Posted on February 16, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) Four Things: 1. This is a real tour de force artistically. – Man, it’s hard to even know where to start gushing about the art in this issue. Every page [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #6, Batman #6 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 7 Comments »
Posted on February 9, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder & Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (art), Greg Guilhaumond (colors) & Fonografiks (letters) The Story: It’s the finale! How does little Jack get away from the cannibal? Four Things: 1. Creepy and disturbing! – Man, does this team understand horror or what? Most monologues by villains/killers are contrived, but hearing the killer in [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Fonografiks, Greg Guilhaumond, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed #7, Severed #7 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 7, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Marco Rudy (artist), Val Staples & Lee Loughridge (colorist) The Story: Getting schooled by a kid a third your age—you’ve really hit a low, huh, Alec? The Review: It takes a certain skill to build up comic book tension convincingly. Plot twists and cliffhangers can get the job done, in a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, DC, DC Comics, Lee Loughridge, Marco Rudy, Parliament of Trees, Scott Snyder, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #6, Swamp Thing #6 review, the Green, the Rot, Val Staples, William Arcane | Leave a Comment »
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 20, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: It’s a complete mind-bender as the Court of Owls has Batman trapped in a maze. Or do they?? Three Things: 1. Interesting mechanic with the twisting [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #5, Batman #5 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 22 Comments »
Posted on January 15, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder & Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (art), Greg Guilhaumond (colors) & Fonografiks (letters) The Story: Don’t follow creepy old men into backwoods tool sheds! 3 Things: 1. The cat is out of the bag. – The creators have kept this game going for a few issues where the reader knew more about [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Dean Stell, Fonografiks, Greg Guilhaumond, Image, review, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed, Severed #6, Severed #6 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: People really need to take those “Save the Amazon” slogans more seriously. The Review: In my review of Animal Man #3, I talked about our instinctive fear of the unknown. I think that’s why we tend to be on the lookout for clichés [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, DC, DC Comics, Green, Nathan Fairbairn, Parliament of Trees, Rot, Scott Snyder, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #5, Swamp Thing #5 review, William Arcane, Yanick Paquette | 5 Comments »
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 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Bruce keeps digging at the Court of Owls mystery, but is everything what it appears to be? Five Things: 1. This is a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman #4, Batman #4 review, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder & Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (art), Greg Guilhaumond (colors) & Fonografiks (letters) The Story: A little boy is unwittingly on the road with a horrible cannibal monster posing as a traveling salesman. Five Things: [With SPOILERS] 1. Creepy impending sense of doom pervades this book – This series did such a [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Dean Stell, Fonografiks, Greg Guilhaumond, horror, Image, review, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed, Severed #5, Severed #5 review | 7 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 10, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Marco Rudy (artist), Sean Parsons & Michel Lacombe (inkers), David Baron (colorist) The Story: Swamp Dinosaurs versus Zombie Dinosaurs. For real. The Review: Honestly, once Snyder and Jeff Lemire made the connections between the Red and the Green, they were a conceptual hop, skip, and a jump away from developing a [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, David Baron, DC, Green, Marco Rudy, Michel Lacombe, Parliament of Trees, Rot, Scott Snyder, Sean Parsons, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #4, Swamp Thing #4 review, the Green, the Rot, William Arcane | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Harvey Richards (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Batman investigates a secret society within Gotham. Five Things: 1. Really awesome art. The Capullo/Glapion/FCO team is really something! They excel in all [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #3, Batman #3 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Harvey Richards, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 14 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 November 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette & Victor Ibáñez (artists), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: This time, Alec has a legit reason for barely remembering making out with you. The Review: As recent issues have shown us, the world has become a much more dangerous, disturbing place, even for superheroes. So it goes without saying [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, DC, DC Comics, Nathan Fairbairn, Scott Snyder, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #3, Swamp Thing #3 review, the Green, the Rot, Victor Ibáñez, William Arcane, Yanick Paquette | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), Colors (FCO), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letteres), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Janelle Asselin (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: Batman has to deal with a new threat from the Court of Owls. Five Things: 1. Great art from Capullo/Glapion/FCO. Greg Capullo lays [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #2, Batman #2 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Janelle Asselin, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 8 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 Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: Watch Alec become one with nature. The Review: Swamp Thing has a vast, complex history, written by some incredibly brilliant, but also ambitiously complicated folks: Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar. What you wind up getting is some incredibly rich, spellbinding stories, but [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, DC, DC Comics, Nathan Fairbairn, Parliament of Trees, Scott Snyder, Sethe, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #2, Swamp Thing #2 review, the Green, Yanick Paquette | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (artist) The Story: Jack and his cross-dressing friend start making their way to Louisiana by busking, using Jack’s violin playing. Then they run into Victor the Travelling Phonograph Salesman, version 2.0. He invites them to his apartment and starts feeding them liquor and playing bear trap [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, Comics, DS Arsenault, Image, Image Comics, review, Reviews, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, Severed #3, Severed #3 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 7 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 25, 2011 by DS Arsenault
By: Scott Snyder & Scott Tuft (writers), Attila Futaki (art) The Story: “Part Two: New Skin”: We catch up with the orphan Frederick (with his new apprenticeship) and the runaway Jack (on a train). I’d argue that Frederick has got more trouble eating at him, but really, Jack has also got some problems that are [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Attila Futaki, Comic Book Reviews, comic books, comic reviews, DS Arsenault, review, Reviews, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuff, Severed #2, Severed #2 review, WCBR, Weekly Comic Book Review | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 21, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor), Janelle Asselin (associate editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Review: All the “in the know” comic fans had really high hopes for this issue because it is (a) written by Scott Snyder [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #1, Batman #1 review, Batman reboot, DC, Dean Stell, FCO Plasencia, Greg Capullo, Janelle Asselin, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 22 Comments »
Posted on September 9, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: I’m telling you, man—I don’t like the way that shrub is looking at me! The Review: Despite Swamp Thing’s illustrious career, we really do know oh so very little about its human originator, botanist Alec Holland. Snyder has already covered in several interviews [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alec Holland, Clark Kent, DC, DC Comics, Nathan Fairbairn, Scott Snyder, Superman, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #1, Swamp Thing #1 review, the Green, Yanick Paquette | 19 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis (writers), Gene Ha (artist), Art Lyon (colorist) The Story: It’s a bird, it’s a plane—it’s a flying muscleman with Super-Seiyan hair! The Review: If you’re going to write one of these Elseworlds-type stories, my unsolicited suggestion would be to really take the plunge into the alternate universe aspect of [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Art Lyon, DC, DC Comics, Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Project Superman, Flashpoint: Project Superman #3, Flashpoint: Project Superman #3 review, Gene Ha, General Lane, Kal-El, Lois Lane, Lowell Francis, Project Superman, Scott Snyder, Subject Zero, Superman | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 25, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott (writers), Trevor McCarthy & Graham Nolan (artists), Guy Major (colorist) The Story: Side-effects may include dizziness, shortness of breath, and murderous rages. The Review: The tagline on the cover of this issue goes, “The secret history of Gotham revealed!” Honestly, I don’t see why they even bother. Every [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Architect, Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Batman: Gates of Gotham #5, Batman: Gates of Gotham #5 review, Blackbat, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne, DC, DC Comics, Dick Grayson, Gates of Gotham, Graham Nolan, Guy Major, Kyle Higgins, Red Robin, Robin, Ryan Parrott, Scott Snyder, Tim Drake, Trevor McCarthy | Leave a Comment »
