By: Dave Sim (writer, artist, lettering) The Story: It’s a face-off between Zootanapuss and fashion models. Review: Man, the art in Glamourpuss is divine. I almost don’t care what the story is about when I’m looking at Dave Sim’s incredibly detailed linework. His lineart for the fashion models in this issue reminds me a little bit of [...]
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By: Rob Durham (story and art) The Story: A new monstrous plagues Meriem’s town. Review: There’s not a whole lot new to say about about each issue of Cavewoman, as each issue is pretty much like the one before it. There is this “Cavewoman” named Meriem who is sweet, naive and innocent. She mostly goes around in a [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Amryl Press, Cavewoman: Feeding Grounds, Cavewoman: Feeding Grounds #1, Cavewoman: Feeding Grounds #1 review, Dean Stell, review, Rob Durham | Leave a Comment »
By: Steve Mannion (writer/artist) and Mannion, Frank Forte & JC Wong (colors) The Story: More zany adventures of teen heroine Fearless Dawn. Plus a bunch of short stories and concept art. Review: This is completely a comic for art lovers. If you’re one of those readers who rolls his eyes why guys like me start [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Asylum Press, Fearless Dawn, Fearless Dawn: Secret of the Swamp #1, Fearless Dawn: Secret of the Swamp #1 review, Frank Forte, JC Wong, Steve Mannion | 1 Comment »
By: Terry Moore (script, art, letters, everything) The Story: Rachel tries to get her life back in order and the creepy little girl might be headed to a foster home. Three Things: 1. The detail in Terry Moore’s art is really impressive. – Of course, everyone knows that Terry Moore is great at drawing expressions. [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Abstract Studios, Dean Stell, Rachel Rising, Rachel Rising #5, Rachel Rising #5 review, review, Terry Moore | 4 Comments »
FORWARD Welcome to WCBR’s year end comic book industry report card. Sorry it’s a little, but we figure it’s better late than never. But just like 2010′s list, WCBR’s report card is a list of titles that we enjoyed and disliked for the entire year 2011. To encourage debate amongst the writers (and eventually you [...]
Filed under: Features, Other | Tagged: picks of the year, the best in comics 2011, Weekly Comic Book Review | 6 Comments »
What is comic binding? Comic binding is an interesting sub-hobby of comic collecting where you take a collection of (usually) 20-25 single issues comics and have them bound by a book bindery into a custom hardcover collection that can sit on your book shelf. Why bind your comics? There are a number of reasons to [...]
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By: Terry Moore (story, art, letters…) The Story: The pieces of Rachel’s “death” start to come into greater focus. Four Things: [Minor SPOILERS] 1. Rachel’s condition is starting to become clear. – Okay, she clearly cannot die or she is at least very hard to kill. In the beginning of the series we saw her [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Abstract Studios, Dean Stell, Rachel Rising, Rachel Rising #4, Rachel Rising #4 review, review, Terry Moore | 2 Comments »
Right around now, when most people are speculating on the year to come, I tend to reflect on the year that has passed. I think of opportunities missed (cross-country road trips) and those taken instead (law school). I think of people who have left my life and others who have entered it. And of course, [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Batwoman, Best of 2011, Captain America, Captain America: The First Avenger, DC, DC Comics, Frazer Irving, Jimmy Olsen, John Rozum, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Mike Carey, MQ's Favorite Things, Muppets, Nick Spencer, Peter Gross, Unwritten, Wonder Woman, Xombi | 2 Comments »
By: Benjamin Marra (writer, artist, everything) The Story: More excitement from Benjamin Marra’s comic series set in the mid-1980′s featuring strippers, pimps, bodyguards and a killer. Review: Benjamin Marra is one of those hidden gems in truly independent comics. Everything he puts out is just awesome whether it is The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen [...]
