Dustin Cabeal 1/11/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/11/17

Review: Khaal #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Khaal is originally a French comic book, which isn’t 100% apparent from the cover. It becomes more obvious upon reading it and realizing that the art is beautiful, while the story struggles. I’ve heard a lot of people say that French comics value art over the story and that’s damn true here.

Chris Tresson 1/11/17 Chris Tresson 1/11/17

Review: Red Dog #2

By Chris Tresson

What up, Dawg! Sorry... That was a terrible way to open a review. It seems like forever since I read the first issue of Red Dog. I think it has genuinely been five or six months since I first opened it up and you know what? Although I read a lot of comics… like, a really stupid amount of comics per month (I’ve stopped counting how many), I can still remember what happened in the last issue of this like I only read it yesterday. That’s impressive. Either it was really good (it was) or I’m like some sort of comic book reading Rain Man (I’m not.) Anyways, this is my review of the second issue of Rob Cohen’s Red Dog from 451 Media. Let’s get this show on the road.

Dustin Cabeal 1/11/17 Dustin Cabeal 1/11/17

Review: James Bond 007: Felix Leiter #1

By Dustin Cabeal

I picked this up to read because I was terribly confused by it. How exactly was this a James Bond title with a scruffy blond man on the cover? Well, it’s not, not in the sense that it follows James Bond, but rather Felix Leiter. The joke was on me because I thought I could just pick this up and maybe enjoy it without having to read any of the other James Bond titles, but this character comes straight out of Warren Ellis’ run that either just wrapped or has one more awkward issue left.

Chris Tresson 1/11/17 Chris Tresson 1/11/17

Review: The Assignment #1

By Chris Tresson

This is my first review of the new year* so I thought I’d pick something I wouldn’t usually go for… and this week’s comics up for review weren’t all that great, so that’s another reason I picked this book. I will say that when I first opened the review copy of this book and saw the first few panels I thought to myself, “Shit! This looks pretty nice… I might have to review it just for the art. This looks really good!” So, this is why I’m here reviewing it. This is my review of (Re)assignment #1 from Titan Comic’s Hard Case Crime imprint.

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Review: Red Sonja v4 #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Oh wow… this is far worse than I thought it could be. The idea of this volume of Dynamite’s Red Sonja is that she’s been transported to modern day New York City. I’m sure some were thinking, “wow, that’s different” and while you’re technically right, different isn’t always good.

Jonathan Edwards 1/11/17 Jonathan Edwards 1/11/17

Review: Justice League/Power Rangers #1

By Jonathan Edwards

Why does this book exist? I mean, sure, the Justice League and Power Rangers are both superhero teams starring in their own books, and doing a crossover is always likely to guarantee to sell at least a few copies to fans from both side of the isle. But, I can't really say it's a team-up I've ever heard anyone clamoring for. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. If Batman can team up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, why not the Justice League and Power Rangers? And to be fair, their marketing did kind of work on me. Because, when I saw this listed on the spreadsheet, I was compelled to find out just how in the hell they tried to make this whole thing work.

Patrick Larose 1/11/17 Patrick Larose 1/11/17

The Best 6 Things I Stared at in 2016

By Patrick Larose

2016 was a year largely characterized by loss. Whether that loss be felt personally, culturally or politically, there's an overwhelming sense that the good guys are thinning out and the bad are encroaching closer every second.

2016 was also the year I started writing for Comic Bastards. The year I got to start writing about one of my favorite mediums on the Internet. For the first time I got engage and keep up with modern comics from the big and small publishers and, despite being a long-time comic fan, that was a completely different experience.

Chris Tresson 1/10/17 Chris Tresson 1/10/17

Review: God Country #1

By Chris Tresson

So, the other day I was cruising through Twitter looking at what people are doing with their lives (like you do) and there was a lot of positive talk about a book that’s coming out some time in the near future... The book in question is Image Comics’ God Country #1, written by Donny Cates and illustrated by Geoff Shaw. Immediately my interest was piqued. Having read The Paybacks previously (also by this creative team), I really wanted to see what this book was like… Luckily for me, upon checking the call sheet we use for reviews here, it was in amongst the advanced review copies, God Country #1. My name was next to it shortly thereafter. So, here we go. This is my review; I hope it piques your interest…