Dustin Cabeal 12/9/14 Dustin Cabeal 12/9/14

Review: Lady Demon #1

I was really beginning to wonder about Dynamite’s Chaos! line. I’ve yet to enjoy a single issue of the relaunch and it really was bumming me out. Leave it to the one Chaos! character that I’m not familiar with to save the day.

Carl Boehm 12/9/14 Carl Boehm 12/9/14

Review: Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring #3

Joseph Campbell once wrote, “If the path before you is clear, you are probably on someone else’s.”

James Anders II 12/9/14 James Anders II 12/9/14

Reivew: Punks: The Comic #3

Punks the Comic is crazy…Positively, absolutely crazy. How crazy? You ask. Well, in Issue #3, we have the guys preparing for Thanksgiving, Dog interacting with Sean Connery (and eventually the Baldwin Brothers) in his refrigerator.

Austin Lanari 12/9/14 Austin Lanari 12/9/14

Review: 2000 AD - Prog 1911

As per usual, here are my three awesome things about Prog 1911, the last normal-length Prog of the year.

Nina Bird 12/9/14 Nina Bird 12/9/14

Review: Mercy Thompson #3

Our killer strikes again, Mercy gets some answers, and Jesse’s only friend is probably centuries old.

Nick Philpott 12/9/14 Nick Philpott 12/9/14

Review: Sex Criminals #9

It’s that glorious time again when Brimpers can rejoice--Lo, the return of the Sex Criminals is nigh. It’s another strong, hilarious entry in this delightful series from the two most deranged bastards to ever cash a paycheck, and I can’t wait for them to tie it together next month.

Samantha Roehrig 12/9/14 Samantha Roehrig 12/9/14

Review: Hero Cats of Stellar City #3

So around Christmas, I always think it is important to buy comics! Buy comics for yourself, but especially for other people. I like to try and get one gift for someone a graphic novel or comic. This gets them started on the right foot for the New Year. My pick this holiday season is Hero Cats. Kids will love this comic and immediately fall in love with their cat from Stellar City.

Steve Paugh 12/9/14 Steve Paugh 12/9/14

Review: The Empty Man #6

Despite what the issue numbering suggests, this doesn’t feel like an ending. That’s not to say that a couple of outstanding story beats haven’t been completed, with a few old and new ones left dangling to reel the reader in again, but I think this is where I get off The Empty Man ... which is totally what she said.

Steve Paugh 12/7/14 Steve Paugh 12/7/14

Review: The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil (OGN)

Thus begins the quiet, weird wonder of Stephen Collins’ original graphic novel, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, setting a tone that is part Seussian magic realist cautionary tale, part modernist allegorical poem, part social satire and all the way enjoyable.

David Craig 12/6/14 David Craig 12/6/14

Review: Tooth and Claw #2

The first issue of Tooth and Claw was one of the most promising debuts to come out of Image this year, and I’m happy to say that the second instalment doesn’t disappoint either.

David Craig 12/6/14 David Craig 12/6/14

Review: Eternal Warrior - Days of Steel #2

The first issue of Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel was a flawed but fun read that set up this mini-series nicely. It is with regret that I have to say how much damage this issue did to that solid foundation.

Samantha Roehrig 12/4/14 Samantha Roehrig 12/4/14

Review: Nailbiter #8

I don’t know how I feel about Nailbiter this week. It wasn’t that it was different from any other issue, it was that it was just all the same. I think that is why Nailbiter becomes a good read but not great.

James Anders II 12/4/14 James Anders II 12/4/14

Review: Five Ghosts #14

When I caught the early view of the cover of Five Ghosts #14, my excitement meter was peaked.

André Habet 12/4/14 André Habet 12/4/14

Review: The Humans #2

I should hate The Humans. Its characters are crass, horrible, and hedonistic, but damn I feel infinitely cooler after reading this comic.

Nick Philpott 12/4/14 Nick Philpott 12/4/14

Review: God Hates Astronauts #4

It’s the most wonderful time of the month again, gentle readers-- that magical time when I get to tell those of you who are buying God Hates Astronauts that you are living a life of purity and will be rewarded, and remind those of you who aren’t buying it that you are wicked, wicked people, and you will be punished.

James Anders II 12/4/14 James Anders II 12/4/14

Review: Vampirella #7

For the last several months, I have had a blast in reading Dynamite’s revamp (pun intended) of Vampirella.

André Habet 12/3/14 André Habet 12/3/14

Review: Cloaks #4

The best that I can say for this final issue of Cloaks is that prior to reading it I didn’t think I could possibly be as disappointed as I was after having read it. While the comic had its brief moments of intrigue and humor, it never seemed to live up to the initial premise’s storytelling potential.

Guest Contributor 12/3/14 Guest Contributor 12/3/14

Review: Creature Cops SVU #1

The comic world is sorely lacking in truly original content. Rehashes, reimaginings, and comic adaptations of TV and film are all industry standards. Enter Creature Cops: Special Varmint Unit. I’m no repository of comic history, so I might be wrong, but I’ll say that as far as I know, there’s never been a book about animal cops who wrangle hybrid animals. Somebody fact check me on that.

Carl Boehm 12/3/14 Carl Boehm 12/3/14

Review: Grimm Tales of Terror #5

I want to scream every time I read an issue of Grimm Tales of Terror but not from the horror between the covers of this comic. No, I want to cry out because each issue contains a great premise that gets buried in a half-assed attempt to create a sexually titillating wraparound narrative that implodes the progress of the monster-of-the-month arc.