Posted on February 22, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Bill Willingham (writer), Mark Buckingham (penciller), Steve Leialoha (inker), Lee Loughridge (colorist), Shawn McManus (feature artist) The Story: Now’s the perfect time to say, “Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat.” The Review: Fables has such a huge, sprawling universe, populated with so many prominent characters, even prominent feature characters, that when Willingham chooses to [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Bigby, Bigby Wolf, Bill Willingham, DC, DC Comics, Fables, Fables #114, Fables #114 review, Lee Loughridge, Mark Buckingham, Nurse Spratt, Shawn McManus, Snow White, Steve Leialoha, Therese, Vertigo, Vertigo Comics, winter | Leave a 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 9, 2012 by dfstell
By: Brian Wood (writer), Danijel Zezelj (artist), Dave McCaig (colors), Travis Lanham (letters), Massimo Carnevale (cover) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: In this long-form story about the early history of Viking Iceland, one family leader tries to become an honest businessman, but can that ever really happen? Three Things: 1. Great series in hindsight. [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Wood, Danijel Zezelj, Dave McCaig, Dean Stell, Mark Doyle, Massimo Carnevale, Northlanders, Northlanders #48, Northlanders #48 review, review, Travis Lanham, Vertigo | 5 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 February 3, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer and artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters), Gregory Lockard (assistant editor) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: Will Jepperd go back to save his friends in the dam? Five Things [Light spoilers]: 1. $hit is starting to hit the fan back at the dam. – This is issue 2 [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Gregory Lockard, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #30, Sweet Tooth #30 review, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
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 | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 25, 2012 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Too many to list—check out the review. The Story: Sit down, kids, and prepare to grow old, as I tell you about the olden days. The Review: Bill Willingham likes to throw out these semi-out-of-continuity issues from time to time, which is all well and good. He largely does a good job with them, [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Adam Hughes, Bill Willingham, DC, DC Comics, Fables, Fables #113, Fables #113 review, Fabletown, Jim Fern, Lee Loughridge, Lovern Kindzierski, Porky Pine, Ramon Bachs, Ron Randall, Vertigo, Vertigo Comics, Zander Tannon | Leave a Comment »
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 January 5, 2012 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer & artist), Jose Villarrubia (colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: We return to the present day story of Sweet Tooth and learn some disturbing things about the refuge in the dam. Five Things: 1. Nice to return to “normal” Sweet Tooth. – The just completed arc [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Jose Villarrubia, Mark Doyle, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #29, Sweet Tooth #29 review, Vertigo | 2 Comments »
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 | 4 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 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Bill Willingham (writer), Mark Buckingham (penciller), Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy, Dan Green (inkers), Lee Loughridge (colorist) The Story: Santa, that toy boat better not have my name on it. The Review: I have quite a few friends of diverse religion and some of no religion at all. While most of them find the materialistic [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Andrew Pepoy, Bigby Wolf, Bill Willingham, Cubs, Dan Green, DC, DC Comics, East Wind, Fables, Fables #112, Fables #112 review, Fabletown, Lee Loughridge, Mark Buckingham, Nurse Spratt, Rose Red, Santa Claus, Snow White, Steve Leialoha, Vertigo, Vertigo Comics | 4 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 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 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 December 13, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The final chapter of this late-1800′s story showing a possible origin for the Sweet Tooth universe. Four Things: 1. Very streamlined story without many answers. - I usually break my reviews up into five bullet points, but the story [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Mark Doyle, Matt Kindt, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #28, Sweet Tooth #28 review, Vertigo | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 7, 2011 by dfstell
By: Brian Azzarello (writer), Eduardo Risso (art), Trish Mulvihill, Clem Robins (letters), Mark Doyle & Will Dennis (editors), Dave Johnson (cover) The Story: Our titular spaceman get’s tangled up in a kidnapping plot while having semi-explanatory flashbacks to the past. Five Things: 1. Story is starting to round into shape. - Last issue spent most of [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Brian Azzarello, Clem Robins, Dave Johnson, Dean Stell, Eduardo Risso, Mark Doyle, review, Spaceman, Spaceman #2, Spaceman #2 review, Trish Mulvihill, Vertigo, Will Dennis | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 3, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Bill Willingham (writer), Mark Buckingham (penciller) Steve Leialoha & Shawn McManus (inkers), Lee Loughridge (colorist) The Story: Get ready to see who’ll be the new North Wind—he (or she) will blow you away! The Review: Reading this series occasionally reminds me of something I often wondered when reading Harry Potter: for all the drama [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews, Vertigo | Tagged: Bellflower, Bigby, Bill Willingham, Bufkin, Cubs, DC, DC Comics, Dunster Happ, East Wind, Fables #111, Fables #111 review, Frau Totenkinder, Lee Loughridge, Mark Buckingham, North Wind, Oz, Shawn McManus, Snow White, Steve Leialoha, Vertigo, Vertigo Comics, West Wind, winter | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen
By: Mike Carey (writer), Michael WM. Kaluta, Rick Geary, Bryan Talbot (artists), Chris Chuckry (colorist) The Story: What a day, what a day for an auto-da-fé! The Review: While some people would like to dismiss stories as just that—stories—they must have something more to them, otherwise why would people react to them with such passion [...]
Filed under: DC Comics, Reviews | Tagged: DC, DC Comics, Homer Davenport, Johannes Gutenberg, Pullman, The Unwritten, The Unwritten #31.5, The Unwritten #31.5 review, Unwritten, Vertigo, Vertigo Comics | 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 24, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jason Aaron (writer), R.M. Guera (artist), Giulia Brusco (colors), Sal Cipriano (letters), Mark Doyle (associate editor) & Will Dennis (editor) The Story: Someone dies, Dash still can’t talk and there’s a lot of double-crossing going on at the Prairie Rose Reservation. Five Things: 1. Beginning to thin out the supporting characters. You could think [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Dean Stell, Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, Mark Doyle, R.M. Guera, review, Sal Cipriano, Scalped, Scalped #54, Scalped #54 review, Vertigo, Will Dennis | 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 November 5, 2011 by dfstell
By: Jeff Lemire (writer), Matt Kindt (art and colors), Carlos M. Mangual (letters) & Mark Doyle (editor) The Story: The possible origin of the plague that is affecting the “current” Sweet Tooth universe is revealed. Five things: 1. An interesting and unique “origin”. Sweet Tooth is an apocalypse story just like The Walking Dead, The [...]
Filed under: Vertigo | Tagged: Carlos M. Mangual, Dean Stell, Jeff Lemire, Mark Doyle, Matt Kindt, review, Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth #27, Sweet Tooth #27 review, Vertigo | 4 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 »