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By: Joe Benitez (writer and artist), Peter Steigerwald (colors) & Josh Reed (letters) The Story: Lady Mechanika investigates a gypsy circus to find more clues to her origin. Five Things: 1. Glorious art. – This is really a wonderful looking book. The art is very much in the Marc Silvestri by way of Michael Turner [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Aspen MLT, Dean Stell, Joe Benitez, Josh Reed, Lady Mechanika, Lady Mechanika #3, Lady Mechanika #3 review, Peter Steigerwald, review | Leave a Comment »
By: Hergé (creator), Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish (writers), Steven Spielberg (director) The Story: This may be the only time model ships aren’t completely boring. The Review: My old man has been out of my life for many years now, but I still keep some of the things he gave me, like two hardback [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Andy Serkis, Bianca Castafiore, Captain Haddock, Daniel Craig, Hergé, Jamie Bell, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn review, Thompson and Thompson, Tintin | Leave a Comment »
Back in July, I wrote about how during a trip to Paris, I paid a visit to comics shop Arkham, an outing which still warms my heart a little. It got me to visit a part of the city unlisted in any of the travel books, and it taught me that even on the other [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Fantom Comics, Washington DC | 2 Comments »
By: Terry More (writing, art, lettering, everything) The Story: Hard to describe. As Rachel continues trying to get her bearings, the bodies keep accumulating. Review: This issue really defies my bullet-pointed review format because this issue is very much like watching a TV show between two commercial breaks. There IS a start to the action [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Abstract Studios, Dean Stell, Rachel Rising, Rachel Rising #3, Rachel Rising #3 review, review, Terry Moore | 2 Comments »
By: Jason LaTour (writer), Chris Brunner (art), Rico Renzi (colors) The Story: The story of a hometown-crime-gone-bad heads to South Beach. Five Things: 1. Hooks you from the cover alone. Man! Do Brunner and Renzi know how to do a cover or what? I hate to get into hyperbole, but this has to be one [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: 12 Gauge Comics, Chris Brunner, Dean Stell, Jason LaTour, Loose Ends, Loose Ends #3, Loose Ends #3 review, review, Rico Renzi | Leave a Comment »
With the release of Justice League #1 on August 28, DC officially launched its sparkling new universe for the masses to behold and begrudge. Can you believe it’s been over a month already? Me neither. Why, it feels like just yesterday I was reading plagues of blog comments, all lambasting the relaunch as a strategy [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Other | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, DCnU, New 52 | 15 Comments »
by David Lapham (writer), Leonardo Manco (art), Kinsun Loh, Jerry Choo, & Sansan Saw (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Old-timer police captain Frank Lincoln, on his way out, realizes that his little brother Henry has returned, determined to bathe the streets in criminal blood. What’s Good: There are certain things in storytelling, particularly [...]
Filed under: Other, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, crime comics, Damaged, Damaged #1 review, Damaged 1, Damaged comic, David Lapham, Leonardo Manco, Oklahoma, Radical Comics, Sam Worthington, weekly comic book reviews | 1 Comment »
By: Jason Latour (writer), Chris Brunner (artist) & Rico Renzi (colorist) The Story: A series of flashbacks gives us more details on our protagonists. What’s Good: If there was a minor nagging complaint from Loose Ends #1 (which I loved), it was that you left the issue a little unsure about what was going on. [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: 12 Gauge Comics, Chris Brunner, Crime, Dean Stell, Jason LaTour, Loose Ends, Loose Ends #2, Loose Ends #2 review, review, Rico Renzi | 2 Comments »
By: Terry Moore (story & art) The Story: Terry Moore, who brought us Strangers in Paradise & Echo, trots out his newest series. The Review: It is very difficult to discuss this issue without a SPOILER WARNING. This is a pretty hard issue to review because it is merely a first chapter and it comes [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Abstract Studio, Dean Stell, Rachel Rising, Rachel Rising #1, Rachel Rising #1 review, review, Terry Moore | Leave a Comment »
By: Kevin LaPorte (writer & letterer) & Amanda Rachels (artist & colorist) The Stories: Clowns on a murderous rampage. Review: There are probably two types of people in the world: Those who think clowns are funny and those who think they’re kinda creepy. Given how frequently clowns have turned up in horror stories over the [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Amanda Rachels, Clowntown, Inverse Press, Kevin LaPorte | Leave a Comment »
Although I’d discovered plenty of shops in Paris which sold les bandes-desinnées, they mostly consisted of French works (which, I can assure you, are created with as much care and finesse as their food) or manga. It also occurred to me during my travels in Paris that French people care as much for us Americans [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: Arkham, Paris | 14 Comments »
As you may have gathered from all the SDCC related messages on WCBR’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, I was lucky enough to attend all four days of the San Diego Comic-Con. It takes place yearly right in my backyard, but this was my first time attending (and it was only my second convention ever–the first [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: comic book pages, Comic Con International, cosplay, Joe Weems, Marc Wolfe, Michael Broussard, Michael Zulli, Original Art, San Diego Comic Con 2011, Sketches, SoldierHawk | 2 Comments »
Hello again from the Real Thing, where we give you, absolutely free of charge, part two of our talk with Kelly Sue DeConnick. Yesterday we spoke about the place of women behind comics. Today we talk about women in comics (and some dudes as well). ——- You’ve said that you were a fan of Wonder [...]
Filed under: Other | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Kara Zor-El, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Linda Lang, Lois Lane, Supergirl, The Real Thing, Wonder Woman | 1 Comment »
Growing up among the military, Kelly Sue DeConnick discovered American comics amidst foreign lands. Years later, she took her foreign experiences with comics for a spin as an adapter of manga for VIZ and Tokyopop, then put her creative chops into writing special and limited features for IDW, Image, and Marvel. Her first gig at [...]
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