Posted on May 15, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (story), Alberto Ponticelli (pencils), Wayne Faucher (inks), Jose Villarrubia (colors) The Story: Undead versus the undead—sounds like a nice break for the living to me. The Review: While this week’s issues of Batgirl and Batman and Robin demonstrated the bigger scale tie-ins to major Events, there are, of course, smaller, less intrusive [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Jose Villarrubia, Frankenstein, DC, Wayne Faucher, Jeff Lemire, Alberto Ponticelli, Nina, S.H.A.D.E., Animal Man, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Father Time, the Rot, Dr. Belroy, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #9, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #9 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 5, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (story & art), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistent editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: After the events in the dam, our motley gang heads back out onto the road. Recap/Review (with SPOILERS): Whoa! Format change on the comic! Lemire decided to go with a landscape view for [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (penciller), Walden Wong (inker), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Frank and Bride learn good parenting sometimes means tough love (read: violence). The Review: As a pure sci-fi adventure series, Frankenstein doesn’t seem all that interested in laying down big plotlines that build up over half a dozen issues then [...]
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. #8, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #8 review, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro, Walden Wong | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor). The Story: In the finale of Unnatural Habitats, Gus is forced to grow up and take action to save his friends. A few things: Go hockey! - The entire time I’ve read Sweet Tooth, it’s struck [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #32, Sweet Tooth #32 review, Vertigo | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Alberto Ponticelli (penciller), Walden Wong (inker), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: Someone needs to teach these humanids a thing or two about labor unions. The Review: Someone—I don’t remember who—made a point about this some months back, when Justice League #3 came out. In that issue, there’s a scene where Superman, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alberto Ponticelli, Bride of Frankenstein, Brother Eye, DC, DC Comics, Dr. Belroy, Father Time, Frankenstein, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #7, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #7 review, Griffith, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Khalis, Nina, Ray Palmer, S.H.A.D.E., Velcoro, Walden Wong | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 10, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer/artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Danger comes at our protagonists from all sides. Review: For some reason, this felt issue felt more like the Sweet Tooth that I’ve grown to know and love over the last few years. Not sure why [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #31, Sweet Tooth #31 review, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
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 | 1 Comment »
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 February 3, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Grant Morrison (writer), Andy Kubert (penciller), John Dell (inker), Brad Anderson (colorist), Sholly Fisch (feature writer), Chriscross (feature artist), Jose Villarrubia (feature colorist) The Story: Now you know where all those little voices in your head are coming from. The Review: I don’t think I’m the only one, but I sometimes give Morrison a [...]
Filed under: Reviews, DC Comics | Tagged: DC Comics, Legion of Super Heroes, Lightning Lad, Grant Morrison, Superman, Jose Villarrubia, John Dell, DC, Andy Kubert, action comics, Brad Anderson, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Kal-El, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Chriscross, Lana Lang, Sholly Fisch, Martha Kent, Action Comics #6, Action Comics #6 review, Pete Ross | 10 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 9, 2012 by jmiddle3
By: Rick Remender (writer), Billy Tan (artist), José Villarrubia (colors) The Story: The X-Men of the Age of Apocalypse make a last-ditch effort to relocate into a different X-Men crossover event. The Review: The Point One initiative at Marvel has been an odd little duck. Supposedly, issues with the “.1” label were meant to be [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Age of Apocalypse, Alex Evans, Apocalypse, Azrael, Billy Tan, Dark Angel Saga, David Lapham, JAson Todd, Jean Grey, Jose Villarrubia, Magneto, Marvel Comics, Point One, review, Rick Remender, Roberto De La Torre, Scarlet Witch, Uncanny X-Force, Uncanny X-Force #19.1, Uncanny X-Force #19.1 review, WCBR, Weapon X, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Invasion of the Space Babies! They’ll overwhelm you with their cuteness! The Review: The coming of Superman to Earth as a babe rocketed from the doomed planet of Krypton is probably the origin story of origin stories, one which still retains a lot of its [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: action comics, Action Comics #5, Action Comics #5 review, Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson, Chriscross, Clark Kent, Cosmic Boy, DC, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Jesse Delperdang, Jonathan Kent, Jor El, Jose Villarrubia, Kal-El, Krypto, Lara, Lightning Lad, Martha Kent, Saturn Girl, Sholly Fisch, Superman | 11 Comments »
