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 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 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 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 | 1 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 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 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Matthias Wolf (writer), Carlos Gomez (artist), Simon Bork & Teodoro Gonzalez (colorists) The Story: He’s met Joan of Arc, Achilles, William Tell…and they all want to kill him. He may not be a people person. The Review: The graphic novel presents a very different reading format than your typical episodic comic book. It invites [...]
Filed under: Other, Reviews, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Carlos Gomez, Heimdall, Heimen Dale, Loki, Matthias Wolf, Norse, Norse Mythology, Odin, Razor Wolf Entertainment, Simon Bork, Teodoro Gonzalez, Unbeatable | Leave a Comment »
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 »
Posted on February 8, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Kevin Smith, Pencils by Walter Flanagan, inks by Art Thibert Kevin Smith wants you to believe that the best thing about The Widening Gyre is the twist ending. Granted—and I won’t spoil it for you—it is kind of an awesome ending. It’s all Smith really talks about in his afterward. How he and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Batman, Art Thibert, Kevin Smith, Walter Flanagan, Batman Cacophony, Batman The Widening Gyre, BATMAN: THE WIDENING GYRE review, BATMAN: THE WIDENING GYRE graphic novel | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Written by Criag Kyle and Christopher Yost, Art by Gabrielle Dell’Otto I rarely start with price, and even more so, I never recommend a book that the price costs more than the individual issues (like the Siege hardcover edition)…but in this case, I have to change my stance. Sure, Sex + Violence is only a [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, Domino, Gabrielle Dell'Otto, Grant Morrison, Roman Colombo, Wolverine, X-Force, X-Force Sex+Violence, X-Force: Sex + Violence, X-Force: Sex + Violence review | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by Roman Colombo
By Gordon McAlpin A long long while ago, I used to work at a movie theater. There are things that happen in a movie theater, behind the stage (so to speak), that are…gross. Take for instance our initiation rights for employees who lasted more than 2 weeks. We would pour popcorn salt (think salt in [...]
Filed under: The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Gordon McAlpin, Multiplex, Multiplex: Book One | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 23, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Writers: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Matt Fraction, Zeb Wells, and Mike Carey Pencillers: David Finch, Terry Dodson, Ibraim Roberson, Greg Land, and Mike Choi with Stuart Immonen, Lan Medina, Nathan Fox, and Esad Ribic. And so here it is: the last installment of the “Messiah Trilogy” or Messianic X Cycle (Say it. Make it catch [...]
Filed under: The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, David Finch, Esad Ribic, Generation Hope, Greg Land, Ibraim Roberson, Lan Medina, Matt Fraction, Mike Carey, Mike Choi, Nathan Fox, New Mutants, Roman Colombo, Sonia Oback, Stuart Immonen, Terry Dodson, Uncanny X-Men, X-Force, X-Men, X-Men Messiah Complex, X-Men Messiah War, X-Men: Legacy, X-Men: Second Coming, X-Men: Second Coming review, Zeb Wells | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 16, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Written by Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, and Duane Swierczynski, Art by Mike Choi, Sonia Oback, Ariel Olivetti, and Clayton Crain So far, we’ve looked at Endangered Species (the tone-setter to the Messiah Trilogy), and Messiah Complex, the first actual part of the trilogy. This week we’ve got Messiah War, the often-criticized second installment. Being hailed [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Ariel Olivetti, Cable, Christopher Yost, Clayton Crain, Comic Book Reviews, Craig Kyle, Duane Swierczynski, Messiah War, Mike Choi, Roman Colombo, Sonia Oback, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Force, X-Men Messiah Complex, X-Men: Second Coming | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Writers: Ed Brubaker, Peter David, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, and Mike Carey