If you’re looking for an example of why Joe Kubert was venerated as an artist, then look no further than this collection.  The exploits of Abraham Stone, a young farmboy who has come to the city in search of… VENGEANCE, are drawn with an expressiveness and attention to detail that’s still impressive to see nearly […]

The first thing you notice about this volume is its size. After 33 reduced-size volumes, this is the first volume of the ongoing “Usagi Yojimbo” series to see print at a standard trim size.  It’s different.  As is the fact that there’s no volume number on the side here.  For that you’ll have to look […]

Like “Batman:  Universe,” “Superman:  Up in the Sky” was originally serialized in comics that were originally exclusively sold to Walmart.  If you were to ask me which of the two was better, I’d say this one.  Hands down.  That’s because while the “Batman” title felt more like an excuse for Bendis to play around with […]

Scott Snyder and Jock wrung a decent story about the Batman Who Laughs in the miniseries that bore his name.  This was in spite of the fact that, his distinctive look aside, I don’t think he’s really that interesting of a character.  He’s meant to be the personification of the idea that Batman always wins, […]

Amazon was running a “Buy Two, Get One Free” sale a couple weeks back, and this was among the titles that I picked up while it was running.  I know that means I’ve arrived at this particular party over three years late — and as the series has undergone its latest relaunch — but writer […]

Though it sat on my shelf for a while, but “Bloodborne” wound up being the first “Souls-like” game that I finished.  While it can be a very engaging game to play, if you’re willing to commit what it asks of you, “Bloodborne” absolutely isn’t something that you play for its story.  What narrative it has […]

Killian is your average twentysomething layabout in Dublin, playing videogames in between doing jobs for the local mob.  What kind of jobs you ask?  The kind that usually involve disappearing a corpse into the local wetlands.  His partner on these jobs is an older, swearier gent named Keano, who has just come by with the […]

I thought that the first volume of Donny Cates and Lisandro Estherren’s Texas vampire family drama was alright.  The second one was too, though it didn’t do much to push the series off of my, “I’ll buy it at a deep discount,” list.  Vol. 3, however, is where this title has finally clicked for me.  […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: DRACULA, MOTHERF**CKER! It’s a 72-page original graphic novel that’s retailing for $17.  How did it manage to get the top spot for this round of solicitations — even though it’s also advance-solicited for October?  Well, it’s coming from writer Alex De Campi, who has shown she can deliver quality pulp with “Grindhouse” and […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: X of Swords:  Creation #1 Event season never stops at Marvel Comics these days.  What we’ve got here, however, is a gen-u-ine throwback here.  Not only is this strictly an “X-Men” event, but it’s the kind of inter-title crossover that used to be a staple of the line.  The last one of these […]