The first volume of this series was pretty great.  The second was a disappointing mess.  If you’ve been following my writing here for an extended period of time, then you’ve probably seen me (repeatedly) mention my hopes that this third volume will help get “Gotham Academy” back on track.  Well, “Yearbook” is a lot different […]

Simon Roy is probably best known for co-writing and illustrating a decent chunk of the “Prophet” revival spearheaded by Brandon Graham.  As his short-story collection “Jan’s Atomic Heart and Other Stories” showed, he’s a pretty capable talent when flying solo.  “Habitat” offers further proof of this in its story of a spaceship whose crew has […]

I’ve read some crap this year, and I’ve also read a lot of very good comics as well.  Yet there hasn’t been anything which has surprised me.  With most of this year’s comics, they’ve been entertaining along expected and established lines.  There haven’t been any out-of-the-box shocks which have come my way.  Until now.  I […]

There are merits to this volume.  Bendis’ dialogue, now that he’s back to having real people talk to each other, feels more energized and believable than it has in a while.  Maleev’s art perfectly captures the grimness of the story while taking periodic stylistic departures to remind you of his range.  There’s also a certain […]

Why yes, this did originally come out back in July.  It’s been sitting on my “to review” stack for that long too.  I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get around to actually getting out my thoughts about this particular title.  Probably because this first volume of “Monstress” is a very ambitious […]

We all knew it wouldn’t last, but I think we were at least hoping it would last longer than this.  What am I talking about?  Well, word is that a certain Ol’ Canucklehead will be making his way back to the land of the living early next year.  Just in time for his latest movie, […]

It’s Image Comics’ 25th Anniversary next year and Robert Kirkman is all ready to celebrate.  By that I mean the latest issues of the three titles he writes, “The Walking Dead,” “Invincible,” and “Outcast,” will be priced at twenty-five cents each.  In addition to being a cute way to celebrate the occasion, it’s also a […]

One of the key components from DC’s “Rebirth” initiative has seen them publish fewer individual titles, but double-ship their biggest ones.  This is because it’s a far safer commercial bet to publish two issues of “Batman” or “Justice League” than to take a risk on a lesser-known or all-new property.  To be fair, DC is […]

Luiza Bora has only one real desire in life:  To be part of the police.  Unfortunately her personality type is a 57B — someone with an emotionally subnormal response to violence and no aversion to killing.  So she’s out of luck working for law enforcement on Earth.  Not on Mercury, however.  In the far-future world […]