Posted on February 5, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Take it easy on Frank—back when he was in ‘Nam, he saw some things. The Review: I think it’s safe to say that, at least in fiction, all golems come to call their own shots in the end. If nothing else, Frankenstein teaches [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, Brother Eye, DC, DC Comics, Father Time, Frankenstein, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #6, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #6 review, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Khalis, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 4, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), John Paul Leon & Travel Foreman (artists), Jeff Huet (inker), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: Well, Buddy, you’re giving Clooney a run for his money on that Oscar, I’ll say that. The Review: I have a screenwriter friend who’s a big buff for the canon of artistic cinema—loves everything Stanley Kubrick, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #6, Animal Man #6 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Jeff Huet, Jeff Lemire, John Paul Leon, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, Travel Foreman | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 3, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer and artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Will Jepperd go back to save his friends in the dam? Five Things [Light spoilers]: 1. $hit is starting to hit the fan back at the dam. – This is issue 2 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #30, Sweet Tooth #30 review, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Man-made monster versus monster made of man! That might not have made sense! The Review: I’ll be honest; I made a strict, conscious choice to avoid O.M.A.C. from the moment it was announced. My reasoning, perhaps unfair, was the idea of Dan Didio [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alberto Ponticelli, Brother Eye, Checkmate, Dan Didio, DC, DC Comics, Father Time, Frankenstein, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #5, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #5 review, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Maxwell Lord, Nina, O.M.A.C., Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Sergeant Steel | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Travel Foreman & Steve Pugh (artists), Jeff Huet (inker), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: This is one parade of animals I can live without. The Review: Like anything else, serial fiction has its upsides and downsides. On the upside, there’s a lot to be said for a story that has enough [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #5, Animal Man #5 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Hunters Three, Jeff Huet, Jeff Lemire, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, Red, Rot, Steve Pugh, Travel Foreman | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: We return to the present day story of Sweet Tooth and learn some disturbing things about the refuge in the dam. Five Things: 1. Nice to return to “normal” Sweet Tooth. – The just completed arc [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #29, Sweet Tooth #29 review, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Frank, don’t you think you’re getting too old for this sh—stuff. I meant “stuff.” The Review: Frankenstein proves that there’s something to be said for a comic that sets out purely to entertain, and in these trying times, pure entertainment is invaluable. The [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Belroy, Father Time, Frankenstein, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #4, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #4 review, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Khalis, Nina, Ray Palmer, Velcoro | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The final chapter of this late-1800′s story showing a possible origin for the Sweet Tooth universe. Four Things: 1. Very streamlined story without many answers. - I usually break my reviews up into five bullet points, but the story [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Mark Doyle, Matt Kindt, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #28, Sweet Tooth #28 review, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Travel Foreman (artist), Jeff Huet (inker), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: Over the mountains and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go… The Review: Animal Man’s cult popularity comes less from anything inherently cool about his powers or himself, but more from the way writers have used him for highly [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #4, Animal Man #4 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Huntres Three, Jeff Huet, Jeff Lemire, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, Red, Rot, the Red, the Rot, Travel Foreman | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Six crazy monsters versus a planet of demon-aliens. Piece o’ cake. The Review: If you ever get the urge to review comics (and let me tell you, it’s a pretty good gig), a useful first step is to evaluate whether the story’s primary [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #3, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #3 review, Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, DC, DC Comics, Father Time, Frankenstein, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Khalis, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (art and colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The possible origin of the plague that is affecting the “current” Sweet Tooth universe is revealed. Five things: 1. An interesting and unique “origin”. Sweet Tooth is an apocalypse story just like The Walking Dead, The [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Mark Doyle, Matt Kindt, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #27, Sweet Tooth #27 review, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Travel Foreman (artist), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: It’ll take a hardy stomach not to go vegan after this. The Review: Horror is a tricky thing to create. While we all know how unsettling the foreign and bizarre can be, it takes something more to elevate them to concepts that frighten [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #3, Animal Man #3 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Hunters Three, Jeff Lemire, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, the Red, Travel Foreman | 6 Comments »
