“Critical Role” is a hugely popular web series where voice actors roleplay their Dungeons & Dragons characters over the course of an evolving storyline that has spawned its own fandom, a ton of merchandise, and the most-funded TV & Film Kickstarter in history.  Because it’s always easier for me to find an entry point into […]

It only took them a little over 13 years, but DC finally has their “Marvel Zombies.”  You know, the kind of story that shows what happens when their universe succumbs to a zombie outbreak.  What happens isn’t quite as inventive or darkly amusing as that series was, but it still offers a propulsive superhero action/horror […]

I liked the first volume of “Miles Morales” well enough, even if its stories didn’t really break out from the established “Spider-Man” story mold.  Vol. 2, however, is a big step in the right direction. The first issue is essentially four-stories-in-one as Ron Ackins, Alitha Martinez, and Vanessa Del Ray join regular artist Javier Garron […]

Back in the first volume of this series, we got to meet someone who had a big influence on Aphra’s life:  Her father, Korin. Seeing him in action was a real “This explains a lot” moment for her character.  Korin was only half of the parenting equation for Aphra, as we haven’t heard a whole […]

I said that the way things wrapped up in the previous volume was just enough to get me to come back for this one.  Now, if you’ve already listened to the latest podcast, then you’ll know that I didn’t think it was worth it.  The “Black Hammer” saga (or at least this leg of it) […]

Half of this volume is pretty great.  The first two issues are the tie-in with “War of the Realms” and start off with Otto phasing San Franciscans out of reality while he deals with the frost giants stomping around the city.  Realizing that a surgical strike could end this war real quick, he teams up […]

As you all know, Bendis unleashed a flurry of creator-owned projects when he arrived at DC.  “Pearl,” the story of a young tattoo artist who gets a crash course in her connections to the San Francisco Yakuza, is the only one of them to receive a follow-up at this point.  While I liked the first […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 Yes, I know what I said about DC needing an intervention regarding these anniversary issues.  This isn’t even the only one arriving this month: Catwoman is also celebrating her 80th anniversary in similar fashion in these solicitations.  Still… a Joker-centric anniversary issue feels like more […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Ludocrats #1 (of 5) This will have been in the pipeline for around five years before it finally hits print in April.  It’s hard to say that it’s something I’ve been eagerly anticipating beyond the fact that it’s a new miniseries written by Kieron Gillen.  Co-written, actually. Gillen’s former games journalist buddy […]