By: Scott Snyder (writer), Roger Cruz (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) and Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: AV shifts to 1950′s Alabama and a new type of enemy. Recap/Review (with SPOILERS): Cool things abound in this issue. First, we get a great fill-in artist in Roger Cruz. Superhero comics [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, Dave McCaig, Gregory Lockard, Jared K. Fletcher, Mark Doyle, Roger Cruz | 3 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared Fletcher (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: This 50′s era arc wraps up with a big battle between Skinner & Travis. A Few Things: Everything ties up nicely. - The last time it seemed like Scott Snyder was taking us in [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #25, American Vampire #25 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jared Fletcher, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared Fletcher (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The Death Race arc gives us a little background on our new vampire hunter, Travis. Four Things: [SPOILERS] 1. This is a background issue. – Last issue introduced a bunch of brand [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #23, American Vampire #23 review, Dave McCaig, gergory lockard, Jared Fletcher, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, Scott Snyder | Leave a Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared Fletcher (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: We jump forward to the 1950′s for another vampire story from Snyder & Albuquerque Five Things: [SPOILER WARNING] 1. Great to be back into the “ongoing” story” - I saw a few reviewers [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, american vampire #22, American Vampire #22 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Jared Fletcher, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 3 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Jordi Bernet (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: A finale to the post-Civil War, “Indian War” story featuring a young Skinner Sweet and John Book. Five Things: 1. I think I need to buy some Torpedo collected editions. - As [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #21, American Vampire #21 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Jared K. Fletcher, Joe Hughes, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 3 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Jordi Bernet (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: We’ve enjoyed our stories of this new breed of American Vampires, but where did they come from? Five Things: 1. Origins of American Vampires. Scott Snyder’s exploration of this new breed [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #21, American Vampire #21 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Jared K. Fletcher, Joe Hughes, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, review, Scott Snyder, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (art), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash and Felicia try to escape from the Nazi vampires with a “cure” for vampirism. Review: This was a very satisfying conclusion to this AV miniseries. It ties up most of the [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #5, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #5 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Jordi Bernet (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The secret history of Skinner Sweet and John Book. Who knew? What’s Good: This is how to do a fill-in artist! Usually when you substitute someone for regular artist Rafael Albuquerque, it [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #19, American Vampire #19 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Vertigo | 6 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist), Pat Brosseau (letterer), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The final issue of the WWII/Pacific-theatre story is here. Some folks will survive and some won’t. What’s Good: I’m going to pick at a few things below, but overall….this is another strong [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #18, American Vampire #18 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (artist), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) and Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash & Felecia’s mission to Nazi-occupied Europe looks bleak as the Nazis have been revealed to be league with vampires. What’s Good: Everything about this issue is good (again) and that’s almost [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (artist), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash and Felicia enter Nazi-occupied Europe in a search for a secret that can help them in their battle against the vampires. What’s Good: As a reviewer, you run out of superlatives [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #2, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #2 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Nazis, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: When we last saw our Vassals of the Morning Star (masquerading as American Marines), they ran into some Imperial Japanese soldiers on a Pacific island infested with some funky vampires. Will this [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #16, American Vampire #16 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 3 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (art), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: It’s 1941 and the Vassals of the Morning Star are on a mission to stamp out some vampires and head off on a secret mission to Nazi-controlled Europe. High Expectations: American Vampire [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #1, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | 10 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Henry’s gang of vampire hunter/soldiers runs for their lives on the Japanese island of Taipan in WWII. What’s Good: Fun and exciting story? Check! A sense of mystery? Check! Great art? Check! [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #15, American Vampire #15 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Henry goes to war with his secret little group of vampire hunters masquerading as Marines on the Pacific island of Taipan during WWII. What’s Good: It’s another good issue for Snyder, Albuquerque [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #14, American Vampire #14 review, Comic Book Reviews, Dave McCaig, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, Scott Snyder | Leave a Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) and Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: New story arc on American Vampire as we jump forward to World War Two and get a little more secret vampire-hunter society action. What’s Good: So many great things about this issue [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #13, American Vampire #13 review, Dave McCaig, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, non-twilight vampires, Rafael Albuquerque, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, vampires | 2 Comments »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Danijel Zezelj (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: A one-shot Skinner Sweet story, taking place in 1919 Idaho. What’s Good: The great thing about Snyder’s vampires is that they are observers of history. The world moves on, but they don’t and seeing a character [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #12, American Vampire #12 review, Danijel Zezelj, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Mateus Santoluco (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Pearl and Henry run into trouble with vampires while unknowingly being followed by an old enemy. What’s Good: Again, lots of stuff. Go back and read some of the prior reviews for this series on this [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #11, American Vampire #11 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Mateus Santolouco, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Forward Welcome to WCBR’s year end comic book industry report card. In essence, this report card is a list of offerings we’ve enjoyed for the entire year 2010. There will probably be a lot to debate about– who got snubbed, or who really deserved it… So let us know if we’re out of our minds, [...]
