Posted on May 18, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Brian K. Vaughan (story), Fiona Staples (art) The Story: Perfect timing—Marko and Alana could really use some spiritual help right now. The Review: We talk a lot about “twists” in fiction, but what are they, really? They can’t be just surprises, because there are plenty of things that surprise you, but you wouldn’t call [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alana, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Image, Image Comics, Marko, Prince Robot IV, Saga, Saga #3, Saga #3 review, The Will | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 15, 2012 by paladinking
By: Ed Brubaker (writer), Sean Phillips (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Battles rage in secret tunnels under the city with cultists and Cthulian squid-men aplenty. The Review: One of the things that has made Fatale such an alluring series is the constant sense of horrible, unknown things lurking just beyond what we know or [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Criminal, Criminal comic, Dave Stewart, Ed Brubaker, Fatale, Fatale #5, Fatale 5 review, Image Comics, Sean Phillips, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 7, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jim McCann (story), Rodin Esquejo & Sonia Oback (art) The Story: One of these people is not like the other…guess who and how? The Review: The hallmark of a good mystery is not only where you the writer gives you enough material so you can actually try to solve it yourself along the way. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Image, Image Comics, Jim McCann, Mind the Gap, Mind the Gap #1, Mind the Gap #1 review, Rodin Esquejo, Sonia Oback | 1 Comment »
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 14, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist) The Story: And now we all know why camping in the woods isn’t as fun as it sounds. The Review: I was amused to discover when I visited Comics Unlimited this week that they had begun to sell Saga in a plastic wrapper on the stands. To [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alana, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Hazel, Image, Image Comics, Marko, Prince Robot IV, Saga, Saga #2, Saga #2 review, The Will | 9 Comments »
Posted on March 20, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist) The Story: Well, an episode of How I Met Your Mother this ain’t. The Review: Alex already made some excellent points about this issue, so I won’t go around stepping on his toes, but I do want to make a few observations of my own about this [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alana, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Image, Image Comics, Marko, Saga, Saga #1, Saga #1 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 15, 2012 by paladinking
by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (art), and Fonografiks (letters & design) The Story: Two lovers of warring races welcome a child into a futuristic world torn apart by strife. The Review: I read quite a few comics. At least 9 new singles and a trade, usually more than that… What Saga offers, however, [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alana, Alex Evans, Brian K. Vaughan, comic reviews, comic reviewsc, Fiona Staples, Image Comics, Marko, Saga, Saga #1, Saga #1 review, Saga comic, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wreath, Y: The Last Man | 10 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by paladinking
by Ed Brubaker (writing), Sean Phillips (art), and Dave Stewart (colors) The Story: Mysterious assassins in bowler hats! Exploding airplanes! Cultists! Nazis! The Review: Breathe a sigh of relief: Fatale is just as good as you were hoping it might be and only further substantiates the fact that the team of Brubaker and Phillips can [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ed Brubaker, Fatale, Fatale #1 review, Fatale 1, Image Comics, Lovecraft, noir, Sean Phillips, Weekly Comic Book Review | 8 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (artist) The Story: Jack and his cross-dressing friend start making their way to Louisiana by busking, using Jack’s violin playing. Then they run into Victor the Travelling Phonograph Salesman, version 2.0. He invites them to his apartment and starts feeding them liquor and playing bear trap [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DS Arsenault, Image, Image Comics, review, Reviews, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed #3, Severed #3 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 7 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Rob Liefeld and Mark Poulton (story), Mark Poulton (script), Owen Gieni (art and color) The Story: Devil in the Flesh, Part 2 of 3: Avengelyne, in her new body, faces the Red Dragon, a mortal enemy, wearing her old body. The knife-wielding lunatic Torment strikes again, while a friend returns, packing Jesus Fire. What’s [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Avengelyne #2, Avengelyne #2 review, comic book babes, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Image, Image Comics, Jesus Fire, Mark Poulton, Owen Gieni, Passover, Red Dragon, review, Reviews, Rob Liefeld, Torment, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 17, 2011 by DS Arsenault