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Now you know why I never go swimming in natural bodies of water. The Review: We tend to understand Frankenstein’s monster from his portrayals in Mary Shelley’s original novel and its subsequent adaptations: as a gross perversion of the human body, composed of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #2, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #2 review, Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, DC, DC Comics, Father Time, Frankenstein, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Khalis, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 8, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (artist & paints), Pat Brosseau (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: A flashback to 1911-era Alaska and a possible glimpse of what triggered the plague that has wiped out much of humanity in the present day Sweet Tooth story. What’s Good: Matt Kindt is probably the perfect artist [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Mark Doyle, Matt Kindt, Pat Brosseau, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #26, Sweet Tooth #26 review, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Travel Foreman (artist), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: Who went and impregnated the hippos? The Review: You get to see all kinds of outrageous, fantastical things in comics: space cowboys who sling energy from rings, men who can shrink down to sub-microscopic size and travel between the folds of parallel universes, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #2, Animal Man #2 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Jared K. Fletcher, Jeff Lemire, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, the Red, Travel Foreman | 12 Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (artist), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Oh, the humanity! Figuratively speaking. The Review: Despite getting his own mini under Grant Morrison’s ambitious Seven Soldiers series, Frankenstein remained, like that series, a very niche property. He doesn’t exactly lend himself to all kinds of stories the way other characters can. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, DC, DC Comics, Father Time, Frankenstein, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1 review, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro | 9 Comments »
Posted on September 11, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer, artist & colorist), Jose Villarubia (colorist), Pat Brosseau (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Choices for the good guys: stay in the dam or continue to Alaska? The Review: This wasn’t the best story cycle of Sweet Tooth, so I’m kinda glad that its over and we’re on to new [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarubia, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #25, Sweet Tooth #25 review, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Travel Foreman (artist), Dan Green (inker), Lovern Kindzierski (colorist) The Story: Sing it with me, everybody—“‘Cause I want to live / like animals…” The Review: Who would’ve ever predicted that from all of DC’s enormous body of characters, Animal Man would get counted as one of its most famous and acclaimed? [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Animal Man, Animal Man #1, Animal Man #1 review, Buddy Baker, Cliff Baker, Dan Green, DC, DC Comics, Ellen Baker, Jeff Lemire, Lovern Kindzierski, Maxine Baker, Travel Foreman | 23 Comments »
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jamie Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: Superboy gets by—with a little help from his friends. The Review: Amidst the din and hype over the newest launch of Superboy, with critical darling Lemire at the helm, I remain largely puzzled by the lavish praise on this title. [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dom Regan, Eben Took, Jamie Grant, Jeff Lemire, Lori, Phantom Stranger, Pier Gallo, Psionic Lad, Simon Valentine, Superboy, Superboy #11, Superboy #11 review, Tannarak | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (creator), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Somebody tell me this isn’t death and I’m just trippin’. The Review: One of the most inadequately written scenes in Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint #3 involves Traci 13, spear in her gut, internally commenting, “So this is what dying is like.” The line is effectively [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Dr. Singh, Gus, Jeff Lemire, Jepperd, Jose Villarrubia, Lucy, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #24, Sweet Tooth #24 review, Vertigo, Vertigo Comics | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 6, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: No offense, Superboy, but honestly, one of you is more than enough. The Review: From the get-go, we knew the Hollow Men would wind up Superboy’s first major opponents in this title, but only in recent issues have we gotten some clarification about their exact [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andrew Mangum, Bit, Cafu, Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dom Regan, Eben Took, Hollow Men, Jaime Grant, Jeff Lemire, Kon-El, Paulo Siqueira, Pete Woods, Phantom Stranger, Superboy, Superboy #10, Superboy #10 review, Tannarak | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Ibraim Roberson & Alex Massacci (artists), Pete Pantazis (colorist) The Story: You grew up in a swamp? You really are from the sticks, aren’t you? The Review: The vast majority of Elseworlds turn out either uninspired or middling, leaving a much smaller percentage with premises strong enough to support an enjoyable [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Massacci, Bride of Frankenstein, Creatures of the Unknown, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #2, FLASHPOINT: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN #2 review, Frankenstein, Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Griffith, Ibraim Roberson, Jeff Lemire, Maria Shrieve, Nina, Pete Pantazis, Velcoro | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Pier Gallo (artist), Jaime Grant & Dom Regan (colorists) The Story: It’s like looking in a mirror, isn’t it? Make that several hundred mirrors. In 3D. The Review: It’s sometimes difficult to take teen superheroes seriously partly due to their smaller scale adventures. Their villains tend to be sub-par versions of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Connor Kent, DC, DC Comics, Dom Regan, Hollow Men, Jaime Grant, Jeff Lemire, Kon-El, Krypto, Lori Luthor, Phantom Stranger, Pier Gallo, Psionic Lad, Simon Valentine, Smallville, Superboy, Superboy #9, Superboy #9 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 9, 2011 by paladinking
by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brousseau (letters) The Story: Gus and co. debate whether or not to leave the Dam for Alaska. What’s Good: This is the sort of script that really shows off what a strong, ensemble cast Lemire has put together and ends up being all about [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comic, Endanger Species, Gus, hybrids, Jeff Lemire, Jepperd, Jose Villarrubia, post-apocalyptic, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #23, Sweet Tooth #23 review, Sweet Tooth Endangered Species, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 8, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Ibraim Roberson (artist), Pete Pantazis (colorist) The Story: Avoid playing “Monster Mash” around this Frankenstein. He’s not the party type. The Review: With an Elseworlds tale, the better known and established the characters, the more enjoyable it is to see all the changes to their personality and history. But with Frankenstein, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Creature Commandos, Creatures of the Unknown, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1 review, Frankenstein, Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Ibraim Roberson, Jeff Lemire, Pete Pantazis | 6 Comments »
