Steve Paugh 11/4/14 Steve Paugh 11/4/14

Review: Spread #4

In reading and reviewing issue four of Justin Jordan and Kyle Stahm’s Spread, I can’t help but feel a bit disconcerted; not least because it features a crazy bald lady vividly ripping someone’s throat out, or because a group of characters explode in a tentacular spectacular. Don’t get me wrong, though, those are certainly disconcerting elements.

Dustin Cabeal 11/4/14 Dustin Cabeal 11/4/14

Review: Chew #44

Okay… wow. Honestly, that’s probably all I should say about this issue since to say anything about what happens within its pages would be a spoiler. That’s right, every page is important to the story and frankly the landscape of the Chew universe will be completely different after this issue. Fuck, I feel like even saying that is a spoiler.

David Craig 11/4/14 David Craig 11/4/14

Review: Eternal Warrior – Days of Steel #1

Since it relaunched in 2012, Valiant has become one of the most reliable publishers in terms of printing quality titles. X-O Manowar, Harbinger and most recently Armor Hunters have all been hugely entertaining reads, and so it was with great excitement that I picked up Eternal Warrior – Days of Steel.

Guest Contributor 11/4/14 Guest Contributor 11/4/14

Review: Cinderella: Age of Darkness #1

I already knew the pubescent me was long dead, but reading Cinderella: Age of Darkness 1 reaffirmed it. A 12-year-old me probably would have loved this book because of the boobs and PG-13 language. The 32-year-old me won’t be reading issue 2, and honestly, I’m very relieved I can say that.

Allen Wiggs 11/4/14 Allen Wiggs 11/4/14

Review: Adventure Time – Bitter Sweets

Adventure Time is a bonafide hit as a comic, the main series has been great, many of the mini-series and original graphic novels have been just as good. This time we have a full color graphic novel focusing on Princess Bubblegum and Peppermint Butler as they travel the various kingdoms to complete a ritual ten years in the making. So let's jam the Adventure Time theme song and jump right in.

Steve Paugh 11/4/14 Steve Paugh 11/4/14

Review: The Empty Man #5

The Empty Man is one of those books that began so intriguingly; one that gripped me basically from the first time I read it’s solicit. Hellish sentient viruses? Check. An X-Files-esque duo leading the investigative charge? Double check. A weird priest figure, a morbid cult, ghost girls, hell and gruesome tales of death-by-insanity? Check, check checkity-check, check. But now that we’re nearing the end of this admirably-begun Boom book, I wonder if it bit off perhaps more than it could chew.

Samantha Roehrig 11/4/14 Samantha Roehrig 11/4/14

Review: Usagi Yojimbo - Senso #4

Well I actually have never read Usagi until I had a young friend suggest the comic. This is why I love all age comics. They allow for students to teach me too. Usagi, although seeming like a young age comic, is sort of complex. Any story where you must enter a completely different world and learn their rules can be a complicated order.

Allen Wiggs 10/31/14 Allen Wiggs 10/31/14

Review: Chimera Brigade - Vol. 1

Chimera Brigade has great art and a strong concept. It is World War II and various super powered people are helping and hindering the great powers. There are super heroes, mad scientists, mechanized power suits, and even a cat person. Everything about the last sentence interests me when thrown together to see how it works. Yet...the actual execution didn't quite deliver.

André Habet 10/31/14 André Habet 10/31/14

Review: Last Born #2

Once I made it to the end of this issue, I realized that Last Born may actually get to something really great over its next few issues. Just like the premiere issue though, this one contends itself with solely further establishing its premise.

André Habet 10/31/14 André Habet 10/31/14

Review: Sundowners #3

I think I’ve reached my end with Sundowners, and it’s possible I might regret that choice should this issue’s upswing continue. As things stand right now though, Sundowners seems pretty satisfied as a ho-hum comic with characters that don’t particularly resonate with me in any manner despite the intrigue built up by their mental disorders, and the impact that has on their vigilantism.

André Habet 10/30/14 André Habet 10/30/14

Review: Wayward #3

We’re three issues in, and Wayward seems just about to wrap its ‘getting the gang’ together portion, which is great because despite the numerous scene changes, it doesn’t feel like very much happens here other than Rori’s Monster Mash gang getting a potential fourth member.

Dustin Cabeal 10/30/14 Dustin Cabeal 10/30/14

Read It Now – The Valiant: First Look, Featuring Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera!

In advance of THE VALIANT #1 by superstar creators Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera this December, Valiant is proud to present THE VALIANT: FIRST LOOK – an exclusive behind-the-scenes look inside the eagerly anticipated launch title of the all-new VALIANT NEXT initiative available now in stores and online now at comiXology, ComicsPlus, Madefire, and DriveThruComics.com!

Nick Philpott 10/30/14 Nick Philpott 10/30/14

Review: Comics #5 - WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP is a comic that tries to straddle the line between autobiographical rumination on a formative experience and an actual history of that most hipster of sitcoms, WKRP in Cincinnati. What it achieves is a little bit less than an interesting version of either.

James Anders II 10/30/14 James Anders II 10/30/14

Review: Savage Dragon #199

For the last couple months, I have seen posts both on Twitter and Facebook from writer/artist extraordinaire Erik Larsen regarding an experiment that he was doing with his Savage Dragon comic. In the experiment, Larsen was planning to have an entire issue of nothing but two page spreads. It sounded kind of interesting to be sure. But would it work?

Dustin Cabeal 10/29/14 Dustin Cabeal 10/29/14

Review: Purgatori #2

Well this issue is slightly better than the first issue. Thankfully there’s not attempted rape scene in this issue, but I would be lying if I said that I didn’t have a sour taste in my mouth from the first issue. There is a pretty big problem with this issue though… it’s boring. Yeah nothing really happens other than more of the same from the last issue and exposition. Lots of exposition.

Nina Bird 10/29/14 Nina Bird 10/29/14

Review: Doodle Jump #4

Before I read Doodle Jump, I assumed it was aimed for very young children. Having read all four issues currently released, I can’t really imagine a child of any age reading this comic. Maybe if it were the waiting room of the dentist’s office and all the Highlights magazines were taken, but only then.

Nick Philpott 10/29/14 Nick Philpott 10/29/14

Review: Low #4

Low #4 still has the scattered feeling of the first three issues, but it’s starting to show its hand; you can start to see where the threads are that are going to converge, and Remender will pluck them and the whole thing will fall into place. It makes for my favorite issue of this series to date, but still not quite one that I feel confident in.

James Anders II 10/29/14 James Anders II 10/29/14

Review: Sex #17

Sex has been writer Joe Casey and artist Piotr Kowalski’s little voyeuristic romp into the world of the the good guys versus the bad guys and their more, um, private details that you don’t see in other day to day comics. On the surface, Sex may appear like some simple dirty book that likes to portray people naked and engaged in slippery embrace.

Dustin Cabeal 10/29/14 Dustin Cabeal 10/29/14

Review: Doctor Who – The Eleventh Doctor #4

Well now we’re cooking! I wish there had been an episode like this issue during Matt Smith’s run of Doctor Who. Al Ewing really understands the Eleventh Doctor’s personality and he uses Alice’s character to illustrate that. Speaking of Alice, what an interesting character!

Nick Philpott 10/29/14 Nick Philpott 10/29/14

Review: The Massive #28

We’re officially in the back half of the last arc of The Massive, and I’m not ready to let go. I know I’ll have to, come December, but I will not go gently into that good night. Until then, let’s talk about the third-to-last issue.