Death Was Silent By: Ron Marz (writer and editor), Bart Sears (artist), Michael Atiyeh (colors) Backup Dime Novel “Prey” By: C. Edward Sellner (writer and colorist), Alejandro Aragon (artist) The Story: Lead (Death Was Silent): A bounty hunter with an odd way of talking drifts into town on a rainy night and he isn’t here [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alejandro Aragon, aliens, Bart Sears, C. Edward Sellner, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Deadlands, Deadlands Death Was Silent, Deadlands One-Shot, Deadlands: Death Was Silent review, Death Was Silent, DS Arsenault, High Plains Drifter, Image Comics, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Michael Atiyeh, review, Reviews, Ron Marz, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com, Weird Western | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 2, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (artist) The Story: An old man receives a letter that sends the story backward to an innocent, menacing time forty years earlier, a time before he lost his arm. The Review: Snyder, Tuft and Futaki were in complete control of this story. From panel one, I [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DS Arsenault, Image, Image Comics, review, Reviews, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed #1, Severed #1 advanced review, Severed #1 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 26, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Sam Sarkar (script), Garrie Gastonny (art), Sakti Yuwoko (colors) The Story: A team of explorers is excavating an underwater wreck that is reputed to hold a whole swack of swag. But there’s some weird stuff going on. Like, how the heck did the people who put the treasure there get that far into the [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Garrie Gastonny, Image, Image Comics, review, Reviews, Sakti Yuwono, Sam Sarkar, The Vault #1, The Vault #1 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Rob Liefeld and Mark Poulton (story), Mark Poulton (script), Owen Gieni (art and colors) The Story – Devil in the Flesh, Part 1 of 3: A psycho is stalking New York and we get to watch him work. A pornstar/stripper named Heaven Starr with a reputation for heavy drug use has a sudden loss [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Avengelyne #1, Avengelyne #1 review, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, Heaven Starr, Image, Image Comics, Mark Poulton, Owen Gieni, review, Reviews, Rob Liefeld, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review, weeklycomicbookreview.com | 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 13, 2011 by DS Arsenault
Main Story by: David Gallaher (writer), Steve Ellis (artist), Troy Peteri (letterer) Backup Story by: C. Edward Sellner (writer and colorist), Oscar Capristo (artist) The Stories: An inventor has made a deal to build a gun that can kill the devil, and he’s been given a ghostly stone to help him do it. In the [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: C. Edward Sellner, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, David Gallaher, Deadlands #1, Deadlands #1 review, Deadlands One-Shot, Deadlands One-Shot review, DS Arsenault, game tie-in, Image, Image Comics, Oscar Capristo, Steve Ellis, Troy Peteri, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 24, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Houng Nguyen, Khari Evans, Paul Gardner, Mike Kennedy (story), Paul Gardner (script and lettering), Khari Evans, Kinsun Loh, Hoang Nguyen (art) The Story: Life is pretty crappy all around for the four special sisters who are the elite enforcers of a Reich-like empire. The Kaiser is killed on their watch, enemies encircle, and the [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Carbon Grey #3, Carbon Grey #3 Review, DS Arsenault, Houng Nguyen, Image, Image Comics, Kaiser, Khari Evans, Kinsun Loh, Mike Kennedy, Paul Gardner, Prussia, review, Reviews, steampunk, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 24, 2011 by paladinking
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Jason Howard (artist & colorist), and Rus Wooton (letterer) The Story: The Kingstons fit out SD with some new Arctic gear as he and Derek go up North to battle Tricerachops and a new enemy…the Exile. The Review: I’ll admit that I’ve often not been kind to Robert Kirkman when chatting [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bruce Kingston, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Derek Dynamo, Dino-Men, Doctor Dynamo, Dynamo Dome, dynore, Erica Kingston, Erin Kingston, Image Comics, Jason Howard, Max Maximus, Robert Kirkman, Sarah Kingston, Super Dinosaur, Super Dinosaur 2, the Exile, Tricerachops, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 24, 2011 by paladinking
