Justin Wood 12/2/16 Justin Wood 12/2/16

Review: Reggie and Me #1

By Justin Wood

Why do I do this to myself? Let's be honest, there is probably never going to be an Archie title that will itch what makes me read comics. A good critic tries his damnedest to approach things with an even keel, to give all kinds of art its due and day in court, but to ignore that we all come to the art table with different things that brought us there is to ignore what makes us individuals.

Dustin Cabeal 10/1/16 Dustin Cabeal 10/1/16

CBMFP 254: We're All Eating Chemicals

By Dustin Cabeal

Hey we're back, and we have stuff to talk about... and only some of it is comics because fuck... there's just no comic news worth talking about. Still. We do talk about this comic book coats; that's cool. Then we move over to Wonder Woman's sexuality that's a thing worth discussing, we guess. Then Arrow news of sorts, but mostly we talk about the Stephen Amell's dirty little side business of kissing fans asses and why he does that!

Dustin Cabeal 9/29/16 Dustin Cabeal 9/29/16

Call Me A Hypocrite, But I'd Still Wear This Josie's Shirt

By Dustin Cabeal

You may recall my not so negative, not so positive review of Archie's rebooted Josie and the Pussycats series yesterday. If you don't, read that here. At NYCC they have exclusives because everyone does and while most are variants and such, this shirt stood out. Becuase this artwork made me want to read the series. I love the art by Audrey Mok and so I would wear the fuck out of this shirt. I do wish it was on say a white, pink, orange shirt... anything other than black. It doesn't pop on black. If you're at NYCC it's $25 bucks for the Men's pictured above and the Women's V-Neck below.

Dustin Cabeal 9/28/16 Dustin Cabeal 9/28/16

Review: Josie and the Pussycats #1

By Dustin Cabeal

Really the only thing to say about this book is that it’s okay. It occurred to me that I have never read a Josie and the Pussycats comic and so it at least succeeded in getting me to do that. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t like it either. It’s okay, but really shouldn’t we want something more from a comic? The premise is... Did you see the new Jem and the Holograms movie? If you did, wasn’t it like watching the Josie and the Pussycats movie? Which is what kind of happens here. Art imitating art… imitating art or something. Granted there’s only so much you can do with the construct of this brand. It’s an all women band, and their gimmick is “pussycats” which instantly makes it feel out of place in 2016. I don’t think people have called cats “pussycats” since before I was born and I’m no spring chicken.