Posted on April 29, 2012 by dfstell
Maybe we’ll start this as a new feature? I’ll flip through Previews, tell you what I think is worthwhile and you can tell me I’m a moron. Sound like fun? DARK HORSE - Axe Cop: President of the World #1 - At some point, this odd comic that is written by 8 year old Malachai Nicolle and [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics, Vertigo, IDW, Image Comics | Tagged: Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Marvel Comics, Vertigo, IDW, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, G.I. Joe, The Walking Dead, DC, Previews, Bernie Wrightson, Image, IDW Publishing, COBRA, Vertigo Comics, The Unwritten, Sweet Tooth, Haunt, Dean Stell, Elephantmen, iZombie, Fatale, Rachel Rising, Spaceman, Secret, Rachel Grey, Glamourpuss, Hoax Hunters, Prophet, The Manhattan Projects, Saucer Country, Saga, The Secret History of DB Cooper, The New Deadwardians, Axe Cop: President of the World, Axe Cop: President of the World #1, Eerie Comics, Eerie Comics #1, Creepy Comics, Creepy Comics #9, Fatima: The Blood Spinners, Fatima: The Blood Spinners #2, Mind Mgmt, Mind Mgmt #3, The Massive, The Massive #2, Batman #11, Punk Rock Jesus #1, Punk Rock Jesus, iZombie #27, Sweet Tooth #35, Spaceman #8, The New Deadwardians #5, Saucer Country #5, The Unwritten #39, The Muck Monster, GI Joe #15, Cobra #15, The Walking Dead #100, Revival, Revival #1, Debris, Debris #1, Hoax Hunters #1, Elephantmen #43, Fatale #7, Haunt #28, The Manhattan Projects #5, Mind the Gap, Mind the Gap #3, Planetoid, Planetoid #2, Prophet #27, Saga #5, Secret #4, Glamourpuss #26, The Secret History of DB Cooper #5 | 7 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz (story), Dan Duncan (art), Ronda Pattison (colors) The Story: Doesn’t matter how big a robot is once you stick a knife through its motherboard. The Review: I don’t know exactly when it happened—though I’m guessing probably sometime in the seventies—but at some point weirdness became an attractive quality to [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman, Casey Jones, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Hob, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kevin Eastman, Krang, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Michelangelo, Raphael, Ronda Pattison, Shredder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 review, TMNT, Tom Waltz | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 1, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan (artist), Ronda Pattison (colorist) The Story: It’s generally not a good idea to take your girlfriend down a sewer on the first date. The Review: The hot news this week is Michael Bay, director of the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film adaptation, plans to revitalize [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman, Casey Jones, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Hob, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kevin Eastman, Krang, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Michael Bay, Michelangelo, Raphael, Ronda Pattison, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 review, Tom Waltz | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 25, 2012 by dfstell
By: Marc Guggenheim, Peter David & Stan Sakai (story), Sandy Plunkett, Bill Sienkiewicz, Sakai & Arthur Adams (art), Jeromy Cox, Dave Stewart & John Rauch (colors) and Scott Dunbier (editor) The Story: Another anthology of Rocketeer stories from top-shelf creative talent. Review: If you enjoyed Rockteer Adventures last time around, IDW is back with another helping of [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Arthur Adams, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, IDW, Jeromy Cox, John Rauch, Marc Guggenheim, Peter David, review, Rocketeer Adventures 2, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #1, Rocketeer Adventures 2 #1 review, Sandy Plunkett, Scott Dunbier, Stan Sakai | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 14, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Robbie Robbins (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: As the Cobra Command crossover comes to a close, Cobra has just about cleared out the country of Nanzhao. A Few Things: 1. Entertaining ideas, but… - This has been an entertaining and creative storyline, [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, GI Joe #11, GI Joe #11 review, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, review, Robbie Robbins | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 29, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan (artist), Ronda Pattison (colorist) The Story: Can’t a turtle rest easy in his own sewer home without pests crawling in anymore? The Review: No matter how you think about it, there’s just a major element of campiness about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Their very concept [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Dan Duncan, Donatello, General Krang, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kevin Eastman, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Michelangelo, Raphael, Ronda Pattison, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7 review, TMNT, Tom Waltz | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 27, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Costa (writer), Alex Cal (breakdowns), Beni Lobel (finishes), J. Brown (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: As the new Cobra Commander takes over a SE Asian nation, his lieutenants begin to scheme against him. A Few Things: 1. The Cobra characters are so much more interesting. - Honestly, [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Beni Lobel, Carlos Guzman, COBRA, Cobra #10, Cobra #10 review, Dean Stell, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, Mike Costa, Neil Uyetake, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 8, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Shawn Lee (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: Cobra has taken over a sovereign country and is driving the civilians out! The Joe’s have to stop them. Five Things: 1. Cobra is a pretty compelling enemy. – The best thing [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, GI Joe #10, GI Joe #10 review, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, review, Shawn Lee | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 2, 2012 by jmiddle3
By: Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan (art), Ronda Pattison (colors) The Story: Allez ninja, allez ninja, allez! The Review: It’s been rather fascinating to watch the development of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Co-creator Kevin Eastman and script-writer Tom Waltz have been combining elements from the Turtle’s original comic series and the [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman, Casey Jones, Comic Book Reviews, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Foot Ninja, IDW, Jim Middleton, Kevin Eastman, Raphael, review, Ronda Pattison, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #6, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #6 review, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom Waltz, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 23, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Costa (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: Cobra has taken over a SE Asian country. The Joes want to stop them and the new Cobra Commander’s lieutenants are fighting amongst themselves. Three Things: 1. The story is really kinda [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, COBRA, Cobra #9, Cobra #9 review, Cobra Command, Dean Stell, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, Mike Costa, Neil Uyetake, review | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Alex Cal (artist), J. Brown (colors), Shawn Lee (letters), Carlos Guzman (assistant editor) & John Barber (editor) The Story: The Joes must react to the first big act of the new Cobra Commander. Four things: [SPOILER WARNING] 1. Beginning of a new crossover story. – Coming out of the Cobra Civil [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Cal, Carlos Guzman, Chuck Dixon, COBRA, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, GI Joe #9, GI Joe #9 review, IDW, J. Brown, John Barber, review, Shawn Lee | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz (writers), Dan Duncan & Mateus Santolouco (artists), Ronda Pattison (colorist) The Story: Sorry Turtles, no one delivers pizza on Christmas Eve. The Review: Much like my experience with Static Shock, I knew the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a cartoon long before I read them in comics, and even [...]
Filed under: IDW, Reviews | Tagged: April O'Neil, Dan Duncan, Donatello, Hamato Yoshi, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kevin Eastman, Leonardo, Master Splinter, Mateus Santolouco, Michaelangelo, Oroku Saki, Raphael, Ronda Pattison, Shredder, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, Tom Waltz | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 26, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Costa (writer), Antonio Fuso & Werther Dell’edera (art), Scarletgothica (colors), Shawn Lee (letters) and Carlos Guzman & John Barber (editors) The Story: Now that the new Cobra Commander has been named, how will the remaining high-level Cobra operatives organize themselves in the new organizational chart. Five Things: 1. Fuso is doing the best [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Antonio Fuso, Carlos Guzman, COBRA, Cobra #8, Cobra #8 review, Dean Stell, IDW, John Barber, Mike Costa, review, Scarletgothica, Shawn Lee, Werther Dell'Edera | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 21, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chuck Dixon (writer), Casey Maloney (pencils), Juan Castro & Chris Dreier (inks), Simon Gough & Romulo Fajardo, Jr. (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Carlos Guzman & John Barber (editors) The Story: Snake-Eyes and Duke try to find a cure for a Cobra engineered bioweapon. Four Things: 1. Generally been enjoying GI Joe comics recently. - [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Carlos Guzman, Casey Maloney, Chris Dreier, Chuck Dixon, Dean Stell, G.I. Joe, IDW, John Barber, Juan Castro, Neil Uyetake, review, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Simon Gough, Snake Eyes | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 8, 2011 by dfstell
Quick-Hits has been on “vacation” for awhile, but is back this week as there are a number of comics for which there wasn’t time to do a full review. Most were pretty good… Vescell #1 – I didn’t count the pages in this first issue from Image, but it felt like it was ~40 pages [...]
