Posted on February 9, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brian Wood (writer), Danijel Zezelj (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Travis Lanham (letters), Massimo Carnevale (cover) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: In this long-form story about the early history of Viking Iceland, one family leader tries to become an honest businessman, but can that ever really happen? Three Things: 1. Great series in hindsight. [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Wood, Danijel Zezelj, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Massimo Carnevale, Northlanders, Northlanders #48, Northlanders #48 review, review, Travis Lanham, Vertigo | 5 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 30, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared Fletcher (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The Death Race arc gives us a little background on our new vampire hunter, Travis. Four Things: [SPOILERS] 1. This is a background issue. – Last issue introduced a bunch of brand [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #23, American Vampire #23 review, Dave McCaig, gergory lockard, Jared Fletcher, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, Scott Snyder | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The big throw-down between Dash and Shunka is here. Bring it on! Five things [SPOILER WARNING]: 1. Good lord this is a violent and gritty fight. – Most comic fights are highly [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, Sal Cipriano, Scalped #55, Scalped #55 review, Will Dennis | 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 30, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill, Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors), Dave Johnson (cover) The Story: Now that our titular “spaceman” has rescued the little girl, he has to figure out what to do with her. Five Things: 1. The nuspeak is very cleverly done. - The nuspeak adds a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dave Johnson, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, Spaceman, Spaceman #3, spaceman #3 review, Trish Mulvihill, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared Fletcher (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: We jump forward to the 1950′s for another vampire story from Snyder & Albuquerque Five Things: [SPOILER WARNING] 1. Great to be back into the “ongoing” story” - I saw a few reviewers [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, american vampire #22, American Vampire #22 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Jared Fletcher, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 16, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Jordi Bernet (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: A finale to the post-Civil War, “Indian War” story featuring a young Skinner Sweet and John Book. Five Things: 1. I think I need to buy some Torpedo collected editions. - As [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #21, American Vampire #21 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Jared K. Fletcher, Joe Hughes, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 3 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 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill, Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors), Dave Johnson (cover) The Story: Our titular spaceman get’s tangled up in a kidnapping plot while having semi-explanatory flashbacks to the past. Five Things: 1. Story is starting to round into shape. - Last issue spent most of [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dave Johnson, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, review, Spaceman, Spaceman #2, Spaceman #2 review, Trish Mulvihill, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Someone dies, Dash still can’t talk and there’s a lot of double-crossing going on at the Prairie Rose Reservation. Five Things: 1. Beginning to thin out the supporting characters. You could think [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #54, Scalped #54 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
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 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Jordi Bernet (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: We’ve enjoyed our stories of this new breed of American Vampires, but where did they come from? Five Things: 1. Origins of American Vampires. Scott Snyder’s exploration of this new breed [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #21, American Vampire #21 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Jared K. Fletcher, Joe Hughes, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, review, Scott Snyder, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 31, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Is it curtains for Red Crow after last month’s cliffhanger? Five Things: Full SPOILERS appear below…. 1. Shunka is the main character of this issue. It all starts with the resolution to [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #53, Scalped #53 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 29, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill & Giulia Brusco (colors), Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors) The Story: In a dystopian future, a genetically altered man must find a way to live amongst the normal humans. Five Things: 1. Dystopian Sci-Fi Future. Is there any other kind of future [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Giulia Brusco, Mark Doyle, Patricia Mulvihill, review, Spaceman, Spaceman #1, Spaceman #1 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (art), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash and Felicia try to escape from the Nazi vampires with a “cure” for vampirism. Review: This was a very satisfying conclusion to this AV miniseries. It ties up most of the [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #5, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #5 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
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 September 28, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Jordi Bernet (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The secret history of Skinner Sweet and John Book. Who knew? What’s Good: This is how to do a fill-in artist! Usually when you substitute someone for regular artist Rafael Albuquerque, it [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #19, American Vampire #19 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Vertigo | 6 Comments »
Posted on September 16, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: The final explosion of violence on the Praire Rose reservation is starting to build. What’s Good: Scalped is a really hard comic to review in single issues when Jason Aaron is writing one of his [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Scalped, Scalped #52, Scalped #52 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 4 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 August 25, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (artist), Dave McCaig (colorist), Pat Brosseau (letterer), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The final issue of the WWII/Pacific-theatre story is here. Some folks will survive and some won’t. What’s Good: I’m going to pick at a few things below, but overall….this is another strong [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #18, American Vampire #18 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (artist), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) and Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash & Felecia’s mission to Nazi-occupied Europe looks bleak as the Nazis have been revealed to be league with vampires. What’s Good: Everything about this issue is good (again) and that’s almost [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Only 10 issues to go! Red Crow is trying to go straight, but will his criminal underlings let that happen? What’s Good: This issue starts a new story cycle and sets up [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #51, Scalped #51 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (artist), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash and Felicia enter Nazi-occupied Europe in a search for a secret that can help them in their battle against the vampires. What’s Good: As a reviewer, you run out of superlatives [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #2, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #2 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Nazis, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (art & letters), Giulia Brusco (colors), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) Pin-ups contributed by: Tim Truman, Jill Thompson, Jordi Bernet, Denys Cowan, Dean Haspiel, Brendan McCarthy & Steve Dillon The Story: It’s an anniversary issue, so we take a break from our regularly scheduled story to [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brendan McCarthy, Dean Haspiel, Dean Stell, Denys Cowan, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Jill Thompson, Jordi Bernet, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, Scalped, Scalped #50, Scalped #50 review, Steve Dillon, Tim Truman, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 2 Comments »
