Image’s own magazine “Image+” gets its second volume in these solicitations.  Normally that wouldn’t be newsworthy, except they’re continuing the trend started in the previous volume of offering exclusive comics with each issue.  The first volume had “Here’s Negan!” spotlighting the origins of the character from “The Walking Dead” courtesy of creators Robert Kirkman and […]

I got the feeling while reading this graphic novella that the main reason it exists is because Mike Mignola wanted to work with Gary Gianni more than anything else.  The story itself is fairly slight as it involves Hellboy sailing off the island at the end of “Strange Places” and finding himself prisoner on a […]

The integration of characters from “Watchmen” with the DC Universe is going to take another large step later this year with “Doomsday Clock.”  This four issue miniseries from writer Geoff Johns, his first full writing gig since the DC “Rebirth” special, and artist Gary Frank will have the superman of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ […]

The first batch of “Generations” one-shots, specials that feature legacy Marvel heroes teaming up with the originals, rolls out this month.  Whether or not it’ll help bring back lapsed fans into the fold is anyone’s guess, but current fans should come away satisfied.  That’s because you’ve got the likes of Jason Aaron writing current and […]

This is actually the first arc of “Saga” to have a proper name.  “The War for Phang” is described on the back cover as being “an epic, self-contained ‘Saga’ event.”  If you’re going to hype up a story to that event then you’d better deliver.  On that level, this volume of “Saga” is a genuine […]

A deceased debutant’s dildo.  A masturbating millenial mayor.  A merchandising meth-head named Matty.  These are just some of the new wrinkles introduced to the irreverent craziness of the plot of this series.  Roy, the cop who likes to think that he’s a smooth operator, is dealing with the fallout from the death and subsequent mansion […]

Tom King’s first volume of “Batman” took a familiar concept — Batman having to work with new superpowered characters who want to work with him to help Gotham — and didn’t do anything new with it.  “I Am Gotham” had some nice art from David Finch and Ivan Reis, but the storytelling never really rose […]

I made two mistakes regarding this series.  The first was buying this arc in three-volume paperback form.  There’s going to be an oversized hardcover collection of “A Nation Under Our Feet” released later this year that will not only be cheaper, but reprint-free as well.  The second was expecting that this concluding volume would offer […]

The main reason vol. 4 of this series only scored an honorable mention on my “Best of 2016” list was because I didn’t believe the death of a major character from its last few pages was genuine.  Now that vol. 5 is here I can say that I WAS RIGHT!  Said character returns in a […]