“Coda” was a maxiseries by writer Simon Spurrier and artist Matias Bergara that didn’t set the world on fire when it came out, but was generally enjoyed by everyone who read it.  Yours truly included.  It also ended its run in a way that wrapped up the story well and didn’t leave any loose ends […]

New York City may be Spider-Man’s home turf, but there’s a new wall-crawler in town these days!  Or rather, a creepy-crawler since doesn’t actually crawl up walls, but teleport (BAMF!) up and through them as he pleases.  Yes, Nightcrawler has now adopted a superhero persona while all of mutanity is on the run from Orchis.  […]

Daniel “Dizzy” Baker is a journalist who’s stuck covering boring weird stuff such as whether a glowing lake in Virginia is representative of something greater in the universe.  What he’d rather be doing is investigating the Clergymen, a reputed group of terrorists who are connected to a number of violent acts of vandalism but no […]

The previous volume was an impressive showcase of spectacle as anything we’ve seen in the series so far.  Recognizing this, creators ONE and Yusuke Murata don’t try to top it here.  Though its opening moments are still enmeshed in the Tornado & Demon Cyborg vs. Psychos conflict, things start to scale back once the focus […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Bowling With Corpses & Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown Far be it from me to demand that the man write and illustrate more stuff himself, but it’s been a while since we’ve been graced with a full volume of stories and art from Mike Mignola.  That will change this January when we […]

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 […]