Filed under: Features | Tagged: American Vampire, Batwoman, Blackest Night, dick graysonw, Dustin Weaver, Jonathan Hickman, The Walking Dead, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Mateus Santolouco (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Let’s catch back up with Pearl, the cute actress who was turned into an American Vampire in the first story arc. And, remember her friend, Hattie? What’s Good: American Vampire continues to not miss a beat. [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #10, American Vampire #10 review, Comic Book Reviews, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Mateus Santolouco, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, Vertigo, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque & Mateus Santolouco (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Events come to a head in Las Vegas and we have an inter-species vampire battle with the humans caught in the middle. What’s Good: Everything about this comic was excellent. From a story [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #9, American Vampire #9 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Mateus Santolouco, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Plots connect in a big way as Snyder starts to reveal more of his big concept vampire story. What’s Good: Boom! This was the issue that we were waiting for. American Vampire has been consistently good, [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #8, American Vampire #8 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, vampires, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Dean There is a LOT to look forward to in November. For one thing, there is a lot of neat stuff in the Spider-Man world as Amazing Spider-Man kicks off its new “big” story line Big Time written by Dan Slott with art by Humberto Ramos. This is also the end of the thrice-monthly ASM [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Amazing Spider man 648, Amazing Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man 649, Amazing Spider-Man Big Time, American Vampire, Amy Reeder, Amy Reeder Hadley, Arana, Batman, Batman Inc., Batman: the Dark Knight, Batwoman, Big Time, Bruce Wayne, Cafu, Connor Kent, Dan Slott, David Finch, DC Comics, DC Univerise, DCU, Detective Comics, Detective Comics #871, Dick Grayson, Emma Rios, Fables, Fables 100, Francesco Francavilla, Generation Hope, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Humberto Ramos, Image Comics, Inc., Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man 32, Jeff Lemire, JH Williams, JH Williams III, Jock, Joshua Dysart, Kate Kane, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kieron Gillen, Kill Shakespeare, Madame Xanadu, Madame Xanadu 29, Marc Guggenhem, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Matt Wagner, Mayday Parker, Nick Spencer, Osborn, Osborn 1, Pasqual Ferry, Paul Tobin, Punisher, Punisher in the Blood, Return of Bruce Wayne, Richard Friend, Rick Remender, Scott Snyder, She-Hulks, She-Hulks 1, Spider-Girl, Spider-Girl 1, Stark Resilient, Superboy, Superboy #1, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Thor, Thor 617, THUNDER Agents, THUNDER Agents 1, Unknown Soldier, Unknown Soldier 25, Utopian, Utopian 1, Vertigo Comics, X-Men | 1 Comment »
Welcome to a new feature here at WCBR, which will hopefully resurface periodically. Here we highlight series that we reviewers feel are not getting the readers, or the attention, that they deserve. These are books that we’ve been particularly enjoying. These are DC/Marvel books that should be in the top ten, or at least the [...]
Filed under: Features | Tagged: 28 Days Later, 28 Days Later comic, action comics, American Vampire, Artifacts, Artifacts comic, best comics, Boom Comics, DC Comics, Fantastic Four, IDW Comics, Image Comics, Kill Shakespeare, Lex Luthor, Marvel Comics, Orc Stain, Scalped, Scalped comic, SHIELD, SHIELD comic, Superman, Top Cow, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Las Vegas continues to have a vampire problem as the Hoover Dam is being built and something weird is going on with the two federal agents sent to help the local lawman. What’s Good: This is a really, really [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #7, American Vampire #7 review, Comic Book Reviews, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, Vertigo, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
