Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars by Charles Soule vol. 9:  The Path of Light There are times when you’re reading Soule’s work and you’re left with the feeling that it’s a little by-the-numbers.  That he’s put in the thought needed to make a serviceable story, but it’s lacking the cleverness or emotional connection to really succeed.  […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: We Called Them Giants HC Hey, it’s a Kieron Gillen-written original graphic novel in this spot, what a surprise, huh?  Well, it was actually kind of tough to decide what to put here, given that this re-teams him with artist Stephanie Hans.  She’s a great artist with a fantastic sense of mood and […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: DC All-In Special #1 This gets the spot simply because it marks the start of the publisher’s most significant revamp since “Rebirth.”  Not only are lots of creative teams changing on multiple books, some of which I’ll talk about below, but there’s a whole new line of comics starting at DC this month.  […]

Unlike last year, which had “Vinland Saga” mangaka Makoto Yukimura’s first U.S. appearance, I didn’t have a specific reason for attending Comic-Con this year.  The main reason I attended on Saturday was because last year reminded me how enjoyable the panel experience of the con can be, along with the sights that can be seen […]

The first two volumes in North’s run on this title weren’t on the level I was expecting them to be.  There were some stories that delivered on the big-brain sci-fi concept experiences that I was expecting from the writer, and a few that felt like he was explaining to me why I should think they […]

Easton Newburn is a former police officer who now works as a private investigator for the organized crime families of New York.  In the previous volume, he picked up a protege, Emily Walker, who has the same crime/puzzle solving instincts that he does.  She also had a dark secret in her past where she killed […]

On a ruined Earth, an unknown amount of years in the future, humans still struggle to survive.  Some have managed to band together and form settlements where a semblance of civilization resides.  Others have congealed into roaming packs of raiders and mercenaries.  Then there are those who have decided to go it alone, like the […]

You’d think that helping save Gotham from Derek Powers as an AI projection hologram in “Beyond the White Knight” would’ve left Jack Napier without any regrets.  Except that he still has two kids he never got the chance to know, Jackie and Bryce Quinn, and he’d really like the chance to rectify that.  So would […]

For two (actually three) volumes, writer Tom Taylor has been building up the conflict between the title character and Blockbuster, the crime boss who runs the city of Bludhaven.  That conflict reaches its next stage after Dick “Nightwing” Grayson successfully builds and opens the community outreach hub known as Haven and his nemesis orders some […]