Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking
by Joshua Hale Fialkov (writing), Andrea Sorrentino (art), Marcelo Maiolo (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Story: Andrew meets with a relatively new vampire still learning about undead life, but is this vampire redeemable? The Review: It’s quickly become clear that I, Vampire’s greatest asset thus far has been it’s atmosphere. Without being gritty, this [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Andrea Sorrentino, Andrew Bennett, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DC Dark, DC Universe, Hellblazer, I Vampire, I Vampire 4, John Constantine, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Justice League Dark, Mary Queen of Blood, Tig, vampires, Weekly Comic Book Review | 2 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: Vertigo, vampires, Dave McCaig, review, Rafael Albuquerque, Dean Stell, American Vampire, Scott Snyder, Mark Doyle, Jared Fletcher, Joe Hughes, american vampire #22, American Vampire #22 review | 3 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: Vertigo, vampires, Dave McCaig, review, Jared K. Fletcher, Dean Stell, American Vampire, Scott Snyder, Mark Doyle, Joe Hughes, Jordi Bernet, American Vampire #21, American Vampire #21 review | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 30, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Andrea Sorrentino (artist), Marcelo Maiolo (colorist) The Story: Thank heaven for little girls—who shoot arrows into your arms. The Review: The last three years or so have been something of a revival for vampires in the media, everything from the grossly romanticized (Twilight) to the artistic (American Vampire) to those [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Andrea Sorrentino, Andrew Bennett, DC, DC Comics, I, I Vampire, I Vampire #3, I Vampire #3 review, John Troughton, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Marcelo Maiolo, Tig, VAMPIRE #3, VAMPIRE #3 review, vampires | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 16, 2011 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Ryan Stegman (pencils), Mike Babinski & Rick Magyar (inks), Frank Martin & Antonio Fabela (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters), Jake Thomas (assistant editor) & Mark Paniccia (editor) The Story: The Fear Itself version of the Hulk is running loose in Dracula’s countryside. Will the vampires be able to stop him? What’s Good: If [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Antonio Fabela, Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Dracula, Fear Itself, Fear Itself: Hulk vs. Dracula #3, Fear Itself: Hulk vs. Dracula #3 review, Frank Martin, Hulk vs. Dracula, Jake Thomas, Mark Paniccia, Marvel, Mike Babinski, review, Rick Magyar, Ryan Stegman, vampires, Victor Gischler | Leave a Comment »
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 October 2, 2011 by paladinking
by Joshua Hale Fialkov (writer), Andrea Sorrentino (art), Marcelo Maidlo (colors), and Pat Brosseau (letters) The Review: Every once in a while, you read a comic that just has that indefinable, special “something” where everything just clicks. This is one of those books and despite being semi-retired from WCBR, I had to come back for [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: Alex Evans, Andrea Sorrentino, Andrew Bennett, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, DC New 52, DC Relaunch, DC Universe, DCU, I, I Vampire, I Vampire 1, JM DeMatteis, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Mary, Mary Queen of Blood, New 52, Queen of Blood, vampire, Vampire #1, Vampire #1 review, vampires, Weekly Comic Book Reivew | 8 Comments »
Posted on August 12, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (artist), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) and Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash & Felecia’s mission to Nazi-occupied Europe looks bleak as the Nazis have been revealed to be league with vampires. What’s Good: Everything about this issue is good (again) and that’s almost [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #3 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Sean Murphy (artist), Dave Stewart (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Cash and Felicia enter Nazi-occupied Europe in a search for a secret that can help them in their battle against the vampires. What’s Good: As a reviewer, you run out of superlatives [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #2, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #2 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Nazis, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 27, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: When we last saw our Vassals of the Morning Star (masquerading as American Marines), they ran into some Imperial Japanese soldiers on a Pacific island infested with some funky vampires. Will this [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #16, American Vampire #16 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 20, 2011 by dfstell
