Posted on February 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (story), Nick Spencer (writer), Shawn Martinbrough (art), Felix Serrano (colors), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor). The Story: An art thief takes on a new apprentice. Review: Nick Spencer is a very good writer. I tend to think that a lot of comic writers are a little overrated and they rarely impress [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Felix Serrano, Image, Nick Spencer, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Shawn Martinbrough, Sina Grace, Thief of Thieves, Thief of Thieves #1, Thief of Thieves #1 review | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 25, 2012 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (artist), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Is this promise of a new colony a blessing or a threat? Five Things: 1. How do you know who to trust? - I really do like how TWD continues to be about everything BUT [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #93, The Walking Dead #93 review | 8 Comments »
Posted on January 2, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brandon Siefert (writer & letters), Lukas Ketner (art), Andy Troy (colors) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Our titular Witch Doctor runs into a necromancer on a case that has ties to an urban myth about waking up in a tub full of ice. Five Things: 1. LOVE these characters! – In 5 short [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andy Troy, Brandon Siefert, Dean Stell, Image, Lukas Ketner, review, Sina Grace, Witch Doctor, Witch Doctor: Resuscitation One-Shot, Witch Doctor: Resuscitation One-Shot review | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (artist), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: New stuff pops up, but is this going to be a threat or an opportunity? Five things: 1. Glad to see something intriguing happen! - I was really hard on the last issue of TWD. The [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #92, The Walking Dead #92 review, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 16, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Life drags on inside the Arlington enclave. Five Things: [SPOILER WARNING] 1. What a bummer resolution to the Rick-Andrea situation! Really? Issue #90 ends with Rick and Andrea having a passionate kiss and then we [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead #91, The Walking Dead #91 review, The Walking Dead #91 Weekly Comic Book Review reviw, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | 16 Comments »
Posted on October 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (penciler/inker), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: How will Rick respond to the plot against him. Five things: As always, this is a FULL SPOILERS review…. 1). This was a really “meh” story cycle. This climax and aftermath to the plot against [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, Zombies | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brandon Siefert (writer & letterer), Lukas Ketner (art), Sunny Gho & Andy Troy (colors) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: The world around Dr. Morrow begins to come into focus as his gang raids an lair of aquatic beasties. Review: This is a pretty hot comic. The first thing that lunges out at me [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Andy Troy, Brandon Siefert, Dean Stell, Image, Lukas Ketner, review, Sina Grace, Sunny Gho, Witchdoctor | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letterer) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Life goes on in the Alexandria compound now that someone has woken up from a coma. What’s Good: As with all Walking Dead reviews I do, this review contains SPOILERS…. Honestly, there isn’t a whole [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #88, The Walking Dead #88 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | 8 Comments »
Posted on August 4, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Rob Liefeld (pencils), Liefeld & Adelso Corona (inks), Hi-Fi Design (colors), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: A man has to go back in time to fight a war. What’s Good: The concept for this comic is pretty solid and interesting. Discussing it here is slightly spoiler-y but if [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Adelso Corona, Dean Stell, Hi-Fi Design, Image, Infinite, Infinite #1, Infinite #1 review, review, Rob Liefeld, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (creator & writer), Charlie Adlard (artist), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: The survivors of the Alexandria compound set about rebuilding their walls and their lives. What’s Good: [The top portion of this review is spoiler-free. I'll have discussion of the big "Oh crap!" spoiler [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #87, The Walking Dead #87 review, Zombies | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 30, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: The survivors reestablish their status quo in the wake of the big zombie attack from several issues ago. What’s Good: Robert Kirkman is a master of the slow burn. Every story cycle he starts out [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #86, The Walking Dead #86 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: The humans clean up after laying a massive smack down on the zombies in last month’s issue. [SPOILER WARNING ] What’s Good: Comics can’t be breakneck all the time. The Walking Dead is a marathon [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #85, The Walking Dead #85 review, Zombies | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 22, 2011 by dfstell
