Last month I caught up on the entire story arc that’s currently running in Mice Templar’s fourth volume and it was pretty damn good. It was so good that I scored the entire arc as a 5 out of 5.

You know that sound you make when you have a fantastic piece of chocolate? The one where you hang your mouth open and it’s almost like a mini orgasm that you’re having all from a piece of chocolate? Be honest you know what I’m talking about. Well that’s how I feel after reading Trees each month. It inspires that “it’s so good” sound, but then also the one of crushing disappointment as it’s over just as you reach for more.

Something that I really enjoy about the creative medium is when the title of something is worked into the story. I don’t just mean when a character cheesily says the title like, “I guess you could say that’s where the red ferns grow”*, though that makes me chuckle as well.

Wowzers this issue packs a punch. There was a time in which Steve Niles could do no wrong and took the comic world by storm. Now I don’t think he’s lost a step, but with any creator you become exposed to a large body of their work and they either have to evolve at a faster rate or you need to limit your exposure.

I’m going to start off with a bold statement… Doomboy is one of the best comic books/graphic novels I’ve ever read. That’s not an exaggeration or over hype either. Doomboy is the embodiment of everything that seasoned comic readers want from a comic and everything a new reader should expect.

The best way I can describe Mishka and the Sea Devil is whimsical. It’s a lighthearted and fun story that never takes it self seriously and is full of simple moral lessons and plenty of imagination.

I can count on one hand how many comic books have occupied my mind space for the entire month as I waited upon their release. In my early days of collecting comics the internet hadn’t yet become a reliable resource for releases and my knowledge of the industry and its shipping practices was limited.

Well it was only a matter of time before there would be a Doctor Who comic featuring the newest Doctor. With that comes some good and bad, but overall it’s a solid entry into the world of Doctor Who comics from Titan.

Full disclosure, I don’t know if I’ll end up playing the Bethesda/Tango Gameworks video game of the same name as this comic. I will definitely be back for more after reading this first issue though and will admit to being curious about the game.

I have never been a fan of Sabrina. Not the show, not the comics and believe me I have tried to enjoy both. Particularly with the show when I would watch it on Friday nights, but only because there was nothing else on and it was one of the nights of the week that I was allowed to watch a lot of TV as a kid. I think I made it one season before I decided to just give up on getting the most out of network television.

I had no idea what to expect from this series going in. I’m not a big fan of clown related stories and no it’s not because of a fear of clowns. I actually find any attempt to make clowns creepy and scary to be the opposite. It’s a cheap scare at best. So when I saw a circus and clowns involved in this story I was hesitant to say the least.