By: Tomm Coker & Daniel Freedman (script), Coker (art), Freedman (colors), Michael David Thomas (letters) The Story: So, how did our protagonist meet this vampire who he has been protecting? What’s Good: If you were curious about how the two main characters got hooked up, this is the story for you. To recap, the first [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Daniel Freedman, Dean Stell, Image, Michael David Thomas, review, Tomm Coker, Undying Love, Undying Love #3, Undying Love #3 review, vampires | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 8, 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: It’s 1941 and the Vassals of the Morning Star are on a mission to stamp out some vampires and head off on a secret mission to Nazi-controlled Europe. High Expectations: American Vampire [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #1, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1 review, Dave Stewart, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, review, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Survival of the Fittest, vampires, Vertigo | 10 Comments »
Posted on May 26, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Pat Brosseau (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Henry’s gang of vampire hunter/soldiers runs for their lives on the Japanese island of Taipan in WWII. What’s Good: Fun and exciting story? Check! A sense of mystery? Check! Great art? Check! [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #15, American Vampire #15 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, Pat Brosseau, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, vampires, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 17, 2011 by dfstell
By: Tomm Coker & Daniel Freedman (writers), Coker (art), Freedman (colors) & Michael David Thomas (letters) The Story: An ex-soldier battles vampires in Hong Kong to free his vampiric girlfriend’s soul. What’s Good: Hey! Nice fight scene! Well-done fight scenes have become a rarity in modern comics. Too many fights just show random assemblages of dramatic [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Daniel Freedman, Dean Stell, Image, Michael David Thomas, review, Tomm Coker, Undying Love, Undying Love #2, Undying Love #2 review, vampires | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 3, 2011 by dfstell
By: Tomm Coker & Daniel Freedman (writers), Coker (art), Freedman (color), Michael David Thomas (letters) The Story: A modern day vampire story in which a soldier falls in love with a vampire and attempts to free her soul. What’s Good: Well, this is a very stylish looking book. Although Coker is using a lot of [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Daniel Freedman, Dean Stell, Image, Michael David Thomas, review, Tomm Coker, Undying Love, Undying Love #1, Undying Love #1 review, vampires | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 2, 2011 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) and Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: New story arc on American Vampire as we jump forward to World War Two and get a little more secret vampire-hunter society action. What’s Good: So many great things about this issue [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #13, American Vampire #13 review, Dave McCaig, Joe Hughes, Mark Doyle, non-twilight vampires, Rafael Albuquerque, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, vampires | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 23, 2010 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors), Clayton Cowles (letters) & Axel Alonso (editor) The Story: An aftermath of sorts to the battle between the X-Men and the vampires. What’s Good: Lots of good Cyclops stuff in this issue. One of the biggest changes from the X-Men of my [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Axel Alonso, Clayton Cowles, Dean Stell, Juan Vlasco, Marte Gracia, Marvel, Paco Medina, review, vampires, Victor Gischler, X-Men, X-Men #6, X-Men #6 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 17, 2010 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors), Joe Caramanga (letters) & Jake Thomas (editor) The Story: It’s time for the mutant – vampire, battle-royale, loser-leaves-town, cage-match. What’s Good: X-Men kicking vampire ass. Did you have any doubts about how this would turn out? This comic mostly consists of one [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Curse of the Mutants, Dean Stell, Jake Thomas, Joe Caramagna, Juan Vlasco, Marte Gracia, Marvel, Paco Medina, review, vampires, Victor Gischler, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men, X-Men #5, X-Men #5 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 13, 2010 by dfstell
By: Scott Snyder (writer), Rafael Albuquerque (art), Dave McCaig (colors), Steve Wands (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Plots connect in a big way as Snyder starts to reveal more of his big concept vampire story. What’s Good: Boom! This was the issue that we were waiting for. American Vampire has been consistently good, [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: American Vampire, American Vampire #8, American Vampire #8 review, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Rafael Albuquerque, review, Scott Snyder, Steve Wands, vampires, Vertigo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 25, 2010 by dfstell
By: Jonathan Ross (creator/writer), Tommy Lee Edwards (creator/art) & John Workman (letters) The Story: A swirling the pot issue as the intrigue between vampires, mobsters and a shipwrecked alien thickens. What’s Good: Tommy Lee Edwards has just been great in this series. Every single page is just beautiful. Some artists convey absurd levels of detail [...]
