Above-the-Board Recommendation: Chu #1: Writer John Layman spent a week teasing this spin-off to his and Rob Guillory’s signature series.  I say “spin-off” and not “sequel” because this looks to take place concurrently with “Chew,” albeit with a very different main character and focus.  Saffron Chu wasn’t talked about a whole lot in the series, […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Dreaming vol. 3:  One Magical Movement Vol. 1 was basically everything I wanted to see in a return to the world and characters created by Neil Gaiman.  Vol. 2 showed us what had been going on with Daniel and gave us an enchanting journey through the realms of fantasy while establishing the […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Resident Alien Omnibus vol. 1 Dr. Harry Vanderspeigel has a secret:  He’s not actually Dr. Harry Vanderspeigel.  He’s actually an alien who has assumed the retired and reclusive doctor’s identity in an attempt to blend in and bide time before he can be rescued.  It seemed like the perfect plan, until the town’s […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars vol. 1:  The Destiny Path After the main “Star Wars” series wrapped up with issue #75 last year, it marked the end of an era for most of the ongoing titles in this line.  No longer were they going to be spent exploring the post-”A New Hope” era, the time had […]

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from this world of Families, their Lazarii, the Serfs which support them, and the Waste which are below all.  This return is… surprisingly upbeat coming after vol. 6 which had Forever and company suffering a brutal defeat at the hands of the Russian Lazarus, the Zmey, in addition […]

Gil is a recently widowed space trucker who’s taken his son, Kadyn, on his latest job:  Hauling a lot of relics from a recently closed museum across the cosmos. Kadyn’s still sad over the death of his mother and the boredom of this trip isn’t helping.  That is, until a giant space eel-shark monster shows […]

“Don’t Split the Party” was the lesson learned by one RPG-centric comic, but Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans aren’t inclined to follow the rules.  Which is why vol. 2 starts off with Ash, Matt, Angela, and the newly-Fallen Sol stuck in the Eternal Prussian-occupied ruins of Glass Town, while Izzy and Chuck are clear on […]

Tough-as-nails cyborg bounty hunter Beilert Valance made his debut back in the 80’s when Marvel originally published “Star Wars” comics.  Writer Robbie Thompson was apparently so taken with this character (or someone at Marvel who loved the character and knew where Thompson buries the bodies) that he bought the character back in the pages of […]

Things haven’t been going well for Robbie Reyes, the Ghost Rider.  After losing control of his car, the Hell Charger, he wants to be done with this whole Spirit of Vengeance business.  Good thing that he’s a member of the Avengers, who can not only pool their talents to get him out of this mess, […]

When this fourth volume was announced, it came with word that it was going to be Alan Moore’s final work in comics.  The writer’s official reason was that he didn’t want to start repeating himself, which is fair enough. Unspoken, I would think, would be his utter disgust at how he’s been treated over the […]