what John [...]

Aliens #1 – Review

By John Arcudi (Script), Zach Howard (Pencils & Inks), Mark Irwin (Inks), and Wes Dzioba (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: It’s been a long time since I picked up an Aliens comic. Maybe a new number one is just the thing to get me back on board… The Story: A crew of scholars heads [...]

Umbrella Academy: Dallas #5 – Review

By Gerard Way (writer), Gabriel Ba (artist), Dave Stewart (colorist) The Story: After returning from the dead in the last issue, the Seance teleports himself, Kraken, and Spaceboy back in time in an effort to prevent Number 5 from carrying out his mission and assassinating President Kennedy.  When the brothers arrive three years too early [...]

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #2 – Review

By Gerard Way (writer), Gabriel Ba (artist), Dave Stewart (colorist) The Story: Who and where is Number Five?  These are the questions everyone wants answered, from Hazel and Cha-Cha, two psychotic assassins with a penchant for baked goods, to Kraken, Rumor, and Seance, who would all rather look for the answers on their own than [...]

Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #1 – Review

By: Mike Mignola (writer), Duncan Fegredo (pencils), Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Every so often, a group of giants band together and cause trouble in the rural English hills. During that time, a group of aristocrats go on the hunt to end the distraction. After learning Hellboy is in town, crashing with some old friends, [...]

WCBR Quick Reviews

Amazing Spider-Man #579 – Review (Marvel Comics) Not much of a memorable story here, but it is a good one, nonetheless. Mark Waid does a great job in capturing some excellent character moments, pounding home the idea of Spidey’s selflessness and undying spirit. Marcos Martin’s artwork is no where near as complicated or brilliant as [...]

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