Posted on March 21, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman is steaming! G-Man takes out the trash! Tanga kills puppies! The Review: And with that, we come to the end of this grand, though ultimately unsuccessful, experiment in showcase comics. In a more patient, less expensive decade, perhaps this kind of series would have [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, DC Comics, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Bruce Wayne, John Kalisz, DC, Mike Atiyeh, Scott Kolins, Kevin Maguire, Rosemary Cheetham, Garbage Man, Tanga, Cliff Steele, Matt Kindt, Robotman, My Greatest Adventure, Bent, My Greatest Adventure #6, My Greatest Adventure #6 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 18, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman enters a race! Garbage Man vs. Dinosaur! Tanga breaks up with Za! The Review: I don’t know why it took me this long to realize it, but it occurred to me today that one of the biggest disadvantages of a multi-feature series is how [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, John Kalisz, DC, Mike Atiyeh, Scott Kolins, Kevin Maguire, Rosemary Cheetham, Garbage Man, Tanga, Cliff Steele, Matt Kindt, Robotman, My Greatest Adventure, Za, My Greatest Adventure #4, My Greatest Adventure #4 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 20, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman in the jungle! Garbage Man meets Batman! Tanga flies with whales! The Review: Back in my creative writing days, I had a professor (shout-out to Ron Carlson) who would talk to us about the hump of fiction known as the “Big Fat Middle,” the [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, DC Comics, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, Bruce Wayne, John Kalisz, DC, Mike Atiyeh, Scott Kolins, Kevin Maguire, Rosemary Cheetham, Garbage Man, Tanga, Cliff Steele, Matt Kindt, Robotman, My Greatest Adventure, Za, Bent, My Greatest Adventure #3, My Greatest Adventure #3 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: This is how the world ends—as a flashing, neon disco light before obliteration. The Review: This issue picks up where we left off last time, with Booster Gold and Batman fending off a legion of golems as they attempt to prevent [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Batman, Booster Gold, Bruce Wayne, Dan Jurgens, DC, DC Comics, Godiva, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Hi-Fi, Ice, JLI, Justice, Justice League International, Justice League International #4, Justice League International #4 review, Matt Ryan, Rocket Red | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman gets in a tight squeeze. Garbage Man learns the pitfalls of hailing ladies from dark alleys. Tanga blows her stack. The Review: For everyone who loves to read, you know a good story when it not only captures your interest, but sustains it, making [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan, John Kalisz, DC, Mike Atiyeh, Scott Kolins, Kevin Maguire, Rosemary Cheetham, Garbage Man, Tanga, Cliff Steele, Matt Kindt, Robotman, My Greatest Adventure, My Greatest Adventure #2, My Greatest Adventure #2 review, Bent | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Actually, I can believe it’s not the Justice League. The Review: On the topic of super-teams that need to distinguish themselves from the Justice League, let’s turn our attention to one of the most obvious offenders. We mustn’t forget that for [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, August General in Iron, Batman, Booster Gold, Bruce Wayne, Dan Jurgens, DC, DC Comics, Fire, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Hi-Fi, Ice, JLI, Justice League International, Justice League International #3, Justice League International #3 review, Matt Ryan, Rocket Red, Vixen | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 18, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Robotman versus zombies! Garbage Man finds religion! Tanga stands up for virtue! The Review: For my thoughts about the structure of this series, check out my review of Weird Worlds #1. While still taken with the concept of a multiple-feature series, I don’t really support [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Cliff Steele, Garbage Man, John Kalisz, Kevin Maguire, Matt Kindt, Matt Ryan, Mike Atiyeh, My Greatest Adventure, My Greatest Adventure #1, My Greatest Adventure #1 review, Robotman, Rosemary Cheetham, Scott Kolins, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Za | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: Well, it’s not “Hands Around the World,” but it’ll have to do. The Review: With one Justice League already in existence, and with all the world’s biggest, brawniest, most recognizable heroes counted in the roster, it really puts all other teams [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, August General in Iron, Batman, Booster Gold, Bruce Wayne, Dan Jurgens, DC, DC Comics, Fire, Godiva, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Hi-Fi, Ice, JLI, Justice