From “Transmetropolitan vol. 4: The New Scum:” Prior to his election, Gary “The Smiler” Callahan was shown to be a sociopath who would say and do anything in order to ensure that he became president. It’s worth noting that he eventually got what was coming to him by the end of the series thanks to […]

I’d hoped that this second volume would provide a good setup for more great art from Sean Murphy.  As it is, you get the feeling that he gave the first volume his all and was then forced to soldier through this one with the stamina he had left.  That’s not to say that there aren’t […]

Sometimes a series is too good to keep down.  While sales for the issues collected in the previous volume indicated that would be last we saw of the Dan Slott/Mike Allred run on this title, Marvel decided to give it another go in the wake of “Secret Wars.”  This is without a doubt a good […]

The status quo of this series was upended pretty effectively in the previous volume as Emily Cypress’ status as a reviver became public knowledge.  Then Emily’s sister Dana gave up just about everything to save her from the military and now the two are on the run in Wausau.  They’ve got one goal:  To find […]

When we’re talking about the latest incarnations of “Avengers,” that’s when.  After “All-New, All-Different Avengers vol. 2:  Family Business” I’m starting to think that having Mark Waid split the team into two groups, with the younger members forming the “Champions” and the older ones going on to form their own Avengers team, may not be […]

“Inhumans vs. X-Men” (“IvX”) hasn’t even shipped its first issue yet and already we know what we’ll be getting after the dust settles on that event.  The word is “ResurrXion,” a launch of all-new “X-Men” titles with one eye trained firmly on the past.  Why’s that?  Well, the titles announced so far are “X-Men:  Blue,” […]

This volume introduces us to Ashley Strode, an agent of the B.P.R.D. who specializes in exorcisms.  We first meet her as a beginner learning about the practice who then tries to free a child by taking on a demon imprisoned inside a 150-year-old priest.  A few years later, Ashley is taking names and kicking demon […]

After a summer of waiting to see who gets killed, the season premiere of “The Walking Dead” came off pretty badly by most accounts.  From the extreme violence of the deaths in the episode, to the allegedly manipulative way in which they were revealed, and the general “misery porn” approach taken to most of the […]

Are we in the middle of a Wild Dog renaissance?  The character was originally created by writer Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty in the 80’s as a Punisher-esque urban vigilante.  History doesn’t seem to indicate that the comics he appeared in during the time could actually be described as “good,” but there was […]

You just never know when it’s going to happen or to whom.  Comics lost a master of the form today in Steve Dillon.  The exact cause of his death hasn’t been revealed yet, but he was only 54.  While he was best known in the U.S. for collaborating with Garth Ennis on “Hellblazer,” “Preacher,” and […]