Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15 Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15

Review: Escape From New York #2

I can tell you the exact panel of this comic in which I knew I was done reading this series: page nine, panel two. That’s right, Snake wakes up on a prison submarine and after the mandatory (and I do mean mandatory), “it’s not him, he’s too short” joke; Snake asks for a smoke and a comical amount of hands and cigarette packs surround him. Here’s the thing about this panel… it’s not physically possible for so many people to reach the same distance and height around his face, then when you take in to account they’re on a close-courters submarine… well it’s a joke stinks and that breaks the serious nature of the world.

Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15 Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15

Review: The Woods #9

I never got around to reviewing the last issue of The Woods, but damn it was good. I tried to even work it in on my end of the year list and it honestly came in just behind Mind MGMT which should tell you a little something about the quality of this series.

Nick Philpott 1/6/15 Nick Philpott 1/6/15

Review: Feathers #1

Jorge Corona’s new all-ages title, Feathers, is, at the high risk of mixing animal metaphors, a horse of a different color, compared to its ilk on the shelves. It’s got a little bit of everything--unreliable narrators, a riches-to-rags story, angelic and demonic symbolism, and really charming artwork. The unfortunate part is that it feels very stiff, though with some time, it could be a whole lot of fun.

Guest Contributor 1/6/15 Guest Contributor 1/6/15

Review: John Carter: Warlord of Mars #3

I’m continuing to enjoy how fun this series is. I think I mentioned in a review of JCWM #1 how it feels like an old sci-fi serial mixed with some Saturday morning cartoons, and that description is holding true. While there are no major story breakthroughs in issue #3, the action is thick and the rollercoaster of a story is there in full force.

Guest Contributor 1/6/15 Guest Contributor 1/6/15

Review: Shaft #2

Shaft #1 started with a roar, and by issue 2, the roar is just as loud. It’s hard to ask more of David F. Walker and Bilquis Evely, to be honest with you. So far, the series reads like a great action movie with actual good writing. That’s especially evident in Shaft #2.

Carl Boehm 1/6/15 Carl Boehm 1/6/15

Review: Smiley The Psychotic Button

The one-shot special featuring the comedic sidekick to Evil Ernie breaks down into two separate stories that look backwards and forwards. The first, “What Ever Happened to Richard Smiley” supplies an origin for the demonic lapel rider.

Carl Boehm 1/6/15 Carl Boehm 1/6/15

Review: Army of Darkness: Ash in Space #2

In the last issue, Ash got blasted into space while chasing a possessed astronomer. Artemis Vrill, the stargazer, uploaded the Necronomicon’s contents into the space stations computers creating a technologically based Evil Dead.

Steve Paugh 12/30/14 Steve Paugh 12/30/14

Review: Memetic #3

Quite possibly the first, and perhaps best thing you could say about the end of Tynion and Donovan’s Boom series, Memetic, is that you will not see it coming. Of course, that last sip from this, its third and final issue, comes from something of a poisoned chalice. I say that with intent, that while this book didn’t end in the way I was expecting, it also didn’t do so unsatisfactorily.

Carl Boehm 12/30/14 Carl Boehm 12/30/14

Review: X-O Manowar #31

Robert Venditti officially declared war on the other armor-wearing hero, Iron Man, with this issue. His first volley of shots fired came from the satirical equivalent of an F-22 Raptor: efficient, brutal, and right on target.

Samantha Roehrig 12/30/14 Samantha Roehrig 12/30/14

Review: Robyn Hood #5

So clearly I was pretty stoked after our last issue. Robyn and Red Riding Hood met up again to show us some awesome moves, banter about love lives, and of course take down some evil villains.

James Anders II 12/24/14 James Anders II 12/24/14

Review: Captain Midnight #18

In reading this issue, I discovered a fact that has been there since the beginning, but I don’t think that I ever saw it until Issue #18. That fact is this…Captain Midnight (aka Jim Albright) can’t plan an attack worth a shit. I don’t necessarily know if that is the intention of writer Joshua Williamson or if it is just what it is.

David Craig 12/24/14 David Craig 12/24/14

Review: Resurrectionists #2

Resurrectionists is shaping up to be such a mixed bag that it was tricky assigning it a score for this review. On the one hand, the book’s plot is coming along nicely. Characters that I assume will become major players in the story are gradually being introduced and built on, and the mythology that Fred Van Lente has created is interesting and continues to be developed.

James Anders II 12/24/14 James Anders II 12/24/14

Review: Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #12

It all ends here (?)

Carl Boehm 12/24/14 Carl Boehm 12/24/14

Review: Grindhouse: Drive-In, Bleed Out #2

Shayla and her grandmother, Mother Wolf, continue on the revenge quest against the monsters that murdered their family. These fiends, “The Overseer,” “The Clown,” “The Cowboy,” and “the Man Who Walks” personify the vices that mortally affect the lower classes.

Dustin Cabeal 12/24/14 Dustin Cabeal 12/24/14

Review: Judge Dredd #26

Now THIS, is what I am talking about…

André Habet 12/19/14 André Habet 12/19/14

Review: Wayward #5

I feel really bummed about Wayward, and how I think it’s not meeting its full potential with each passing issue. To me, it’s unclear why we should care much about any of these character other than because they fill archetypal sympathetic roles.

Guest Contributor 12/19/14 Guest Contributor 12/19/14

Review: Terrible Lizard #2

Wrex (our friendly T-Rex) fights a giant mutant ape. That's pretty much the comic. You have two monsters fighting, and the fight is well done, fun, and....it is two giant monsters fighting! What else do you need in your life? The second half of the comic is adults overreacting and not understanding things followed by a fun montage of Jesse and Wrex bonding and having fun.

André Habet 12/20/14 André Habet 12/20/14

Review: The Bigger Bang #2

Before I read this issue, I had to come to terms with the idea that it could not live up to the expectations built up after being blown away by the premiere. That took much longer than I thought it would, and it was only because I had given myself a deadline on writing this review that I finally opened the file to the follow-up, reading it twice in one sitting as is my way with single issues.

Samantha Roehrig 12/17/14 Samantha Roehrig 12/17/14

Review: Oddly Normal #4

I pretty much want to ditto want Nick has said so long about this series; it is awesome! With each issue comes a section of fan letters, and you can really tell that a lot of young girls have gotten into comics with this series alone.

Dustin Cabeal 12/17/14 Dustin Cabeal 12/17/14

Review: The Activity #16

Oh how I wish this issue had released sooner. I know the creative team was working on the Punisher for Marvel (a series I still have read), but if this issue had released just after the fifteenth issue it would have been an amazing ending to the story.