Review: Elsewhere #2
By Ben Snyder
Elsewhere #2 is a much quieter issue than the one prior, and it is better off for it. Not much action happened in this issue. However, the central characters of Earhart and D.B are only getting richer. With high-quality art and an interesting take on famous figures, Elsewhere is beginning to show potential for a fun, entertaining series.
Review: Scales & Scoundrels #1
By Dustin Cabeal
I fell in love with this comic hard at first, though I was left with some reservations about it in the end. Even still, Scales & Scoundrels does a wonderful job of creating a fantasy world that you would want to visit. Anymore in comics, the fantasy worlds are dark and terrifying. Who the hell wants to visit a fantasy world like that? Sure, if you’re the goddamn chosen one you might have fun, but one of the great things about fantasy literature is the amazing worlds they create. In a lot of ways, Scales & Scoundrels reminded me of Spera, which is a fantasy world with dangers and politics, but still one that would be fun to experience.
Review: Injustice 2 #9
By Ashley Gibbs
After nine issues of this series, I’m coming to the point where I’m getting bored. While I’ve liked every issue and this one is no different, the pacing is slow, and this is the second issue where not much happens. While I enjoy a good story, world-building and learning about character motivations when I read a superhero comic I want more action than talking. There have been a few issues like this, and for the most part, I enjoyed the story enough to look past the slow pacing, but Injustice 2 #9 made me realize how slowly everything is going, taking pages to move the chess pieces to where they need to be. Our heroes are finally on their way to confront Ra’s Al Ghul, but not in this issue and probably not for another two issues at that.
Review: Kingsman: The Red Diamond #1
By Dustin Cabeal
I’ve never been a fan of Kingsman aka Secret Service, but with this being a new series and rebranded to be more in line with the movies, well I figured I’d give it a shot. It’s not shocking, but interesting that Mark Millar rebranded the comic to match the movie. Kingsman is a much better title after all. Still, it’s just weird to see a movie affect a comic these days.
Review: Gasolina #1
By Daniel Vlasaty
Like with most other new books I went into Gasolina #1 not knowing anything about it. I like doing it this way. I don’t want to know too much about a story before I’m in that story. I don’t read preview pages when they’re released months before a books actual release date for this reason.
Review: Made Men #1
By Dustin Cabeal
Hmmm.
As I’ve been saying a lot lately, I don’t read solicits, so I actually read Made Men without knowing what the book was about at all. That’s the thing about solicits, they always give you the hook, and the hook for this series is easy to tell you. I won’t though because if you don’t know what it’s about it’ll be far more interesting to see your reaction at the end of it.
Review: Saltwater
By Oliver Gerlach
Rick Quinn and Dana Obera’s Saltwater is an interesting issue that deserves to be noticed. It’s the story of a city split in two, with a beautiful upper half and a rusting submarine half filled with slave labour keeping the rest of it running. If that’s at all interesting to you as a premise, you might want to check this one out. It’s a very slick, visually striking work from a creative team that could well go far together.
Review: Dalston Monsterzz
By Dustin Cabeal
Ever just look at a cover and know that you’re going to love the hell out of something? Sure there are the occasional misses, but there was just something about the cover and art style of Dalston Monsterzz that just spoke to me. It hit all the right buttons and made my mouth water. Thankfully the story was equally as great because that would have been a letdown.
Review: Beautiful Canvas #3
By Ben Snyder
As Beautiful Canvas continually unfurls, the chaotic super powered world and the people who inhabit are revealed as well. Once again we are left with little definitive answers regarding any major characters, but inexplicably Beautiful Canvas #3 does a better job than the prior issue in handling the chaos.
Review: Fruit Ninja #1
By Dustin Cabeal
I have to assume this is based on a show or something. It’s clearly not based just off the game in which you use your finger to swipe across the screen and cut fruit in half while attempting to get a high score and not hit any bombs and shit. I wanted to read it because it looked like dumb fun, it ended up only being one of those things and it’s the former, not the latter.
