Posted on February 23, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brandon Graham & Simon Roy (story), Roy (art), Richard Ballermann (colors) & Ed Brisson (letters) The Story: John Prophet continues to find his way in a future wasteland Earth. Five Things: 1. No prior knowledge required. - I missed the first issue of this Prophet relaunch (the unfortunately numbered Prophet #21) because I had zero interest in [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Brandon Graham, Dean Stell, Ed Brisson, Image, Prophet, Prophet #22, Prophet #22 review, review, Richard Ballerman, Simon Roy | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2012 by dfstell
By: Michael Moreci & Steve Seeley (writers) & JM Ringuet (art) Release Date: March 21, 2012 Spoiler-free Advance Review: This #0 issue collects material that appeared as a back-up story in Hack/Slash over the past 6-8 months and I enjoyed it quite a bit. This first story follows a crew from a TV show called the Hoax [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Hoax Hunters, Hoax Hunters #0, Hoax Hunters #0 review, Image, J.M. Ringuet, Michael Moreci, review, Steve Seeley | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (story), Nick Spencer (writer), Shawn Martinbrough (art), Felix Serrano (colors), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor). The Story: An art thief takes on a new apprentice. Review: Nick Spencer is a very good writer. I tend to think that a lot of comic writers are a little overrated and they rarely impress [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Felix Serrano, Image, Nick Spencer, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Shawn Martinbrough, Sina Grace, Thief of Thieves, Thief of Thieves #1, Thief of Thieves #1 review | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 9, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder & Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (art), Greg Guilhaumond (colors) & Fonografiks (letters) The Story: It’s the finale! How does little Jack get away from the cannibal? Four Things: 1. Creepy and disturbing! – Man, does this team understand horror or what? Most monologues by villains/killers are contrived, but hearing the killer in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Fonografiks, Greg Guilhaumond, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed #7, Severed #7 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 7, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Roenning (writer, co-creator), Jean-Paul Bonjour (co-creator), Robert Love (pencils), Dana Shukartsi (inks), Diego Simone (colors), Drew Gill (letters) & Branwyn Bigglestone (editor) The Story: A rebellious teenage girl makes her way in a zombie apocalypse. Review: This isn’t a bad comic and it has some promise. Let’s start with the positives. The art [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alpha Girl, Alpha Girl #1, Alpha Girl #1 review, Branwyn Bigglestone, Dana Shukartsi, Dean Stell, Diego Simone, Drew Gill, Image, Jean-Paul Bonjour, Jeff Roenning, review, Robert Love | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 30, 2012 by dfstell
By: David Hine (story/writer), Shaky Kane (story/art), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (lettering) and JG Roshell (design) The Story: Not exactly sure, but we get an origin for the Shield of Justice character. Four Things: 1. Just glad to have Bulletproof Coffin back! - The first 6-issue run of Bulletproof Coffin that ended in January 2011 [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Bulletproof Coffin, Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #1, Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #1 review, David Hine, Dean Stell, Disinterred, Image, JG Roshell, Jimmy Batancourt, review, Richard Starkings, Shaky Kane | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 25, 2012 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (artist), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Is this promise of a new colony a blessing or a threat? Five Things: 1. How do you know who to trust? - I really do like how TWD continues to be about everything BUT [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #93, The Walking Dead #93 review | 8 Comments »
Posted on January 24, 2012 by dfstell
By: Tim Seeley (writer), Daniel Leister (art), Carlos Badilla (colors), Crank! (letters) and James Lowder (edits) The Story: The Hack/Slash crew goes to South America, searching for a cure to the disease that causes slashers. Four Things: 1. Funny. – This is a comic for people who like jokes about bodily functions. If you roll [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Carlos Badilla, Crank, Daniel Leister, Dean Stell, Hack/Slash, Hack/Slash #12, Hack/Slash #12 review, Image, James Lowder, review, Tim Seeley | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 20, 2012 by dfstell
