Posted on May 24, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (covers), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: How are people reacting to Tommy Taylor down under? Review (with minor SPOILERS): If you were looking for The Unwritten to return to the regularly scheduled story with a BANG, you [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, Shelly Bond, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #37, The Unwritten #37 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (story/writer), Peter Gross (story/pencils), Rufus Dayglo (finishes), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (cover), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Tinker and Pauly Bruckner get ringside seats for the end of the world. Review: This is a tricky issue. We’ve previously met Brooklyn tough-guy Pauly Bruckner who is [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, Rufus Dayglo, Shelly Bond, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #36, The Unwritten #36 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 9, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Jim Rugg (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A background for Agent Kennedy of the Dead Presidents. Review: This is an issue that suffers a little bit because of the news that the series is ending at issue #28. We have a [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZombie #24, IZombie #24 review, Jim Rugg, Laura Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 1, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (story), Gabriel Hernandez Walta (art), Lee Loughridge (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (cover, Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: A Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead version of The Unwritten. The Review: I tend not to pay very close attention to solicitations for ongoing series that I’m [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Lee Loughridge, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #35.5, The Unwritten #35.5 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 18, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey and Peter Gross (story and pencils), M.K. Perker (finishes), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (cover), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: A big finale to the War of the Words storyline as Pullman explains most everything to Tom/Tommy. A few things: [SPOILERS] 1. So….THAT’s what’s going on! - [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, M.K. Perker, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #35, The Unwritten #35 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (story), Gary Erskine (art), Lee Loughridge (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (cover), Joe Hughes (assistant editor), Karen Berger (editor) The Story: A kinda origin of Wilson Taylor set in World War I. Review: This was a very well done comic that left me cold for some reason. I’m very much [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Gary Erskine, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Lee Loughridge, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #34.5, The Unwritten #34.5 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators), M.K. Perker (finishes), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Yuko Shimizu (covers), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) The Story: The Cabal has taken Tom Taylor prisoner and neutralized his powers! Can his friends bail him out? A Few Things: 1. I should like this more than I do. - There’s [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, M.K. Perker, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #34, The Unwritten #34 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Yuko Shimizu | 4 Comments »
Posted on February 7, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor), & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: The big threat is beginning to show itself. What impact will this have on our main characters? Five Things: 1. Interesting plot development for Gwyn. – Even though I Zombie has an [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZombie #22, IZombie #22 review, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 30, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators, writer & pencils), Vince Locke (inks), Lee Loughridge (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: An origin of the nasty nun with the marionettes. Four Things: 1. These .5 issues are seriously good. – The biggest problem with the .5 issues [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Lee Loughridge, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #33.5, The Unwritten #33.5 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Vince Locke | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 12, 2012 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (co-creators, writer & pencils), M.K. Perker (inks), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: Tom Taylor goes on the offensive versus the Cabal now that he’s all powered up by the belief of his fans. Five Things: 1. Finally an [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, M.K. Perker, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #33, The Unwritten #33 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo | 6 Comments »
Posted on January 7, 2012 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), J. Bone (guest artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Gwyn the zombie gets hooked up with the Dead Presidents and Galatea’s plans start to make more sense. Four Things: 1. Nifty guest art by J. Bone. – Whoah! Wasn’t expecting [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZombie #21, IZombie #21 review, J. Bone, Laura Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 31, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (co-creators), Dean Ormston (finishes), Fiona Stephenson (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: Another one of the .5 installments that looks at stories through history. Three Things: 1. Lots of good nuggets in these .5 issues. – It’s funny, but the .5 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Ormston, Dean Stell, Fiona Stephenson, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #32.5, The Unwritten #32.5 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo | 6 Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey (writer), Peter