Review: The Girl Who Played With Fire #1
By Justin McCarty
From Titan Comics’ and Hard Case Crime we have the English translation of the most recent comic adaptation for the Millennium Series novels written by Stieg Larsson. This adaptation was written by Sylvain Runberg with art by Manuel Carot Gonzalez. It’s a sequel to The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo published earlier this year, which finishes up this October. With another novel in the series due out this month, Titan may have seen an opportunity to do an English translation of the acclaimed French comics adaptation.
Review: The Black Sable #1
By Dustin Cabeal
It seems that Zenescope’s new formula for books is familiar themes. For The Black Sable, it would be a pirate or in this case a space pirate that gets wrapped up in a big score and a lot of danger. It’s not unfamiliar in the least bit, but it actually presents an interesting story with a creative world.
Review: My Little Pony the Movie Prequel #4
By Ashley Gibbs
Welcome to the last issue in this miniseries, where things certainly end with a bang. Not in an action sense but more in a story sense. I’ve had very lukewarm feelings about this series so far. The last issue was my least favorite of the four but My Little Pony the Movie Prequel #4 somehow pulled out some decent storytelling in the final hour and even made me curious about a character who I previously wrote off as just a bad fan fiction insert. Granted, I still think Tempest Shadow is edgy for the sake of being edgy, but clearly, with good writing, she can still be interesting. If you’re a fan of that character, pick up this issue for sure, and if you’ve somehow enjoyed the previous three, then this will be a nice way to wrap up the story thus far.
Comic Bastards Podcast - 011
By Dustin Cabeal
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Welcome back to the one man podcast that has become Comic Bastards Podcast. Fun stuff this week and guess what? There's a written review for every comic covered on this episode. You might have to check back on the 6th to read them all, but you're all linked up below for the ones currently available. Thank you for listening/watching and I'll be back next week.
7 Must-Read Wonder Woman Comics for Fans
At one point, we were all convinced DC was never going to see real success with their superhero and comic movies. Marvel was hitting homerun after homerun and DC was left in the dark. Sure, they may have been selling tickets, but that was because dedicated fans were prepared to offer them chance after chance. Then Wonder Woman came along and changed everything.
Review: The Fist #4
By Dustin Cabeal
One of the best comics from 2016 returns with its fourth issue, and I have to say; I’m back to loving this series. I will fully admit that I was a little let down by the third issue of The Fist, but the fourth issue is a return to form.
Review: Microcosmics
By Oliver Gerlach
Microcosmics is a collection of short, wordless comics about strange alien worlds and peoples, all written and drawn by the phenomenally talented Christine Larsen. It’s an odd collection of little stories, but one that I was thoroughly saddened to reach the end of. This collection is utterly delightful, and well worth your time and money.
Review: Gently Murder Me
By Dustin Cabeal
Gently Murder Me is one of the most interesting breakup stories I’ve ever read in comic form. There are several short stories that make up the book, and each features a different artist, but all have a unifying style and design.
Review: What is a Glacier?
By Dustin Cabeal
I wanted to check this book out based on the title. It was quirky and strange and seemed like it would be a fun read. The story is actually autobiographical. It follows creator Sophie Yanow’s trip to Iceland.
Review: Darkest Night: Love
By Dustin Cabeal
With any character driven story it’s always the character’s motivations that drive the story and make it worth reading. Darkest Night: Love attempts this, it does try, but in the end, I couldn’t see what the character’s motivations were and found too many of their choices to be lacking any sense of logic.
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By Justin McCarty
I picked up Transdimensional having no prior knowledge of the subject. Not even the Kickstarter description. If I had, I probably would have skipped it. I am probably one of five comics fans that don't get into sci-fi horror. The Kickstarter describes the comic as being a sci-fi horror in the same family as Alien and The Abyss. I’ve seen Alien maybe (just the one - sad face from you probably), not The Abyss. I wasn’t the proper audience for this comic. However, if I was into this type of story, I could see its appeal.