Review | Conan Volume 7: Cimmeria
I was a faithful fan of Dark Horse’s Conan relaunch with Cary Nord as artist but after he left I drifted away. Came across Conan: Cimmeria or Conan Volume 7, depending how you interpret the spine and title page of…
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Review | The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects
I’m a big Mike Mignola fan, admiring his work since Marvel Fanfare. The Amazing Screw-On Head was a one shot comic published in 2002 but somehow I missed it so I was anxious to pick up The Amazing Screw-On Head…
Comic Culture Radio Podcast | November 17th
Comic Culture: November 17th This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by the shows producer Anthony Falcone. Show engineer James MacIntosh also chimes in. Topics range from the death of Spider-Man and Grant Morrison to Pride and…
Review | Siege: Embedded
I was perusing the new books at my local comic book shop and came across Siege: Embedded in softcover. I noticed it because Chris Samnee had done the art: he’s been making a name and is doing the art on…
Review: Kill Shakespeare #7: The Play's the Thing
Writers: Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col Art: Andy Belanger Colours: Ian Herring Letters: Chris Mowry Cover: Kagan McLeod Publisher: IDW Publishing Kill Shakespeare has taken the comic book world by the storm this year, gaining accolade upon accolade from…
Review | I Am Legion
This one was a long time coming from its original French issues. I picked up the first DC Humanoids imprint issue in 2004, but that cross publishing deal collapsed. Devil’s Due Publishing picked up the series and published it as…
Review | Adele Blanc-Sec Vol 1
Fantagraphics and Kim Thompson are back with another Jacques Tardi translated work: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec Volume 1. Appearing in the early 1970s and published as single volumes in French around 1976, Adele Blanc-Sec has a cult following…
Review: The Return of Bruce Wayne #6
Writer: Grant Morrison Pencils: Lee Garbett and Pere Perez Inks: Alejandro Sicat and Walden Wong Colours: Guy Major Letters: Jared K. Fletcher Covers: Andy Kubert and Lee Garbett, with Bill Sienkiewicz Publisher: DC Comics Comic book returns are a dime…
Comic Culture Radio Podcast | November 10th
Comic Culture: November 10th This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija go it alone (with some help from show engineer James MacIntosh). The boys cover a whole bunch of comic book related topics including DC’s new Arena Tour, Walking…
Scott Pilgrim Gets an Epic Send-Off
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World may not have been a box-office success but that didn’t stop it from getting the send-off this fan-loved film deserved. Before arriving on DVD and Blu-ray this Tuesday November 9th, Scott Pilgrim headed back to…
Review: Brightest Day by Day – Issue #13
Writers: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi Artists: Ardian Syaf, Ivan Reis and Joe Prado Inker: Vincente Cifuentes Colours: Peter Steigerwald with John Starr and Ray Dillion Cover: David Finch, Ryan Winn and Steigerwald Letters: Rob Clark Jr. Publisher: DC Comics…
Review: Scarlet #3
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Alex Maleev Letters: Chris Eliopoulis Covers: Alex Maleev and Michael Avon Oeming Publisher: Marvel Icon What’s your breaking point? Really, sit back for a moment. Think about it. What would push you beyond the point…
Review | The Scorpion: The Treasure Of The Templars
The Scorpion is an excellent European series from Enrico Marini and Stephen Desberg about a treasure hunter during the Renaissance. Cinebook has been publishing English translations for a few years now and recently shipped volume four: The Treasure Of The…
Comic Culture Radio Podcast | November 3rd
Comic Culture: The Mike Laidman Interview. Mike Laidman, creator of the MikesStupidComics web comic and member of the ThisWeekInGeek podcast team, joins hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija this week. Mike’s agent and girlfriend Laura Thomas is also a guest…
Review: Kill Shakespeare #6: Lend Me Your Ears
Writers: Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col Artist: Andy Belanger Colours: Ian Herring Cover: Kagan McLeod Letters: Chris Mowry Publisher: IDW Publishing It’s been some time since we checked in on Kill Shakespeare, IDW’s Shakespearean tale of betrayal, drama and…
Review: X-Men Legacy #241
Writer: Mike Carey Pencils: Clay Mann and Tom Raney Inks: Jay Leisten, Tom Raney and Sandu Florea Coloured: Brian Reber Letters: Cory Petit Cover: Leinil Francis Yu Publisher: Marvel Comics Come one, come all! Okay, so in an effort to…
Fire & Water: Bill Everett & The Birth Of Marvel Comics
This book wins for longest title this year by a mile. Fire & Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, And The Birth Of Marvel Comics is a biography of Bill Everett complete with lots and lots of art. Here’s the publisher’s…
Comic Culture Radio Podcast | October 27th
Comic Culture: The Halloween edition. Zombie actor John Migliore joins hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija this week and the gang have a blast talking about the Walking Dead TV show and all things Zombies. Check John’s blog out here;…
Review | The Marvel Art Of Joe Quesada
During a flip through Previews a few months back I noticed a solicitation for The Marvel Art Of Joe Quesada: 240 pages dedicated to Quesada’s work at Marvel. Since all his early work that I enjoyed happened at DC with…
Review: Soldier Zero #1
Soldier Zero is the first of three new books coming from the Poobahs at Boom! in association with Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment. Does the first’s pow lower the boom on readers and offer a great read? Let’s gander this bad boy.