Gross (pencils), M.K. Perker (inks), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: Tom Taylor’s turns to crowd-sourcing his powers. Five Things: 1. Interesting new aspect of Tom’s powers. - I guess we always knew or suspected that Tom’s magical powers could be [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, M.K. Perker, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #32, The Unwritten #32 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Bond (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: With the feds on site looking for leftover zombies from the big outbreak, how’s a girl supposed to get a brain to eat? Five Things: 1. A new direction for the series. [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Bond, I Zombie, IZombie #20, IZombie #20 review, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: In the aftermath of the zombie outbreak, our main characters take time to regroup…..or hide. Five Things: 1. Nice settling point for the series. We always make a big deal of “jumping [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZombie #19, IZombie #19 review, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (writer & pencils), M.K. Perker (inks), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: The War of the Words begins as Tom Taylor starts to fight back against the Cabal. Five Things: 1. Tom Taylor has the power! After spending 30 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, M.K. Perker, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #31, The Unwritten #31 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J.H. Williams III (co-writer & artist), W. Haden Blackman (co-writer), Dave Stewart (colors), Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Batwoman continues her investigation of the mysterious Weeping Woman while avoiding the federal agents trying to capture and unmask her. What’s Good: Good lord this book is beautiful. I know I should expect that, after all [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batwoman, Batwoman #2 review. weekly comic book review, Dave Stewart, DCnU, J.H. Williams III, New 52, Todd Klein, W. Haden Blackman | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (creators, writers & art), Vince Locke (inks on 1930s sequences), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: Tom Taylor learns about his half-brother. Review: This is another of those “hard to review” series because I find myself saying the same [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Vince Locke | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 9, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Jay Stephens (guest artist), Laura Allred (colors), Michael Allred (inks on a few pages), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: The back-story of Diogenes, the monster hunter from the Fossor Corporation. What’s Good: This is a very clean and streamlined story. IZombie is an [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, Jay Stephens, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, vampires, Vertigo | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (story & art), Vince Locke (inks on 1930′s sequences), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor), Karen Berger (editor) The Story: We learn more about the events that drove Wilson Taylor away from the mysterious cabal trying to rule the world through stories. What’s Good: This [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #29, The Unwritten #29 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Vince Locke | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 14, 2011 by SoldierHawk
By J.H. Williams III (co-writer & artist), W. Haden Blackman (co-writer), Dave Stewart (colors), Todd Klein (letters) (Before we get started, for the sake of full disclosure, let me just say: ITSHEREITSFINALLYHERE!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! We now return to your regularly scheduled, completely impartial review.) The Story: In a continuity seemingly untouched from the vaunted Detective Comics [...]
Filed under: DC Comics | Tagged: Batwoman, Batwoman #1, Batwoman #1 review, Dave Stewart, DCnU, J.H. Williams III, Kate Kane, Todd Klein, W. Haden Blackman, Weekly Comic Book Review | 25 Comments »
Posted on August 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (presumably writing & drawing respectively, but they don’t say), Vince Locke (inks on flashback sequences), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor) The Story: Tom Taylor learns more about his father’s 1930′s relationship with a cartoonist (who also happens to be a [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #28, The Unwritten #28 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Vince Locke | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: Many plot points crash into one another as the zombie outbreak afflicting Eugene, Oregon comes to a climax. What’s Good: Honestly, the best thing about this comic (and series) is the artwork. [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZombie #16, IZombie #16 review, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Zombies | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 18, 2011 by dfstell
By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (writer and artist), Vince Locke (inks on a few pages), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) and Karen Berger (editor) The Story: More goodness in the Unwritten universe as Tom and gang continue to find clues about the secret society that seems to be pulling [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Chuckry, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Karen Berger, Mike Carey, Peter Gross, review, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #27, The Unwritten #27 review, Todd Klein, Vertigo, Vince Locke | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 10, 2011 by dfstell
By: Chris Roberson (writer), Michael Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Shelly Bond (editor) The Story: A cute zombie & her monster-hunter boyfriend take on a hoard of shambling zombies. What’s Good: This is a pretty standard issue of I Zombie. If you’re invested in and enjoy the [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Chris Roberson, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, I Zombie, IZOMBIE #15, IZOMBIE #15 review, Laura Allred, Michael Allred, review, Shelly Bond, Todd Klein, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