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 November 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Warren Ellis (writer), Michael Lark (breakdowns), Stefano Gaudiano with Brian Thies (finishes), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Dave Lanphear (letters), Lauren Sankovitch (associate editor) & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: The Secret Avengers go to bust up some criminals who are selling illicit “stuff” to the Shadow Council. Five Things or Why Marvel should let Warren [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Brian Thies, Dave Lanphear, Dean Stell, Jose Villarrubia, Lauren Sankovitch, Marvel, Michael Lark, review, Secret Avengers, Secret Avengers #19, Secret Avengers #19 review, Stefano Guadiano, Tom Brevoort, Warren Ellis | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jonathan Hickman (writer), Steve Epting, Rick Magyar, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ming Doyle, Leinil Francis Yu & Farel Dalrymple (line art), Paul Mounts, Andy Troy, Jordie Bellaire, Javier Tartaglia & Jose Villarrubia (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Lauren Sankovitch & Tom Brevoort (editor) The Story: Marvel gives their first family a 100-page, $7.99 extravaganza featuring lots [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Andy Troy, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four #600, Fantastic Four #600 review, Farel Dalrymple, Javier Tartaglia, Jonathan Hickman, Jordie Bellaire, Jose Villarrubia, Lauren Sankovitch, Leinil Francis Yu, Marvel, Ming Doyle, Paul Mounts, review, Rick Magyar, Steve Epting, Tom Brevoort | 4 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 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 | 1 Comment »
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 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 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 7, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Jeff Lemire (creator), Jose Villarrubia (colorist) The Story: “Shoot first, ask later” seems to be the rule of thumb in this world. The Review: In my review of Fables #104, I mentioned the difficulties in jumping into the middle any series. So it was with some trepidation I waded into Sweet Tooth, which hasn’t [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Dr. Singh, Gus, Jeff Lemire, Jepperd, Jose Villarrubia, Lucy, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #22, Sweet Tooth #22 review, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 6, 2011 by paladinking
by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: Gus and the gang hit the road to Alaska, readjusting to the outside world. What’s Good: Jeff Lemire is never afraid of getting experimental with Sweet Tooth’s layouts, and nowhere is this more on display than this month, where the [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Bobby, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, dystopia, Gus, Jeff Lemire, Jepperd, Johnny, Jose Villarrubia, Miss Lucy, post-apocalyptic, Preserve, Singh, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #18, Sweet Tooth #18 review, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wendy | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 10, 2011 by paladinking
by Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: As the battle for the militia camp reaches its bloody end, Jepperd learns the truth about his child. What’s Good: Beneath all the evocative writing, moody visuals, experimental layouts, and grim atmosphere, Sweet Tooth is a damned good story. It’s [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Abbot, Alex Evans, Animal Armies, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Dr. Singh, Gus, hybrid, hybrid children, hybrid cult, Jeff Lemire, Jepperd, Jose Villarrubia, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #17 review, Sweet Tooth 17, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 20, 2010 by dfstell
By: Kelly Sue Deconnick (writer), Emma Rios (art), Jose Villarrubia & Matt Wilson (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Alejandro Arbona (editor) June Covington back-up by: Warren Ellis (writer), Jamie McKelvie (art), Matt Wilson (colors), Cowles (letters) & Arbona (editor) The Story: What will become of Norman Osborn now that he’s locked up on The Raft? [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Alejandro Arbona, Clayton Cowles, comic book revies, Dean Stell, Emma Rios, Jamie McKelvie, Jose Villarrubia, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Marvel, Matt Wilson, Norman Osborn, Osborn, Osborn #1 review, Osborn 1, review, Warren Ellis, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 Comments »