Pencilers: Mark Silvestri, Billy Tan, Scot Eaton, Humberto Ramos, and Chris Bachalo There probably will be spoilers in this about the entire Messiah Trilogy. Thou hath been warned! Last week I wrote about Endangered Species and how it set the tone for Messiah [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Billy Tan, Cable, Chris Bachalo, Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, Ed Brubaker, Humberto Ramos, Mark Silvestri, Mike Carey, Peter David, Roman Colombo, X-Force, X-Men, X-Men Messiah Complex, X-Men Messiah War, X-Men: Second Coming | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Written by Mike Carey, Christopher Yost, and Christos Gage Penciled by Scot Eaton, Mark Bagely, Mike Perkins, Tom Grummett, and Andrea Divito For the next four weeks, I’m going to give a closer look at the Messiah Trilogy that has consumed the X-Verse for the last three years. I know what you’re thinking: if it’s [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Andrea Divito, Beast, Christopher Yost, Christos Gage, Dark Beast, Mike Carey, Mike Perkins, Roman Colombo, Scot Eaton, Tom Grummett, X-Men, X-Men Endangered Species, X-Men Messiah Complex, X-Men Messiah War, X-Men: Second Coming | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 26, 2010 by Roman Colombo
By Emi Lenox This sketch diary might be the one of the best graphic memoirs I’ve read in some time. Compiling over a year from her online journal at Emitown.com, Emi Lenox shares her everyday experiences of a struggling artist working not-so-thrilling jobs and slowly getting her name out there. And she does with an [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Emi Lenox, EmiTown, EmiTown: A Sketch Diary, EmiTown: A Sketch Diary review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 9, 2010 by tonyrak
By Ian and Jason Miller (writers), Jok (art), Estudio Haus (colors) You ever have one of those days? Detective Wayne Hambler sure has, especially since he died and woke up in Near Dis, a town without pity on the very cusp of Hell and populated by liars, thieves, and sinners all looking for a shot [...]
Filed under: Reviews, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Estudio Haus, Ian Miller, Jason Miller, Jok, Near Dis, Redball 6, Redball 6 review, Tony Rakittke, Wayne Hambler, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 5, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Scripts by Kevin Smith; Breakdowns by Phil Hester; art by Jonathan Lau, colors by Ivan Nunes; and covers by Alex Ross. Once upon a time, Kevin Smith was going to make a Green Hornet movie. That’s right. The man who brought you Cop Out and Jersey Girl was going to bring new life to a [...]
Filed under: Dynamite Entertainment, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Alex Ross, Green Hornet, Green Hornet Vol 1, Green Hornet Vol 1: Sins of the Father, Green Hornet Vol 1: Sins of the Father HC, Green Hornet Vol 1: Sins of the Father review, Ivan Nunes, Jonathan Lau, Kevin Smith, Michael Gondry, Phil Hester, Roman Colombo, Seth Rogen | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2010 by Roman Colombo
Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Pencils by Oliver Coipel, Michael Lark, Jim Chueng, with art by Lucio Parillo, and colors by Laura Martin, John Rauch, Matt Holligsworth, and inks by Mark Morales and Stefano Gaudiano. If you haven’t read this yet, there may be spoilers, but if you’ve been reading Marvel, all of this is [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, Captain America, Iron Man, Jim Chueng, John Rauch, Laura Martin, Lucio Parillo, Mark Morales, Marvel Comics, Matt Holligsworth, Michael Lark, Olivier Coipel, Roman Colombo, Siege, Siege the Cabal, Stefano Gaudiano, Thor, X-Men | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 22, 2010 by dfstell
By: Inverna Lockpez (writer), Dean Haspiel (art), Jose Villarrubia (colors) & Pat Brosseau (letters) This is a very moving story that is written in semi-autobiographical fashion by Inverna Lockpez at the behest of longtime artist Dean Haspiel. It tells the story of a young woman named Sonya who comes of age during the Marxist revolution [...]
Filed under: The Graphic Novel Reader, Vertigo | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Cuba: My Revolution, CUBA: MY REVOLUTION review, cuban revolution, cuban revolution memoir, Dean Haspiel, Dean Stell, Inverna Lockpez, Jose Villarrubia, Original Graphic Novel, Pat Brosseau, review, Vertigo, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
