Posted on February 20, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Kara, here’s your first lesson from Earth: you can’t really ever go home again. The Review: If there’s one thing the new 52 has done for the Superman mythos, it’s been to bring the culture of Krypton front and center [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Argo, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Kara Zor-El, Krypton, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Reign, Supergirl, Supergirl #6, Supergirl #6 review, Worldkillers | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 9, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brian Wood (writer), Danijel Zezelj (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Travis Lanham (letters), Massimo Carnevale (cover) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: In this long-form story about the early history of Viking Iceland, one family leader tries to become an honest businessman, but can that ever really happen? Three Things: 1. Great series in hindsight. [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Wood, Danijel Zezelj, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Massimo Carnevale, Northlanders, Northlanders #48, Northlanders #48 review, review, Travis Lanham, Vertigo | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 30, 2012 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on January 24, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: It’s a hard fact of life, Supergirl: Daddy won’t always be around. The Review: A year or so ago, I read over a collection of old Silver Age tales starring Supergirl, and I came away a bit wistful at the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Argo City, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Kara Zor-El, Krypton, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Supergirl, Supergirl #5, Supergirl #5 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on December 26, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: That’s it—she’s taking her clothes back and blowing this joint! The Review: Since Superman was raised among us, it’s not much wonder why he chooses to dedicate himself to the human race. It’s hard to imagine why other DC extraterrestrials, [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Kara Zor-El, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Simon Tycho, Supergirl, Supergirl #4, Supergirl #4 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 17, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Robinson (writer), Cully Hamner (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: To beautiful Australia, Shade just wants to say a happy g’day, mates! The Review: Shade’s transition from villain to something of an antihero has been a gradual, uneven process and even now his motivations are somewhat questionable. He doesn’t exactly go out of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Argonaut, Australia, Cully Hamner, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Diablo Blackshade, James Robinson, Richard Swift, Shade, The Shade, The Shade #3, The Shade #3 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 16, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Adisakdi Tantimedh (writer), Galen Showman & P. Craig Russell (artists), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: I say, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane—oh, wait, those don’t exist yet. The Review: I wasn’t sure how to classify these DC Comics Presents books. Even though they’re released as “issues,” they really represent [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Adisakdi Tantimedh, Barry Allen, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, DC Comics Presents, Elseworlds, Galen Showman, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Industrial Revolution, JLA, JLA: The Age of Wonder, JLA: The Age of Wonder review, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, P. Craig Russell, Princess Diana, Starman, Superman, Ted Knight, The Flash, Thomas Edison, Wonder Woman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Robinson (writer), Cully Hamner (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Doesn’t matter if you’re human or shadow—the British and French just don’t mix. The Review: I spoke a little about this topic on my review of Resurrection Man #3, but when you have an unkillable protagonist, basically a whole layer of tension—some might [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Cully Hamner, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Hope O'Dare, James Robinson, Richard Swift, The Shade, The Shade #2, The Shade #2 review, William von Hammer | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 3, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on October 22, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (penciller), Dan Green (inker), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: On the plus, this means no more babysitting for Supergirl—probably. The Review: Back when DC brought back Kara Zor-El as Supergirl sometime in the first few years of the new millennium, they took a lot of things [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Clark Kent, Dan Green, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Kal-El, Kara Zor-El, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Supergirl, Supergirl #2, Supergirl #2 review, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 16, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: James Robinson (writer), Cully Hamner (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Props, man—anyone who can pull off a top hat in public today is pretty legit. The Review: I mentioned not too long ago that while Robinson’s efforts at writing the Justice League left me completely unimpressed, I thoroughly enjoyed his work on Starman. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Cully Hamner, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Hope O'Dare, James Robinson, Mikaal Tomas, Opal City, Richard Swift, Shade, Starman, The Shade, The Shade #1, The Shade #1 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 28, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on September 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Michael Green & Mike Johnson (writers), Mahmud Asrar (penciller), Dan Green (inker), Dave McCaig (colorist) The Story: Take me to your leader…and your best mall. The Review: Most every comic book character is guilty of a burdensome back-history, but Supergirl has perhaps some of the most convoluted continuity of all. Compared to her famous [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Clark Kent, Dan Green, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Kal-El, Kara Zor-El, Mahmud Asrar, Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Supergirl, Supergirl #1, Supergirl #1 review, Superman | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 25, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on June 27, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
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 26, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
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 April 29, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on April 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Roberson (writers), Eddy Barrows & Travel Foreman (pencillers), J.P. Mayer & John Dell (inkers), Rob Reis & Dave McCaig (colorists) The Story: Can a nerd from the sticks and an emo from the big city work together to defeat an immortal caveman? The Review: I’ve managed to stay above [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Chris Roberson, Clark Kent, Dave McCaig, DC, DC Comics, Eddy Barrows, J. Michael Straczynski, J.P. Mayer, John Dell, Kal-El, Rob Reis, Superman, Superman #710, Superman #710 review, Travel Foreman, Vandal Savage | 4 Comments »
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 April 2, 2011 by dfstell
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 »
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Nick Spencer (writer), RB Silva with Amilcar Pinna (pencillers), DYM & Rob Lean (inkers), Dave McCaig (colorist The Story: Meet Jimmy Olsen, Boy-Man of Steel, and about to save the world in his underpants. The Review: If you flip through the television nowadays, it’s amazing how hard it is to find something to watch [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Amilcar Pinna, Chloe Sullivan, Dave McCaig, DC Comics, DYM, Jimmy Olsen, Maggie Mxyzptlk, Natasha Irons, Nick Spencer, Perry White, RB Silva, Rob Lean, Sebastien Mallory, Superman | 5 Comments »
