The previous volumes of this series have carried an albatross around their metaphorical necks.  (It’s a reference, not a weird sex thing.  Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it was turned into a weird sex thing given how this title rolls.)  An albatross by the name of Myrtle “Kegelface” Spurge.  It’s understandable that series called […]

Garth Ennis won’t be able to write comics about all of the stories to be told in WWII.  He continues to give it his best try in the two arcs in this volume that detail some drastically different experiences in the European and Pacific Theaters.  “Our Wild Geese Go” has the writer showing us what […]

I’m taking a break from talking about manga on this Monday since it’s July 4th and I’ve had this in my “to review” pile for well over a month now.  Brian Wood’s first creator-owned series for Dark Horse had its problems, but still managed to run for thirty issues.  “Rebels” is his ground-level look at […]

When it comes to raising the stakes in superhero comics, Jonathan Hickman took things about as far as you can go with his runs on “Avengers” and “New Avengers.”  The fate of the world wasn’t at stake in those titles, it was the fate of the entire multiverse.  Whoever was going to follow in his […]

“The Wicked + The Divine” is pulling a fast one this month and is publishing a one-shot, “1831,” that won’t be included in vol. 4.  Which is also featured in these solicitations.  In the past, I’d have to see about picking up this issue at a convention or a trip to a comic shop.  Now […]

Everyone, I want to say that I’m very disappointed in you. I know I’m a little behind the curve on this, but the outrage that you have shown in reaction to the surprise twist at the end of the first issue of  “Captain America:  Steve Rogers” suggests that none of you have been reading comics […]

It looks like most of the “Rebirth” launches have gone down all right.  I’ve been reading some good reviews for most of them and there don’t appear to be any obvious misfires in the bunch.  More mixed appears to be the company’s Hanna-Barbara relaunch.  “Scooby Apocalypse” and “Wacky Raceland” appear to not be quite what […]

Not much to say about the company this month.  There was the press release about the true crime graphic novel they published a few years back, “Green River Killer,” that went out today.  Turns out that the graphic novel, written by Jeff Jensen with art from Jonathan Case, is going to be made into a […]

Writer Alex De Campi and artist Carla Speed McNeil struck a near-perfect balance of awfulness and excitement in the first volume of this series.  There was always the chance that something could go wrong and that balance would be upset, but vol. 2 shows that these creators really know what they’re doing with this story […]

Jeff Lemire takes on the “X-Men” and Bendis’ run isn’t even in the ground or cold yet over here.  (But that’s coming, sooner that I was expecting.)  The bad news is that due to Marvel’s decision to give additional prominence to the Inhumans — and get their own “X-Men”-esque film/TV franchise that they can have […]