League International, Justice League International #2, Justice League International #2 review, Matt Ryan, Rocket Red, Vixen | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Dan Jurgens (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Hi-Fi (colorist) The Story: I don’t know about you guys, but all this is giving me an urge to visit EPCOT. The Review: While there’s nothing inherently wrong with the idea of JLI, its recreation does call into question the place of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Dan Jurgens, DC, DC Comics, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Hi-Fi, JLI, Justice League International, Justice League International #1, Justice League International #1 review, Matt Ryan | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list-check out the review The Story: Lobo lobs a leader, G-Man gets rejected, and Tanga looks into imported liquor. The Review: So we’ve come at last to the end of this undeniably interesting series, an attempt to flesh out DC’s cosmic/horror sphere through features rather than the lens of an ongoing [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Matt Ryan, Rosemary Cheetham, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #6, Weird Worlds #6 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lobo gets his money, G-Man gets a missionary, and Tanga gets hit on. The Review: The three-feature miniseries that is Weird Worlds has been an interesting format choice for the series, but ultimately a serious limiting factor for its success. Each feature runs about the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Batman, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Rosemary Cheetham, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #5, Weird Worlds #5 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
Welcome back to the Real Thing, and part two of our chat with Aaron Lopresti. In part one, Lopresti talks about how he gigged his way into the comics biz, and today, he talks about one of his biggest gigs yet. ——- How did this gig with Weird Worlds come about? Who was the mastermind [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
There are a ton of writers and artists working in the world of comics, and here at WCBR, we spend most of our time talking about their products. Now we’d like to introduce a new, hopefully ongoing, feature where we chat with the real thing. Aaron Lopresti started in film, but transitioned into commercial art [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list; check the review below. The Story: Lobo versus an army of pink, naked four-armed dudes! Garbage Man loses his arm to the Wolf Man! Tanga defeats the monstrous, doughboy-eating Bob! The Review: If you’re writing a comic book miniseries, try to keep in mind that unlike an ongoing title, you [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Matt Ryan, Pete Pantazis, Rosemary Cheetham, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #4, Weird Worlds #4 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lobo and the psychic electric eels! Garbage Man vs. the Wolf Man! Tanga, savior of the doughboy race! The Review: Sci-fi comes in two schools: your classic horror and space adventure stuff, and your mind-blowing, semi-existential, social commentary concepts. Thanks to writers like Neil Gaiman, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Matt Ryan, Rosemary Cheetham, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #3, Weird Worlds #3 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Lobo experiences the perils of messing with midgets; Garbage Man finds that bullets are overrated; and Tanga discovers Bruk comes in only one, intriguingly potent flavor. The Review: It’s very difficult for new characters to break into superhero comics. There’s just too much competition, what [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Batman, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Matt Ryan, Rosemary Cheetham, Tanga, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #2, Weird Worlds #2 review, Will Eisner | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By Kevin VanHook (1st feature writer), Jerry Oroway (1st feature artist), Pete Pantazis (1st feature colorist), Aaron Lopresti (2nd feature writer/penciller), Matt Ryan (2nd feature inker), Dave McCaig (2nd feature colorist), Kevin Maguire (3rd feature writer/artist), Rosemary Cheetham (3rd feature colorist) The Story: In the first feature, Lobo once again rises from the dead to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Alan Moore, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, Garbage Man, Jerry Oroway, Kevin Maguire, Kevin VanHook, Lobo, Matt Ryan, Rosemary Cheetham, Swamp Thing, Tanga, Wednesday Comics, Weird Worlds, Weird Worlds #1, Weird Worlds #1 review | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 23, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By: Gail Simone (writer), Aaron Lopresti (art), Matt Ryan (inks), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: Warkiller Finale: Queen Alkyone has fragmented the Amazons and isolated the true queen, her consort, and Diana. Now she has summoned a monster from beneath Paradise Island itself to kill Diana and Ares’ finale plot is hatching. What’s Good: The [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Achilles, Alkyone, Ares, Artemis, Brad Anderson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DC Comics, Donna Troy, DS Arsenault, Gail Simone, Matt Ryan, review, Warkiller, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #39, Wonder Woman #39 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2009 by DS Arsenault