By: Nick Spencer (writer), Joe Eisma (art), Alex Sollazzo (colors), Johnny Lowe (letters) & Jade Dodge (editor) The Story: Zoe and Hunter have to team-up for the mysterious Woodrun game. Four Things: 1. A focused issue. – There wasn’t a lot of background noise in this issue. Morning Glories usually does focus on a character [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Sollazzo, Dean Stell, Image, Jade Dodge, Joe Eisma, Johnny Lowe, Morning Glories, Morning Glories #15, Morning Glories #15 review, Nick Spencer, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 15, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder & Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (art), Greg Guilhaumond (colors) & Fonografiks (letters) The Story: Don’t follow creepy old men into backwoods tool sheds! 3 Things: 1. The cat is out of the bag. – The creators have kept this game going for a few issues where the reader knew more about [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Dean Stell, Fonografiks, Greg Guilhaumond, Image, review, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed, Severed #6, Severed #6 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2012 by dfstell
By: Nate Cosby & Ben McCool (writers), Breno Tamura (artist), Kevin Colden & Jordie Bellaire (colors), Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: A bunch of Cuban-born agents are trying to break into a prison to kill someone. Three Things: 1. I feel like I missed an issue! – This isn’t necessarily the writers’ fault. I’m pushing [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Ben McCool, Breno Tamura, Dean Stell, Image, Jordie Bellaire, Kevin Colden, Nate Cosby, Pigs, Pigs #5, Pigs #5 review, review, Rus Wooton | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 9, 2012 by dfstell
By: Enrique Carrion (writer), John Upchurch (art) and Rafael Diaz (letters) The Story: Agent Barrino gets called in to investigate a mystery with WWII ties. Four Things: 1. Pieces clicking together. – I’ve been a pretty unabashed fan of this series, but the one thing that bugged me was how we seem to have many [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Enrique Carrion, Image, John Upchurch, Rafael Diaz, review, Vescell, Vescell #5, Vescell #5 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writing), Sean Phillips (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Mysterious assassins in bowler hats! Exploding airplanes! Cultists! Nazis! The Review: Breathe a sigh of relief: Fatale is just as good as you were hoping it might be and only further substantiates the fact that the team of Brubaker and Phillips can [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, Fatale, Fatale #1 review, Fatale 1, Image Comics, Lovecraft, noir, Sean Phillips, Weekly Comic Book Review | 8 Comments »
Posted on January 2, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brandon Siefert (writer & letters), Lukas Ketner (art), Andy Troy (colors) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Our titular Witch Doctor runs into a necromancer on a case that has ties to an urban myth about waking up in a tub full of ice. Five Things: 1. LOVE these characters! – In 5 short [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andy Troy, Brandon Siefert, Dean Stell, Image, Lukas Ketner, review, Sina Grace, Witch Doctor, Witch Doctor: Resuscitation One-Shot, Witch Doctor: Resuscitation One-Shot review | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 2, 2012 by dfstell
By: Joe Casey (writer), Nathan Fox (artist), FCO Plascencia (colors) & Comicraft (letters) The Story: After the big battle that left his girlfriend dead, Daniel Kilgore finds himself in unfriendly hands. Three Things: 1. Very different story vibe than before. – For existing Haunt readers (all ~12,000 of us), this book has a very different [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Dean Stell, FCO Plasencia, Haunt, Haunt #20, Haunt #20 review, Image, Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, review | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Tito Faraci (writer) and Dan Brereton (illustrator) The Story: A Roman General in the Gallic Wars faces his former pupil. Four Things: 1. Nice period piece that adds some variety to your reading pile. - It’s nice to see creators using the medium of comics to do things besides telling superhero stories. Even when we get [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dan Brereton, Dean Stell, Image, review, Romans, The Last Battle, The Last Battle review, Tito Faraci | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Nathan Edmondson (writer), Mitch Gerads (art & letters) & Kyle Latino (colors assists) The