Posted on May 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Fall of the House of Wayne Back-up: Snyder & James Tynion IV (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Patrick Brosseau (letters), Kubert & Marts (editors) The [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #9, Batman #9 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO Plasencia, Greg Capullo, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 5, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (story), Yanick Paquette & Marco Rudy (art), Nathan Fairbairn & Val Staples (colors) The Story: Abby hasn’t learned that it’s rarely a good idea to trust canned food of any kind. The Review: One thing that’s become obvious about Snyder’s writing is he loves to take his time. I don’t mean his [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, Anton Arcane, DC, DC Comics, Marco Rudy, Nathan Fairbairn, Scott Snyder, Sethe, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #9, Swamp Thing #9 review, the Green, the Rot, Val Staples, William Arcane, Yanick Paquette | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 20, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO Plascencia (colors), Richard Starkings (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: The Night of Owls begins with a furious attack on Wayne Manor. The Review: The Court of Owls that Snyder and Capullo introduced during the last story arc was [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman #8 review, Fco Plascencia, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 6, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Marco Rudy & Yanick Paquette (artists), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: The Badlands—now, with even fewer reasons to visit! The Review: Both Jeff Lemire and Snyder have explored the notion that the Rot, for all its grotesque manifestations, is simply a force akin to the Red or the Green. All three [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland, DC, DC Comics, Marco Rudy, Nathan Fairbairn, Scott Snyder, Sethe, Swamp Thing, Swamp Thing #8, Swamp Thing #8 review, the Green, the Rot, Yanick Paquette | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 1, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared Fletcher (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: This 50′s era arc wraps up with a big battle between Skinner & Travis. A Few Things: Everything ties up nicely. - The last time it seemed like Scott Snyder was taking us in [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #25, American Vampire #25 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jared Fletcher, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 22, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Greg Capullo (pencils), Jonathan Glapion (inks), FCO (colors), Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (letters), Katie Kubert (assistant editor) & Mike Marts (editor) The Story: After defeating the Talon (or at least a Talon), both Batman and the Court of Owls retreat to their lairs to make plans. A Few Things: 1. This book/team is [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batman, Batman #7, Batman #7 review, DC, Dean Stell, FCO, Greg Capullo, Jimmy Betancourt, Jonathan Glapion, Katie Kubert, Mike Marts, review, Richard Starkings, Scott Snyder | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 10, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Yanick Paquette (artist), Nathan Fairbairn (colorist) The Story: From the ashes he’ll rise again—yes, I said “he.” Look for Phoenix elsewhere. The Review: I know as a reviewer, I should approach everything with as much of an open mind as possible, but I’m only human; I get affected by biases and [...]
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 #7, Swamp Thing #7 review, the Green, the Rot, Yanick Paquette | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 27, 2012 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Jared Fletcher (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Fighting vampires on the hood of a speeding car. A few things: 1. Very smoothly written. - How do I know that Scott Snyder has a gift with the English language? It’s because I don’t mind his [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: America Vampire, American Vampire #24, American Vampire #24 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jared Fletcher, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
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 | 4 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 »