by Gail Simone (writer), Bernard Chang (artist), Sean Ryan (associate editor), Elizabeth Gehrlein (editor) The Story: Warkiller, Part 2: Diana’s early morning privacy is disturbed by Ares (whom we last saw with Diana’s axe in his head), who has come to promise her that even though he is dead, he isn’t done with her. He’s [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Achilles, Alkyone, Ares, Bernard Chang, Chris Claremont, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Donna Troy, DS Arsenault, Elizabeth Gehrlein, Gail Simone, Klingon, Magneto, Ororo, Sean Ryan, Warkiller, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #37, Wonder Woman #37 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 1, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Gail Simone (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker) The Story: After Diana’s relationship with Tom drove itself off a cliff at the end of the last issue, we start this one with Wonder Woman reacting to that, by hitting the supervillainess Giganta. Simone and Lopresti show us flashbacks of the Diana/Tom relationship meltdown [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Achilles, Alkyone, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gail Simone, Giganta, Matt Ryan, Rise of the Olympians, Warkiller, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman #36, Wonder Woman #36 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 26, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Gail Simone (writer), Aaron Lopresti (penciller), Matt Ryan (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist) The Story: Black Canary and Wonder Woman are shopping in Tokyo, waiting for their next meta-human cage fight as they hunt their prey. Diana continues to struggle with balancing the Amazonian and human cultures through her observations of Dinah. When they go [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Birds of Paradise, Black Canary, Brad Anderson, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gail Simone, Matt Ryan, Nemesis, Pele, Trinity, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 25, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Gail Simone (writer), Aaron Lopresti (artist), Matt Ryan (colorist) The Story: A wounded Diana is returned to Paradise Island just as Ares stages his final attack. Ares commands a vassal of Poseidon’s to bring every conceivable monster from the depths to overrun the Amazons. Things look bad and even with the brief reprieve that [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, DC Comics, DS Arsenault, Gail Simone, Matt Ryan, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 2, 2009 by DS Arsenault
By Gail Simone (writer), Aaron Lopresti (artist), Matt Ryan (colorist) The Story: Wonder Woman goes after Genocide. Neither is taking prisoners. What’s Good: Genocide continues to threaten the absolute destruction of Wonder Woman’s world, both personally and literally. She is a brilliant villain for Diana; giving this issue a kick-ass superhero fight that should be [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Comic Book Reviews, DC Comics, Gail Simone, Matt Ryan, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 1, 2008 by Deamentia
By Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns (writer) George Pérez, Tony Daniel, J.G. Jones, Aaron Lopresti, Ivan Reis, Philip Tan and Carlos Pacheco (art) Other than Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern, and the occasional Superman book, I’m not exactly in touch with the DC Universe these day. Well, if you’re in the same boat as me, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Batman, Batman RIP, Carlos Pacheco, DC Universe Zero, Final Crisis, Geoff Johns, George Pérez, Grant Morrison, Green Lantern, Ivan Reis, J.G. Jones, Philip Tan, Superman, Tony Daniel, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 24, 2008 by Deamentia
As promised, now online is our final report for this year’s WonderCon. Please check it out and we hope to see you at WonderCon 2009 (or a convention before then)! We’ll also be throwing up a video of the Terminator (tv series) panel later tonight! Stay tuned as our reviews will begin their normal schedule [...]
Filed under: News | Tagged: Aaron Lopresti, Adam Hughes, Mark Bagley, Original Art, Statues, Terminator, Terry Moore, WonderCon, XFiles 2 | Leave a Comment »
