Review time! with Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
I’ll try to keep this brief; the book is 45 years old, after all! Recently, Universe Publishing released a new translation of Hugo Pratt’s seminal comic, Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea, with...
View ArticleReview time! with Drawn In
Greg Hatcher’s ex-students take over the cartooning world! At the Emerald City Comic-Con, I had to buy Drawn In, the book put together by several of Greg Hatcher’s ex-students – I think the editor,...
View ArticleReview time! with X-Men: Season One
Kelly beat me to the punch with a review of this, but that’s why we have different perspectives, right? Marvel’s return to “original” graphic novels (as original as retelling the origins of their major...
View ArticleReview time! with Black Charity
Putting a dominatrix in your comic should be a symbol of excellence, right? Black Charity comes to us from the fine folk at Archaia, who would like you to give them 1,995 pennies in exchange for it....
View ArticleReview time! with Rohan at the Louvre
Manga in the museum! Whoo-hoo! I’ve been enjoying these graphic novels that are produced in conjunction with the Louvre, so of course I ordered Rohan at the Louvre, which is by Hirohiko Araki, costs...
View ArticleReview time! with The Girl Who Owned a City
The book on which this was based was published in 1975. Why is it being adapted for comics almost 40 years later? That’s a fine question, good readers! I pre-ordered this book for two reasons: the...
View ArticleReview time! with Primordia
Oh, crazy myth mash-ups! Who doesn’t love those? Primordia came out five years ago or so, but Archaia has a nice new hardcover out and they were nice enough to send it to me, so here it is! This book...
View ArticleReview time! with Winter City #1-3
More comics that someone sent me in the mail. Yay, mail! Winter City is a series co-written by Carl and Patrick Purcell (who also letters the book), drawn by Pablo Verdugo Muñoz, and colored by David...
View ArticleReview time! with Baby’s in Black
Well, I’m certainly trying to catch up with my reviews! I’m only slightly over two months behind right now! I will admit to not quite getting the Beatles. I like them, sure, and I recognize their...
View ArticleReview time! with Brian Boru: Ireland’s Warrior King
Yay, historical fiction! Damien Goodfellow’s first graphic novel, Brian Boru (which is published by The O’Brien Press and costs $24.50), is better for the potential of its creator than the actual...
View ArticleReview time! with The Underwater Welder
It’s Jeff Lemire’s new graphic novel! Let’s see what’s what with this sucker! The Underwater Welder is the latest graphic novel by Jeff Lemire, who’s carved out a nice career at DC but still finds time...
View ArticleReview time! with Pedestrian
Here’s another comic I received in the mail. Mmmm … comics in the mail! Gordon Harris, the creator of Pedestrian, was nice enough to send me a copy of it so I could review it. It’s a slim volume,...
View ArticleReview time! with The Girl Who Would Be King
I know, it’s a prose book, but it’s written by one of our very own bloggers, so just deal with it! The Girl Who Would Be King is, of course, Kelly Thompson’s first novel, which she funded through...
View ArticleReview time! with Wicked Vibes #1
According to the cover of this, it’s the “first flippin’ issue!!” So you know they’re serious! Wicked Vibes is an anthology comic created and published by Dillon Hallen under the name Fizz Comics....
View ArticleReview time! with Not My Bag
Note: There are no tentacles in this story. Just so you know! I met Sina Grace for the first time at the Emerald City Comic Convention, and he was nice enough to pass along a copy of Not My Bag, his...
View ArticleReview time! with Chakrula – Series 8: Bringing Riley Back
I received an e-mail from the writer of this comic asking if I’d like to review it, and I wrote back that I’d be happy to do so. That’s just how I roll, people! Chakrula is an unusual superhero comic...
View ArticleReview time! with Cyborg 009
“My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM” The excellent people at Archaia sent me a copy of Cyborg 009, a “re-imagining” of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori, and I’d like to thank them for...
View ArticleReview time! with Super! #1
“I looked in the mirror at my pigeon chest / I had to put on my clothes because it made me depressed” The people at Unlikely Heroes Studios sent me the first issue of their new series, Super!, and I’d...
View ArticleReview time! with The Secret Origin of the Dust Elves #1
“Mine’s a tale that can’t be told, my freedom I hold dear / How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air” A while back, Gordon Harris sent me a copy of Pedestrian, his self-published graphic...
View ArticleReview time! with 7 Against Chaos
“The atom display is not mindless illusion / At master control, assessment will not be by humans / There’s no turning back” 7 Against Chaos feels like total critics’ catnip. It’s written by Harlan...
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