Nick Philpott 11/12/14 Nick Philpott 11/12/14

Review: Tomb Raider Vol. 1 – Season of the Witch

Lara Croft is back to the four-color world of comics with Gail Simone and Nicolas Daniel Selma’s Tomb Raider: Season of the Witch. There’s a lot to like about this comic, and there’s a few things that left me in the lurch, but overall, it’s a good place for readers old and new to jump on.

Nina Bird 11/11/14 Nina Bird 11/11/14

Review: The Borgias

Don’t read this book. The only thing worth talking about in The Borgias is that at one point there is literally a bag of dicks. They actually present a bag of 150 bloody dicks. Which is also how I would describe the book.

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

Review: Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle Vol. 1

My fellow Comic Bastard James Anders II (@jamesrandersii) has been reviewing Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle since issue #1 and loving every page. If you want to read good reviews that I agree with for the most part, go hit up the search.

Guest Contributor 11/12/14 Guest Contributor 11/12/14

Review: Punk Rock Paper Scissors

When I read this, the main feeling I felt was nostalgia. Overwhelming feelings of joy, angst, passion and resentment to current affairs struck me like lightning. I could almost jump into the pit with my very vivid thoughts of the hardcore punk shows headlined in Punk Rock Paper Scissors.

Justin Wood 11/12/14 Justin Wood 11/12/14

Video Game High School: S3:E5 – Being a Teen is Hard, I Guess

It's nice to laugh again. After getting an emotional smackdown in two back-to-back soul rockers, the kids are back at VGHS, facing their challenges head-on...ish.

Samantha Roehrig 11/12/14 Samantha Roehrig 11/12/14

Review: The Fade Out #3

Damn the price for fame is expensive. I truly feel bad for a lot of these characters. They sell their souls in order to become rich and famous. And guess what, it is still like that today. Maybe even worse. If The Fade Out is proving anything to me, it is that putting people in power makes them crazy.

James Anders II 11/12/14 James Anders II 11/12/14

Review: Rogue Trooper Classics #7

In any great comic written in the serial format, there is always that quintessential story arc; the one that defines a character and takes him or her to the next level. These types of stories will typically place the lead character into unfamiliar territory where he or she questions who they are and what they are doing.

Steve Paugh 11/12/14 Steve Paugh 11/12/14

Review: The October Faction #2

On my first reading of The October Faction #2, I wasn’t impressed. In fact, I was close to dropping it altogether. Much of this had to do with the art; not necessarily in Worm’s more viscerally photoshopped Templesmith style, but in the thick drapes of shadow in which he smothers them.

Samantha Roehrig 11/12/14 Samantha Roehrig 11/12/14

Review: Wild’s End #3

Wild’s End from BOOM! is the perfect example of why not to judge a book by its cover. Just looking at this series, it seems a little dull, but that is far from the truth. This story drags you in with its old time characters and rollercoaster of a plot. Meet the gang of Peter, Gilbert, and our leader Clive.

Dustin Cabeal 11/12/14 Dustin Cabeal 11/12/14

Review: Drifter #1

Sci-fi books are all the hotness right now at Image. Really they’ve been the hotness for a year now and so Drifter adds to the ranks of titles like Planetoid (which it reminds me a lot of), East of West, Saga and many others. While it shares some similarities of Planetoid, there is something honestly very different about Drifter that makes it stand out from the other Image sci-fi titles. Maybe it’s a bit video gameish, maybe it’s just the artwork, but whatever it is I liked it.

David Craig 11/12/14 David Craig 11/12/14

Review: Resurrectionists #1

Since I started reading comics some four years ago, Fred Van Lente has fast become a creator I pay attention to. His stories are always fun, but often they’re also able to stir some real emotions in the reader - meaning they’re not to be brushed off lightly in the way that some light-hearted tales are.

André Habet 11/11/14 André Habet 11/11/14

Review: The Bigger Bang #1

One of the major reasons I stayed away from superhero comics for a while is that they all seemed to start taking on the same appearance and tone. So many writers had adapted the Bendis School of wisecracking hero talking to other wisecrackers (Don’t shoot. I love the dude. DD #50 rules) that the voices all bled together.

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

Review: Deep State #1

Conspiracy theories are everywhere in the modern world. There are books, websites and documentaries devoted to the things, and they’re also the subject of this new series from Justin Jordan and BOOM! Studios.

Carl Boehm 11/11/14 Carl Boehm 11/11/14

Review: Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out #1

The subtitle change for this series signifies not only a new chapter in this exploitation comic done right but also a series shift in tone. Whereas Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight stood as homage to the wonderful films of the 70s that utilized the sex and violence to an elevated art form and beyond mere salacious perversion, Drive In, Bleed Out conveys a metaphoric, cautionary tone.

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

Review: Django/Zorro #1

Plotwise, not a lot happens in this issue. Django meets Don Diego de la Vega aka Zorro on the road, neither man is what he really appears at first. Django isn't the prospector he says he is, and Diego is more than the eccentric dandy he seems to be.

Nick Philpott 11/11/14 Nick Philpott 11/11/14

Review: Wytches #2

Scott Snyder and Jock’s Wytches #2 isn’t so much a book filled with scares as it is a building sense of unsettling feelings, all combined into one big comic book. It’s delightful in the most uncomfortable possible way.

Carl Boehm 11/11/14 Carl Boehm 11/11/14

Review: Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring #2

The brilliant colors and fantastic illustrations of this book will draw young readers in, and the kid-friendly, adventure-filled story will make the reading experience a pleasurable one. Jim Henson’s muppet creatures that live in the walls and explore the fantastic cave-like worlds get a faithful adaptation in this comic book.

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

Review: Teen Dog #3

It is no surprise that I would probably get a rad tattoo of Teen Dog on my ass if my cats would let me. This comic makes me fall in love with fun again and again. Teen Dog is the hit of the year for me, and I hope that you can jump on board and if you don’t have cats, get a tat of this dog.

André Habet 11/11/14 André Habet 11/11/14

Review: Copperhead #3

It’s unfortunate that when creators pull off a story that it sometimes takes a while to appreciate just how truly kickass the work is. After my first reading of Copperhead #3, I thought ‘Well that was fun,’ and closed the file on my digital reader.

Nina Bird 11/11/14 Nina Bird 11/11/14

Review: Mercy Thompson #2

Mercy Thompson is a supernatural murder mystery- a werewolf pack uncover human remains that appear to have been murdered in a ritualistic way. Now the werewolves and the cops are working together to solve the case.