by Jim Zub (writer), Edwin Huang (artist), Misty Coats (colorist), and Marshall Dillon (letterer) The Story: At their own celebratory dinner, our two adventurers find themselves framed for a bloodbath they didn’t commit. The Review: It’s been a while since I’ve read Skullkickers. I picked up the first issue and found myself disappointed, and moved [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Edwin Huang, fantasy comics, Image Comics, Jim Zub, Jim Zubkavich, Kenby, Kusia, Misty Coats, Mudwich, Skullkickers, Skullkickers #7 review, Skullkickers 7, Urbia, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 20, 2011 by paladinking
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Jason Howard (artist & colorist), and Rus Wooton (letterer) The Story: Derek Dynamo tells of the origins of his buddy SD, the creation of SD’s harness, the discovery of Inner Earth, and the blossoming of Max Maximus’ villainous tendencies. The Review: I’ll admit, comic books weren’t a huge part of my [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bruce Kingston, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Dino-Men, Dr. Dynamo, Dynamo Dome, dynore, Erica Kingston, Erin Kingston, Image Comics, Inner Earth, Jason Howard, Max Maximus, Robert Kirkman, Sarah Kingston, Super Dinosaur, Super Dinosaur FCBD, Super Dinosaur Origin Special, Super Dinosaur Origin Special #1, Super Dinosaur Origin Special #1 review, Weekly Comic Book Review | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 20, 2011 by paladinking
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Cory Walker (penciller & inker), Dave Stewart & Chris Chuckry (colorists), and Rus Wooton (letterer) The Story: Science Dog desperately tries to rewrite history. The Review: Time for me to come clean: I’ve never really been a fan of Cory Walker. Invincible co-creator or not, his work always seemed a little [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Cory Walker, Dave Stewart, Image Comics, INVINCIBLE, Invincible comic, Robert Kirkman, Science Dog, Science Dog Special, Science Dog Special #2 review, Science Dog Special 2, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 22, 2011 by Roman Colombo
Words by Nick Spencer, Art by Joe Eisma, Covers by Rodin Esquejo, Colors by Alex Sollazzo A friend of mine recently got into Lost and said that if he had watched it week to week, he didn’t think he would have enjoyed it half as much as watching them all at once. It would have [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Alex Sollazzo, Avengers Academy, Brian Michael Bendis, Image Comics, Joe Eisma, Lost, Morning Glores Vol. 1, Morning Glories, Morning Glories Vol. 1, Morning Glories Vol. 1 review, Morning Glories: For A Better Future, Nick Spencer, Rodin Esquejo, Runaways | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 4, 2011 by paladinking
by Robert Kirkman (writer), Ryan Ottley (pencils), FCO Plascencia & Sheila Saldana (colors), and Rus Wooton (letters) The Story: The Viltrumite War comes to end, but will it end in blood or in something more interesting? What’s Good: Robert Kirkman sure knows how to surprise readers. That said, he doesn’t do so this month with [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Allen the Alien, Coalition of Planets, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Image Comics, INVINCIBLE, Invincible #77 review, Invincible 77, Invincible comic, Mark Grayson, Nolan Grayson, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Talescria, Tech Jacket, Thragg, Viltrum, Viltrum Empire, Viltrumite, Viltrumite War, Viltrumites, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 23, 2011 by paladinking
by Nick Spencer (writer), Joe Eisma (art), Alex Sollazzo (colors), and Johnny Lowe (letters) The Story: A scientist on the run is given an offer she can’t refuse: pardon for the crimes of her past in exchange for working on that mysterious metal object we’ve been seeing around the Academy. What’s Good: It’s a testament [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Image Comics, Joe Eisma, Julie Hayes, Morning Glories, Morning Glories #6, Morning Glories #6 review, Morning Glories Academy, Nick Spencer, Shadowline comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2010 by paladinking
by Nick Spencer (writer), Joe Eisma (art), Alex Sollazzo (colors), and Johnny Lowe (letters) The Story: Backed into a corner, Casey and Zoe try to evade their pursuers while doggedly continuing on with their rescue attempt. What’s Good: This was my favourite issue of Morning Glories since the series debut blew me away. It’s compulsively [...]
Filed under: Image Comics, Reviews, Shadowline | Tagged: Alex Evans, Casey, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Daramount, Gribbs, Hunter, Ike, Image Comics, Jade, Joe Eisma, Jun, Morning Glories, Morning Glories #5, Morning Glories #5 review, Morning Glories Academy, Nick Spencer, Shadowline, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zoe | 2 Comments »
