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American Vampire #5 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder & Stephen King (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Both of our American Vampire heroes (?) get some payback against their enemies. What’s Good: I really enjoyed this issue.  It has a little bit of everything: Action, love, slimy-yet-cool villains, bad vampire and vampirettes getting [...]

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American Vampire #4 – Review

Posted on June 26, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder & Stephen King (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Pearl, the new American Vampire, finds a potential ally in her fight against the Euro-vamps.  And, in the past, we continue to follow Skinner Sweet and learn a little more about the weaknesses of American Vampires. [...]

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American Vampire #3 – Review

Posted on May 22, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder (writer – Story A), Stephen King (writer – Story B), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: American Vampires have neat and unique abilities and don’t get along that well with their old-world counterparts. What’s Good: This is another really strong issue of American Vampire.  I think [...]

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American Vampire #2 – Review

Posted on April 25, 2010 by dfstell

By: Scott Snyder & Stephen King (writers), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors) & Steve Wands (letters) The Story: Fresh vampires are being “born” in America and they’re “new and improved” compared to the classic models. What’s Good: Rafael Albuquerque!  Goodness, goodness what nice art!  After I read this, I actually started poking around online [...]

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The Stand: American Nightmares #5 – Review

Posted on August 23, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Writer), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The Stand’s pace is really starting to get to me as a comic fan. While the writing and artwork is quite fantastic all around, it’s difficult to be completely satisfied with tiny chunks of a massive story. Maybe I’ll [...]

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The Stand: America Nightmares #3 – Review

Posted on May 31, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Script), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: The slow pace of The Stand is starting to get to me as a monthly reader. I realize that the book is adapting a fairly large work and that Stephen King is an author that likes to take his [...]

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Dark Tower: Fall Of Gilead #1 – Review

Posted on May 16, 2009 by rsg8101

By Stephen King (creator), Peter David and Robin Furth (writing), Richard Isanove (parts), Dean White (color assists). The Story: It’s the beginning of the end of Gilead as Farson’s forces, headed by the evil wizard Martin, have make their move against the Gunslingers. Roland deals with the realization of the matricide he has committed, while Cort [...]

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The Stand: American Nightmares #2 – Review

Posted on April 16, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Stephen King (Creator), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Script), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) The Story: The tension continues to mount as American Nightmares rolls on. A starving convict, a pyromaniac named The Trashcan Man, and Randall Flagg take up a majority of the issue. While the other surviving characters think of possible destinations that [...]

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The Stand: Captain Trips #4 – Review

Posted on January 7, 2009 by pozzyfreak

By Stephen King (Creative & Executive Director), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Script), Mike Perkins (Art), and Laura Martin (Colors) Some Thoughts Before The Review: I’ve never read the novel it’s based on, so I can’t really comment on how effective the adaptation is. That said, I am definitely enjoying every bit of The Stand: Captain Trips. From [...]

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The Stand: Captain Trips #3 – Review

Posted on November 18, 2008 by rsg8101

By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (writer), Mike Perkins (art), Laura Martin (colors) The Story: As far as the arc of this series, this issue stands as the “day before” the world is decimated. The Captain Trips virus continues its deadly crawl across the United States. We watch the individual stories surrounding our main characters unfold with a [...]

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The Stand: Captain Trips #1 – Review

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Deamentia

By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (writer), Mike Perkins (art), Laura Martin (colors) I tried numerous times to read this novel as a kid, but it was just too dense for me. When the mini-series came on TV I completely forgot to watch it. So there was definitely some enthusiasm going into this book. I don’t know much [...]

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Locke & Key #2 – Review

Posted on March 21, 2008 by mulderwastaken

By Joe Hill (written), Gabriel Rodriguez (art) & Jay Fotos (colors) This book is getting a lot more interesting this time around. The storytelling is excellent thanks to Joe Hill’s interesting use of narrative. The issue starts with a novel recap from the previous issue in the form of a comic book made by Bode, [...]

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Locke & Key #1 – Review

Posted on March 2, 2008 by mulderwastaken

By Joe Hill (written), Gabriel Rodriguez (art) & Jay Fotos (colors) I bought two of Joe Hill’s books, but I never read them (a novel and a short stories compilation). They’re supposed to be good and the critics were praising his work before the revelation of who Hill’s father (Stephen King!) came to be. What’s [...]

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