Filed under: IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Epoch, Epoch #1, Epoch #1 review, Fear Itself, IDW, Image, Last Mortal, Marvel, Quick Hit Reviews, Rocketeer Adventures, Rocketeer Adventures #4, Rocketeer Adventures #4 review, Skull-Kickers, The Deep, The Vault, Vescell, Vescell #1, Vescell #1 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Bloch (original story), Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale (comic adaptation), Dave Wachter (art), Alfredo Rodriguez (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Bobby Curnow (edits) The Story: A young orphan makes an Faustian bargain. What’s Good: The art is great! In fact, it was the promise of sequential art from Dave Wachter that [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alfredo Rodriguez, Bobby Curnow, Dave Wachter, Dean Stell, IDW, Joe R. Lansdale, John L. Lansdale, Neil Uyetake, review, Robert Bloch, That Hellbound Train, That Hellbound Train #1, That Hellbound Train #1 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: John Cassaday, Laura Martin, Chris Mowry, Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Jim Silke, Kurt Busiek, Michael Kaluta The Story: An anthology of stories about Dave Stewart’s Rocketeer by an All-Star cast of creators. What’s Good: Just look at that list of creators! I’m not even a huge Rocketeer fan, but when [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Chris Mowry, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, IDW, Jim Silke, John Cassaday, Kurt Busiek, Laura Allred, Laura Martin, Michael Kaluta, Mike Allred, Mike Mignola, review, Rocketeer Adventures, Rocketeer Adventures #1, Rocketeer Adventures #1 review, Rocketeer Adventures review | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Bernie Wrightson (art), Tom Smith (colors), Shawn Lee (letters) & Tom Waltz (editor) The Story: Doc Macabre gets to the bottom of the hauntings plaguing his town. What’s Good: What a great little 3-issue story this was. I’m not sure I’d call it horror, because it isn’t scary or gory. It’s [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bernie Wrightson, Dean Stell, Doc Macabre, Doc Macabre #3, Doc Macabre #3 review, IDW, review, Shawn Lee, Steve Niles, Tom Smith, Tom Waltz | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Bernie Wrightson (art), Tom Smith (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters) & Tom Waltz (editor) The Story: Young Doc Macabre ties to deal with a ghostly uprising. What’s Good: Lookie who the artist is: Bernie Wrightson. He is legitimately one of the real masters of the comic art form to come along in [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bernie Wrightson, Dean Stell, Doc Macabre, Doc Macabre #2, Doc Macabre #2 review, IDW, Neil Uyetake, review, Steve Niles, Tom Smith, Tom Waltz | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2010 by dfstell
by: Steve Niles (writer), Fiona Staples (art & colors), Robbie Robbins (letters) & Bob Schreck (editor) The Story: The Mystery Society clears Nick Mystery’s name and retrieves Edgar Allen Poe’s skull. What’s Good: Really good final issue and really good ending to a fun series. I would really encourage everyone to give this comic a [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Bob Schreck, Dean Stell, Fiona Staples, IDW, Mystery Society, Mystery Society #5, Mystery Society #5 review, review, Robbie Robbins, Steve Niles | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2010 by dfstell
By: Steve Niles (writer), Fiona Staples (art) & Shawn Lee (letters) The Story: The heat ratchets up for the Mystery Society as one of them is captured while others continue the quest to find Edgar Allen Poe’s skull. What’s Good: Fiona Staples’ art is really something. She uses a very fine line that makes her [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Fiona Staples, IDW, Mystery Society, Mystery Society #4, Mystery Society #4 review, review, Shawn Lee, Steve Niles, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 23, 2010 by dfstell
By: Harlan Ellison (writer), Alan Robinson (art), Kote Carvajal (colors) & Robbie Robbins (letters) The Story: Something weird is going on in this comic adaptation of Harlan Ellison’s long out-of-print novel Phoenix without Ashes. A young man named Devon finds himself getting crossways with the Puritanical leaders of his community except this isn’t the 1600′s, [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alan Robinson, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison's Phoenix Without Ashes #1, Harlan Ellison's Phoenix Without Ashes #1 review, IDW, Kote Carvajal, Phoenix without Ashes, review, Robbie Robbins, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 17, 2010 by dfstell
Fell’s Five By: John Rogers (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) Freedom by: Alex Irvine (writer), Peter Bergting (art), Ronda Pattison (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: IDW establishes some characters to play with in their newest licensed property: Dungeons & Dragons What’s Good: This two-part story is a pretty [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Alex Irvine, Andrea Di Vito, Andrew Dalhouse, Chris Mowry, Dean Stell, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons #0, Dungeons & Dragons #0 review, IDW, John Rogers, Peter Bergting, review, Ronda Pattison | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 7, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Hamlet meets a new friend in a gentleman named Fallstaff—and also gains a bit of purpose and guidance from a “Prodigal” forest spirit called Robin Goodfellow. Elsewhere, Richard III and Macbeth negotiate between themselves and jockey [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col, Chris Mowry, Comic Book Reviews, Conor McCreery, Ian Herring, IDW, IDW Publishing, Kill Shakespare #3 reivew, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #3, Kill Shakespeare #3 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 20, 2010 by SoldierHawk
By Connor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors) and Robbie Robbins (letters) The Story: Prince Hamlet of Denmark finds himself pulled off a ship and into a magical portal (created by Macbeth’s witches) that transports him into another realm. After nearly drowning at sea, he is found and rescued [...]
Filed under: IDW | Tagged: Anthony Del Col, Connor McCreery, Ian Herring, IDW, Kill Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare #1, Kill shakespeare #1 Review, Robbie Robbins, Weekly Comic Book Review | 3 Comments »