Story: Edmondson & Gerads bring us a new series about a covert action team. Three Things: 1. Tight espionage thrillers are needed. – It always amazes me that we don’t have more comics in the espionage genre. I mean, even [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Espionage, Image, Kyle Latino, Mitch Gerads, Nathan Edmondson, review, The Activity, The Activity #1, The Activity #1 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder & Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (art), Greg Guilhaumond (colors) & Fonografiks (letters) The Story: A little boy is unwittingly on the road with a horrible cannibal monster posing as a traveling salesman. Five Things: [With SPOILERS] 1. Creepy impending sense of doom pervades this book – This series did such a [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Dean Stell, Fonografiks, Greg Guilhaumond, horror, Image, review, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed, Severed #5, Severed #5 review | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script), Kalvachev, Nathan Fox, Toby Cypress, Andrew Robinson & Peter Nguyen (art), Kalvachev (cover, colors, design & art coordination) The Story: Now that Bruce Maddox is dead, the surviving Russian and Italian mafia members are scrambling to connect the pieces. Five Things: 1. Art is great. - [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Nathan Fox, Viktor Kalvachev, review, Image, Andrew Robinson, Dean Stell, Toby Cypress, Blue Estate, Kosta Yanev, Andrew Osborne, Blue Estate #8, Peter Mgyen, Blue Estate #8 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 15, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (artist), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: New stuff pops up, but is this going to be a threat or an opportunity? Five things: 1. Glad to see something intriguing happen! - I was really hard on the last issue of TWD. The [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #92, The Walking Dead #92 review, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jimmie Robinson (story & art) & Paul Little (colors) The Story: It’s kind of a Bomb Queen v. Shadowhawk crossover story! Five Things: 1. Not much Bomb Queen in this Bomb Queen comic. – I hate to speak negatively of a BQ title because I really love the series and think it fills a [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Bomb Queen, Bomb Queen VII #1, Bomb Queen VII #1 review, Dean Stell, Image, Jimmie Robinson, Paul Little, review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Joe Casey (writer), Nathan Fox (artist), FCO Plascencia (colors), Comicraft (letters) & Jen Cassidy (managing editor) The Story: A new creative team takes over Haunt because Kirkman and Capullo are busy doing other stuff. Five Things: 1. Not really a jumping on point. - I’m a little surprised that this issue wasn’t more of a [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Fco Plascencia, Haunt, Haunt #19, Haunt #19 review, Image, Jen Cassidy, Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, review | 8 Comments »
Posted on November 30, 2011 by dfstell
By: Enrique Carrion (writer/creator), John Upchurch (art), Rafael Diaz (letters) The Story: A pop-star is sick of fame and wants to transfer out of her body. Five Things: 1. Why is this title getting zero chatter? – I’ve been really mystified at how little I’ve heard about this title because it is really good. You [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Enrique Carrion, Image, John Upchurch, Rafael Diaz, review, Vescell, Vescell #4, Vescell #4 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 22, 2011 by dfstell
Original Air Date: November 20, 2011 The Story: Everyone has secrets and it turns out that “can’t-live-with-’em-can’t-live-without-’em” saying about women is true. Five Things: 1. Man, Lori. - What an unlikable character she’s becoming! This really does mirror the comic where every time Rick had something important to do, there was Lori harping at him. Yelling [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, review, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 6, The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 6 review, The Walking Dead TV series, TV, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Nick Spencer (writer), Joe Eisma (art), Alex Sollazzo (colors), Johnny Lowe (letters) & Jade Dodge (editor) The Story: More mysteries, Zoe and Hunter have a few “moments” and we learn more about Woodrun. Five Things: 1. Lots of teases. This issue had a lot of scenes where if you joined the scene a panel [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Sollazzo, Dean Stell, Image, Jade Dodge, Joe Eisma, Johnny Lowe, Morning Glories, Morning Glories #14, Morning Glories #14 review, Nick Spencer, review | 2 Comments »
