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Haunt #23 – Review

Posted on April 18, 2012 by dfstell

By: Joe Casey (writer), Nathan Fox (artist), Ivan Plascencia (colors), Comicraft (letters) The Story: You thought that the guy in Haunt was a Catholic priest??? Review [with SPOILERS]: How funny was that? When this comic debuted, everyone made fun of how the protagonist in Haunt was a cigarette-smoking, prostitute-visiting Catholic priest. It just seemed a little too [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Dean Stell, Haunt, Image, Ivan Plascencia, Joe Kelly, Nathan Fox, review | Leave a Comment »

Blue Estate #10 – Review

Posted on March 21, 2012 by dfstell

By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script), Kalvachev, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox, Dave Johnson, Peter Nguyen & Kieran (art) and Kalvachev (art director) The Story: It’s hard to describe in a single sentence – it’s weird things happening to a bunch of gangsters. A Few Things: 1. Art direction is amazing. - Blue Estate breaks [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andrew Osborne, Blue Estate, Blue Estate #10, Blue Estate #10 review, Dave Johnson, Dean Stell, Image, Kieran, Kosta Yanev, Nathan Fox, Peter Nguyen, review, Toby Cypress, Viktor Kalvachev | 3 Comments »

Haunt #20 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by dfstell

By: Joe Casey (writer), Nathan Fox (artist), FCO Plascencia (colors) & Comicraft (letters) The Story: After the big battle that left his girlfriend dead, Daniel Kilgore finds himself in unfriendly hands. Three Things: 1. Very different story vibe than before. – For existing Haunt readers (all ~12,000 of us), this book has a very different [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Dean Stell, FCO Plasencia, Haunt, Haunt #20, Haunt #20 review, Image, Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, review | 3 Comments »

Blue Estate #8 – Review

Posted on December 18, 2011 by dfstell

By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script), Kalvachev, Nathan Fox, Toby Cypress, Andrew Robinson & Peter Nguyen (art), Kalvachev (cover, colors, design & art coordination) The Story: Now that Bruce Maddox is dead, the surviving Russian and Italian mafia members are scrambling to connect the pieces. Five Things: 1. Art is great. - [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andrew Osborne, Andrew Robinson, Blue Estate, Blue Estate #8, Blue Estate #8 review, Dean Stell, Image, Kosta Yanev, Nathan Fox, Peter Mgyen, review, Toby Cypress, Viktor Kalvachev | Leave a Comment »

Haunt #19 – Review

Posted on December 7, 2011 by dfstell

By: Joe Casey (writer), Nathan Fox (artist), FCO Plascencia (colors), Comicraft (letters) & Jen Cassidy (managing editor) The Story: A new creative team takes over Haunt because Kirkman and Capullo are busy doing other stuff. Five Things: 1. Not really a jumping on point. - I’m a little surprised that this issue wasn’t more of a [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comicraft, Fco Plascencia, Haunt, Haunt #19, Haunt #19 review, Image, Jen Cassidy, Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, review | 9 Comments »

Blue Estate #4 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by dfstell

By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script) & Kalvachev, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox & Paul Maybury (art) The Story: Russian gangsters, B-list movie stars and double crosses…. What’s Good: Part of what makes Blue Estate fun is that it has such a different air about it than your typical crime story. Usually [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andrew Osborne, Blue Estate, Blue Estate #4, Blue Estate #4 review, Dean Stell, Image, Kosta Yanev, Nathan Fox, Paul Maybury, review, Toby Cypress, Viktor Kalvachev | Leave a Comment »

Creepy Comics #6 – Review

Posted on July 4, 2011 by dfstell

By: Joe R. Lansdale, Christopher A. Taylor, Alice Henderson, Dan Braun, Craig Haffnet, Archie Goodwin (writers), Nathan Fox, Jason Shawn Alexander, Kevin Ferrara, Garry Brown, Neal Adams (artists), Nate Piekos (letters) & Shawna Gore (editor) The Story: Another issue of the reborn horror anthology from Dark Horse. What’s Good: If you’re not getting Creepy, you’re [...]