By: S. Steven Stuble (writer, colors & letters) & Sina Grace (art) The Story: Have you ever met a really cool girl who has a really good male friend and felt obligated to be nice to him because you liked the girl? What’s Good: It’s really impossible to review this comic and say what is [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Image, review, S. Steven Struble, Sina Grace, The Li'l Depressed Boy, The Li'l Depressed Boy #4, The Li'l Depressed Boy #4 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: After the shocking events of the last issue, the survivors need to man-up. What’s Good: [SPOILER WARNING] If you thought that this issue would continue the bloodbath we got last month, you would be wrong. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #84, The Walking Dead #84 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | 5 Comments »
Posted on April 23, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Jason Howard (art & colors), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: A boy genius and his Super Dinosaur friend fight an evil scientist. What’s Good: Comics for kids… Some folks think we need a lot more comics for kids since most of the people reading comics are 30-45 [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Image, Jason Howard, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, Super Dinosaur, Super Dinosaur #1, Super Dinosaur #1 review | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: S. Steven Struble (writer, colors, letters) & Sina Grace (art) The Story: LDB and his girlfriend (?) Jaz go shopping and plan for a party. What’s Good: Lil Depressed Boy continues to do a few things really well. For one thing, it captures those everyday situations that young guys get into when they first [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Image, Lil Depressed Boy, review, S. Steven Struble, Sina Grace, The Li'l Depressed Boy, The Li'l Depressed Boy #3, The Li'l Depressed Boy #3 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (grays), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: As the walled enclave turns into a zombie-filled death-trap, Rick & Gang make a break for it. What’s Good: [Spoilers ahead. If you haven't read the issue, just skim to the bottom, see the "grade" and [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #83, The Walking Dead #83 review, Zombies | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: S. Steven Struble (writer, colors, letters), Sina Grace (art), Nicholas Brandy (edits) & Zachary Trover (design) The Story: Have you ever forgotten someone’s name and then gotten past the point where you can politely ask them, “What’s your name?” What’s Good: What a cute and fun comic! If you’ve ever looked at a big [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, Lil Depressed Boy, Lil Depressed Boy #2, Lil Depressed Boy #2 review, Nicholas Brandy, review, S. Steven Struble, Sina Grace, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zachary Trover | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Zombies are breaking into the safe little enclave. What’s Good: [SPOILER WARNING] It’s amazing how an issue like this– that features the first full-on zombie swarm since around issue #58 or so– has so many [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, Zombies | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: S. Steven Struble (writer, colors, letters) & Sina Grace (art) The Story: A depressed teenage boy who can barely get up the energy to play video games any more, starts to get his game back when he meets a strange girl who actually seems to like him. What’s Good: We need more happy comics. [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Dean Stell, Image, Lil Depressed Boy, review, S. Steven Struble, Sina Grace, The Li'l Depressed Boy, The Li'l Depressed Boy #1, The Li'l Depressed Boy #1 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Rus Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: Attack of the zombies OR “You gotta sink those fence posts in concrete!” What’s Good: [This review contains spoilers] Kirkman has been teasing the hell out of us readers for ~6 months with this whole [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #81, The Walking Dead #81 review, Zombies | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlie Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Russ Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: No Way Out begins. Will the zombies get a snack? What’s Good: This issue was a bit of a tease. [SPOILER warning] The thing that makes this comic series and book so special is that [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Russ Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #80, The Walking Dead #80 review, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2010 by dfstell
B y: Robert Kirkman (writer), Charlies Adlard (art), Cliff Rathburn (gray tones), Russ Wooton (letters) & Sina Grace (editor) The Story: As life passes in the sleepy little enclave, danger is closing in. What’s Good: The tension was just palpable in this issue. It’s hard to discuss without getting a little SPOILERIFFIC so you’ve been [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Image, review, Robert Kirkman, Russ Wooton, Sina Grace, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead #79, The Walking Dead #79 review, Weekly Comic Book Review, Zombies | Leave a Comment »