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IZombie #22 – Review

Posted on February 7, 2012 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor), & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: The big threat is beginning to show itself.  What impact will this have on our main characters? Five Things:  1. Interesting plot development for Gwyn. – Even though I Zombie has an [...]

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IZombie #21 – Review

Posted on January 7, 2012 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), J. Bone (guest artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn the zombie gets hooked up with the Dead Presidents and Galatea’s plans start to make more sense. Four Things:  1. Nifty guest art by J. Bone. – Whoah! Wasn’t expecting [...]

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IZombie #20 – Review

Posted on December 14, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Bond (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: With the feds on site looking for leftover zombies from the big outbreak, how’s a girl supposed to get a brain to eat? Five Things:  1. A new direction for the series. [...]

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IZombie #19 – Review

Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: In the aftermath of the zombie outbreak, our main characters take time to regroup…..or hide. Five Things:  1. Nice settling point for the series.  We always make a big deal of “jumping [...]

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IZombie #18 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Jay Stephens (guest artist), Laura Allred (colors), Michael Allred (inks on a few pages), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: The back-story of Diogenes, the monster hunter from the Fossor Corporation. What’s Good: This is a very clean and streamlined story.  IZombie is an [...]

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I Zombie #16 – Review

Posted on August 7, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Many plot points crash into one another as the zombie outbreak afflicting Eugene, Oregon comes to a climax. What’s Good: Honestly, the best thing about this comic (and series) is the artwork. [...]

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I Zombie #15 – Review

Posted on July 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A cute zombie & her monster-hunter boyfriend take on a hoard of shambling zombies. What’s Good: This is a pretty standard issue of I Zombie.  If you’re invested in and enjoy the [...]

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Rocketeer Adventures #1 – Review

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 [...]

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IZombie #13 – Review

Posted on May 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: After spending the first dozen issues mostly sorting out who these freaky characters are, it seems that we are embarking on our first mission-based story arc having to do with the evil [...]

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I Zombie #12 – Review

Posted on April 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Gilbert Hernandez (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Review: Anyone who has followed my reviews of this series knows that I’m a serious fan of Mike Allred’s art, so when I first flipped this issue open, I said, “Hey!  This isn’t [...]

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I, Zombie #10 – Review

Posted on February 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn has to talk to someone from her pre-zombie life in order to calm the voices in her head. What’s Good: Many of the conceptual things in this issue are very strong and have been strong throughout [...]

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I, Zombie #9 – Review

Posted on January 8, 2011 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn goes out on a date with a monster hunter. What’s Good: At its core, this comic has a ton of potential as just a human relationship type of comic.  Sure the main character is a [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

Posted on December 7, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way too long (even after a fairly vigorous pruning recently), so just about every week I read a few comics that don’t get the full review treatment from us here at WCBR.  But, it still seems fair to give the comic a quick thumbs up/thumbs down… Iron Man – Thor #2 [...]

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Dean’s Drive-by Reviews

Posted on November 9, 2010 by dfstell

My pull list is way too long, so every week there are at least a few comics that I read that didn’t get a feature review from me or my colleagues here at WCBR.  Nonetheless, they deserve some kudos (or a warning sign) as a service to our loyal readers. Strange Tales II #2 – [...]

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I, Zombie #6 – Review

Posted on October 9, 2010 by dfstell

By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors) & Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Now that we know where zombies, vampires & ghosts come from, what about were-terriers? What’s Good: Roberson has a pretty complex story to tell and has to deal with the challenge of establishing all of the expansive groundwork for [...]

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iZombie #4 – Review

Posted on August 8, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Gwen gets to know Amon, who explains the existence of monsters, while Horatio fights Claire the vampire. What’s Good: After three issues of relaxed storytelling, it’s nice to see iZombie really lay down some big ideas.  Readers impatient with [...]

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iZombie #3 – Review

Posted on July 11, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The hunters continue their vampire-chase with Horatio meeting Gwen in the process, someone discovers Scott’s secret, and Gwen meets the mummy. What’s Good: Without a doubt, the best thing about iZombie, this issue included, is Michael Allred’s art.  It [...]

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iZombie #2 – Review

Posted on June 5, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Gwen closes in on the murderer while one of the vampire paintballers gets a little too murderous. What’s Good: This is a big improvement from last month’s issue that assuages most of my concerns regarding this series.  One of [...]

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iZombie #1 – Review

Posted on May 7, 2010 by paladinking

by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: We’re introduced to the varied, and mostly monstrous, cast of iZombie. What’s Good: It seems that for many people, the main attraction for this title is the art provided by the Allreds.  Well, rest assured that they most definitely [...]

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Thor: God-Size Special #1 – Review

Posted on December 22, 2008 by rsg8101

By Matt Fraction (writer) Doug Braithwaite (art) Dan Brereton (art) Mike Allred (art) Andy Troy (color) Laura Allred (color) Frank D’armata (Color) The Story: After realizing that their collective memories of their former compatriot Skurge the Executioner have been manipulated, Thor, Balder and Loki travel the nine worlds to uncover who or what is behind [...]

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The Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall, And The Green Mist of Death #1 – Review

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Deamentia

By Matt Fraction (writer), Russ Heath, Nick Drgotta, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Lewis LaRosa, Stefano Gaudiano, Matt Hollingsworth, Mitch Breitweiser (artists) What a wonderful book. I always wondered what Iron Fist would be like if Ed Brubaker wasn’t around. Thankfully, it’s just as good, which gives Matt Fraction the “street cred” he so rightfully deserves. [...]

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