Review | East of West
Jonathan Hickman puts his own spin on the apocalypse, and readers would do well to tag along.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Excellent places to buy indie comics in digital format
6 options for buying indie digital comics other than from ComiXology.
Review | BLACK IS THE COLOR and others by Julia Gfrörer
Julia Gfrörer creates haunting and beautiful minicomics with dark themes and subtle humor.
Review | Bedlam #1-6
A look back at the first arc of Bedlam, a violent and beautiful comics that questions the very nature of evil.
Why you should buy Building Stories
Though expensive and rather intimidating, Chris Ware's epic tale of everyday life, BUILDING STORIES, is worth the investment.
Comics from around the web, part 2
Another look at some excellent comics from around the web.
Comics from around the web
A few comics on the web that have caught my eye.
Review: Debris
GREEN WAKE creators Kurtis J. Wiebe and Riley Rossmo reunite for DEBRIS, an action-packed sci-fi adventure featuring enormous robotic monsters.
Review | Storm Dogs #1
The first issue of David Hine's sci-fi crime thriller hits all the right notes.
Review | Mind MGMT #1-6
Some comics are meant to be more disorienting than others. When you don’t know what’s going on in a story, it’s due to one of two things: author intent or bad writing. Author intent eventually reveals itself. Bad writing usually…
Review | Finder: Talisman Hardcover
Carla Speed McNeil’s FINDER is both dense and inviting. Characters appear and disappear, panels jump from dreamscapes to reality, from flashback to flash forward. But each page further illuminates this lush and expansive sci-fi universe, and a little patience with…
Review | The Underwater Welder
Sometimes the things we bury deep within ourselves refuse to stay buried.
Review | Dancer
DANCER is a book for sensitive types who appreciate the romance of looking at the world through a sniper scope.
Review | Night of 1,000 Wolves
As the autumn air cools and the days grow shorter I, like many, find myself seeking out spooky tales to enjoy while nestled in front of a crackling fire and sipping hot cider. Coming Oct. 23 from IDW is a…
Review | Memoir #6: troubled series but great finish
Now that Memoir's long overdue finale has arrived, does it live up to the title's auspicious beginnings? Yes and no.
The Massive & The Creep: Two of the better DHP “pilots”
A strategy becoming apparent in Dark Horse's latest incarnation of DARK HORSE PRESENTS is using it as a kind of testing site for new series. In some more successful cases, Dark Horse has collected the serialized stories into issue #0s to kick off new series. Two of the better titles to come from this strategy so far are John Arcudi’s THE CREEP and Brian Wood’s THE MASSIVE.
Review | Prophet Vol. 1: Remission
As reboots go, PROPHET is somewhat out of the ordinary. Image’s update bears only a passing resemblance to the Extreme title from the ’90s on which it is based. Yet instead of beginning at the beginning with a #1, the…
Minicomics
While some blame the Internet for declining sales of print comics, the democratic, shareable and open nature of the world wide web has created an excellent marketplace for boutique books. Whether Kickstarter’d, Indiegogo’d, pre-ordered or otherwise, self-published minicomics and graphic…
Review | Blacksad: A Silent Hell
Blacksad: A Silent Hell brings American readers up to date with the series for the first time.
Wild Children
WILD CHILDREN Written by Ales Kot Art by Riley Rossmo Colors/edits by Gregory Wright Letters by Clayton Cowles Published July 2012 by Image Comics 64 pages, full color Order online: Amazon, Book Depository Much like its protagonists, WILD CHILDREN is…