Filed under: Dark Horse Comics | Tagged: Alice Henderson, Archie Goodwin, Christopher A. Taylor, Craig Haffnet, Creepy, Creepy Comics #6, Dan Braun, Dark Horse, Dean Stell, Garry Brown, horror, Jason Shawn Alexander, Joe R. Lansdale, Kevin Ferrara, Nate Piekos, Nathan Fox, Neal Adams, review, Shawna Gore | 2 Comments »

Blue Estate #3 – Review

Posted on June 13, 2011 by dfstell

By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script), Kalvachev, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox & Robert Valley (art) The Story: As the mob and detective thriller unfolds, a couple of college jocks get pulled into a situation that’s a little too large for them. What’s Good: Creator-owned comics are always at a bit of [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andrew Osborne, Blue Estate, Blue Estate #3, Blue Estate #3 review, Dean Stell, Image, Kosta Yanev, Nathan Fox, review, Robert Valley, Toby Cypress, Viktor Kalvachev | 2 Comments »

Blue Estate #1 – Review

Posted on April 10, 2011 by dfstell

By: Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev (story), Andrew Osborne (script), Kalvachev, Toby Cypress, Nathan Fox & Robert Valley (art), Kalvachev (colors, direction & design) & Philo Northrup (contributing editor) The Story: Detective noir with a few clever twists to keep it fresh. What’s Good: If you like the noirish detective genre you’re going to like [...]

Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andrew Osborne, Blue Estate, Blue Estate #1, Blue Estate #1 review, Dean Stell, Image, Kosta Yanev, Nathan Fox, Philo Northrup, review, Robert Valley, Toby Cypress, Viktor Kalvachev | Leave a Comment »

Invincible Iron Man #500 – Review

Posted on January 22, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca, Frank D’Armata, Nathan Fox, Javier Rodriguez, Carmine Di Giandomenico, & Matthew Wilson (art & colors), Kano (art), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony enlists the aid of former employee Peter Parker to help remember, and stop, a weapon he forgot he invented. Meanwhile, we also get a glimpse [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Avengers, Bastard Sons of Wilbur Day, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, Ginny Stark, Howard Stark, Invincible Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man #500 review, Invincible Iron Man 500, Iron Man, Iron Man 2.0, James Rhodes, Kano, Mandarin, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, Matt Fraction, Nathan Fox, Nick Spencer, Peter Parker, Salvador Larroca, Spider-Man, Stilt-Man, Tony Stark, War Machine, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wilbur Day | 1 Comment »

X-Men: Second Coming – Review

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Roman Colombo

Writers: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Matt Fraction, Zeb Wells, and Mike Carey Pencillers: David Finch, Terry Dodson, Ibraim Roberson, Greg Land, and Mike Choi with Stuart Immonen, Lan Medina, Nathan Fox, and Esad Ribic. And so here it is: the last installment of the “Messiah Trilogy” or Messianic X Cycle (Say it. Make it catch [...]

Filed under: The Graphic Novel Reader | Tagged: Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle, David Finch, Esad Ribic, Generation Hope, Greg Land, Ibraim Roberson, Lan Medina, Matt Fraction, Mike Carey, Mike Choi, Nathan Fox, New Mutants, Roman Colombo, Sonia Oback, Stuart Immonen, Terry Dodson, Uncanny X-Men, X-Force, X-Men, X-Men Messiah Complex, X-Men Messiah War, X-Men: Legacy, X-Men: Second Coming, X-Men: Second Coming review, Zeb Wells | 3 Comments »

DMZ #56 – Review

Posted on August 16, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Wood (writer), Nathan Fox (art), Jeromy Cox (colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: Wilson faces the destruction Chinatown and is faced with a hard choice. What’s Good: Wilson has long been a favourite character of mine in Brian Wood’s DMZ, and I doubt that I’m the only one. The character is [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Brian Wood, Chinatown, Civil War, Collective Punishment, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DMZ, DMZ #56, DMZ #56 review, Ghost Protector, Nathan Fox, New York, New York City, NYC, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, wilson | Leave a Comment »

New Mutants #14 – Review

Posted on June 19, 2010 by joelopez101

by Zeb Wells (writer), Ibrahim Roberson, Lan Medina, and Nathan Fox (artists) The Story: Professor X recruits his crackpot son, Legion, to aid the X-Men against the unrelenting Nimrod attack on San Francisco. Can we say ‘desperate measures’? Cyclops rallies the troops on Utopia while Hope mans up big time and the mutants start suffering [...]

Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Ibrahim Roberson, Lan Medina, Nathan Fox, New Mutants, New Mutants #14, New Mutants #14 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men, Zeb Wells | 1 Comment »

DMZ Volume 4: Friendly Fire (TPB) – Review

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Deamentia

By Brian Wood (writer), Riccardo Burchielli, Nathan Fox, Viktor Kalvachev, Kristian Donaldson (art), Jeremy Cox (colors) To sum things up, Friendly Fire is Brian Wood’s version of Rashomon. We have a horrific event taking place where hundreds of silent protestors in the DMZ are killed in a bloody massacre by US forces. And while it’s [...]

Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Wood, Civil War, DC Comics, DMZ, Iraq, Jeremy Cox, Kristian Donaldson, Nathan Fox, Reporting, Riccardo Burchielli, satire, Social commentary, Veritgo, Viktor Kalvachev, War | Leave a Comment »

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