Filed under: Image Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, gangsters, Image, John Workman, Jonathan Ross, review, Tommy Lee Edwards, Turf, Turf #3, Turf #3 review, vampires, Weekly Comic Book Review | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 14, 2010 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Vampire Wolverine! Whether that is a good thing or not is up to you. What’s Good: There are some good moments in this issue mostly revolving around Blade and Angel going on a vampire hunt at [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Juan Vlasco, Marte Gracia, Marvel, Paco Medina, review, vampires, Victor Gischler, Weekly Comic Book Review, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men #4, X-Men #4 review | 6 Comments »
Posted on September 30, 2010 by dfstell
From Husk til Dawn by: James Asmus (writer), Tom Raney (art) & John Rauch (colors) I’m Gonna Stake You, Sucka by: Christopher Sequieira (writer) & Sana Takeda (art) Rue Blood by: Peter David (writer), Mick Bertilorenzi (art) & Lee Loughridge (colors) Survivors by: Rob Williams (writer), Doug Braithwaite (art) & June Chung (colors) Letters by: [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Christopher Sequieira, Comic Book Reviews, Curse of the Mutants, Dave Shar, Dean Stell, Doug Braithwaite, James Asmus, John Rauch, June Chung, Lee Loughridge, Marvel, Mick Bertilorenzi, Peter David, review, Rob Williams, Sana Takeda, Tom Raney, vampires, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men, X-Men vs. Vampires, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS - X-MEN VS. VAMPIRES, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS - X-MEN VS. VAMPIRES # 1, X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS - X-MEN VS. VAMPIRES # 1 review | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 10, 2010 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (pencils), Juan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: Dracula comes back and another mutant falls to the vampires. What’s Good: After the last issue, I was a little hard on some logical inconsistencies in the story (really??? you think it’s a good idea to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Juan Vlasco, Marte Gracia, Marvel, Paco Medina, review, vampires, Victor Gischler, Weekly Comic Book Review, X-Men, X-Men #3, X-Men #3 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 13, 2010 by dfstell
By: Victor Gischler (writer), Paco Medina (pencils), Jan Vlasco (inks), Marte Gracia (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters) The Story: The war between the vampires and the mutants is joined in full. What’s Good: If you’re willing to suspend disbelief and logical thinking (more on this below), the plan that the X-Men come up with to [...]
Filed under: Marvel Comics | Tagged: Blade, Comic Book Reviews, Dean Stell, Joe Caramagna, Juan Vlasco, Jubilee, Marte Gracia, Marvel Comics, Paco Medina, review, vampires, Victor Gischler, weekly comic cbook review, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men #2, X-Men #2 review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 8, 2010 by paladinking
by Chris Roberson (writer), Mike Allred (art), Laura Allred (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Gwen gets to know Amon, who explains the existence of monsters, while Horatio fights Claire the vampire. What’s Good: After three issues of relaxed storytelling, it’s nice to see iZombie really lay down some big ideas. Readers impatient with [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Alex Evans, Amon, Ancient Egypt, Chris Roberson, Comic Book Reviews, comic reviews, DC Comics, Ellie, Ghosts, Gwen Dylan, Horatio, I Zombie, iZombie, iZombie #4, iZombie #4 review, Laura Allred, Mike Allred, monsters, mummies, oversoul, Scott, undersoul, vampires, Vertigo Comics, Weekly Comic Book Review, were-terrier, werewolves, Zombies | 3 Comments »
