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Review: The Mighty Crusaders #1

By Patrick Wolf

When I first flipped through the opening pages of The Mighty Crusaders, my initial thought was: “Boy, am I gonna tear this issue a new one.” But, the more I flipped through the pages, the more it grew on me. While The Mighty Crusaders still has a lot of kinks that need to be straightened out, the writing is strong enough to almost make up for the story’s aesthetic failures. If you’re an Archie Comics fan and are looking to dabble in the world of superheroes, this series is a great gateway comic. For comic aficionados, however, I’d approach with caution.

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Review: The Space Heists of Vyvy & Qwerty #1

By Patrick Wolf

A splice between Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy, The Space Heists of Vyvy & Qwerty is an action-packed, sci-fi, comedy that’ll have you laughing on one page and holding your breath on the next. I enjoyed this series a lot more than Star Wars and found it just as hilarious as Guardians. I would recommend Vyvy & Qwerty to almost anyone and I’m confident the kickstarter for issue #2 will be just as successful as the first.

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Review: The Backways #1

By Patrick Wolf

Backways is a new age, gothic, horror-romance that features a pair of feisty teens out to find their missing girlfriend. While the series’ artwork is wonderful and the characters are charming, the story suffers from too much jargon and hidden exposition to be as fluid as it needs to be. At the moment, the franchise does seem to have a lot of potential, but it still needs more time to get off the ground. Until then, I’ll give it a pass.

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Review: Supernaut

By Patrick Wolf

This is, without a doubt, one of the worst titles I’ve read all year. Loaded with pretentious language, exposition, plot-holes, stock characters, and new age religious nonsense, I can’t believe anyone could enjoy this drivel. Normally, I try to be as charitable as possible whenever reviewing an indie series, but there’s no way I can endorse this one. With the exception of the art, there’s nothing good about this and the only way I’d recommend it to anyone is if that person was either a new-age hippy or just some guy I don’t like.

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Review: Our War - The Truth Untold vol. 1

By Patrick Wolf

Tired of post-apocalyptic stories that involve zombies, aliens, and floods? Looking for an end-of-the-world story that uproots society from a political standpoint? Then Our War: The Truth Untold is the book for you. But don’t worry, just because this series is political, doesn’t mean it’s preachy. There’s tons of gritty action and raw suspense. So, if you like punk, anarchy, and politics, you’re definitely going to want to pick up volume #1 of this series.

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Review: Dark Ark #2

By Patrick Wolf

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of series that start off with a bang, but then run out of steam as early as issue #2. Cullen Bunn’s second installment of Dark Ark, unfortunately, belongs to this category. While the series began with a captivating premise and an even more entrancing opening, its novelty quickly wore thin once we become accustomed to the ark’s passengers. We’ve gone from a high-concept ‘Noah’s-Ark-for-monsters’ to a mundane ‘find-the-killer-story’ within a span of one issue. Hopefully, the next installment with offer the freshness and excitement we’ve come to expect from a writer like Bunn, but for now, the franchise is teetering the fine line between genius and mediocrity.   

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Review: The Realm #2

By Patrick Wolf

Last issue of The Realm we got to see Nolan in his everyday life during the goblin apocalypse. In this issue, we still get more character development and set-up, but Seth M. Peck and his team do a great job of dispersing some action scenes to keep us on our toes. With beautiful art, captivating characters, and a spellbinding world, this series is definitely something special and worth looking at for any fan of post-apocalyptic thrillers.

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Review: Centralia 2050 vol. 1

By Patrick Wolf

The first volume of this popular webseries is finally coming to print, and you can now buy a digital copy for a low as $5 dollars. As it stands, while this series does have some minor pacing and suspense issues, it’s still a fun, sci-fi adventure that’ll keep you coming back. I’d recommend this book to any enthusiast of young adult fiction, and I’d certainly advise all preexisting fans to visit the Kickstarter page and give Michelle Stanford your support. As for anyone new to this series, you can read the first volume for free on the Tapas and topwebcomics platforms. 

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Review: After the Snow #1

By Patrick Wolf

We all know how the story of Snow White ends: She cheats death, defeats the stepmother, and bags the prince. But does she really live happily ever after? What will happen to her after she becomes as old as her stepmother? Will she still be the same cheerful girl we’ve all come to know and love? Or will she follow in her stepmother’s footsteps and become obsessed with beauty and power? After the Snow explores these questions and does so by piggybacking off the iconic Disney interpretation of the fairy tale. What we get is an interesting blend of Disney’s Snow White meets Martin’s Game of Thrones.

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Review: Plague #1-3

By Patrick Wolf

Plague is a medieval fantasy epic that takes place in the 14th century during the height of the European bubonic plague. Like many other fantasy stories, this series immerses the world of humans with that of other fantasy creatures. However, unlike its predecessors, this series isn’t afraid to flash some gore and controversy. So far, I’ve read the first three issues, and I’m happy to say this is an excellent series and certainly worth picking up.

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