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Letter 44 vol. 3: Dark Matter

Charles Soule and Alberto Albuquerque’s sci-fi crazy train rambles on a bit more unsteadily than it did in the previous two volumes.  That’s because of the two stories being told here, one of them is handled in a more entertainingly dumb fashion than the other.  This would be the story that takes place on Earth, […]

Starve vol. 1

You should all know by now that I didn’t think Brian Wood’s last creator-owned series, “The Massive,” lived up to its potential.  “Misguided” is the word I’d use to describe its mix of character-driven eco-political conflicts with a sci-fi/fantasy concept bolted onto the side of it.  The concept for “Starve” is a lot more straightforward […]

Marvel Previews Picks: April 2016

There’s a new teaser from Marvel going around with the words “Dead No More” and a background that indicates it’s “Spider-Man” related.  So who’s it going to be?  I honestly wouldn’t put it past Marvel to do something crazy like bring back Uncle Ben.  I’d bet money on that being the case if Dan Slott […]

Templar

I had no idea this existed before I saw it for sale at a Book-Off in La Jolla a few weeks back.  A graphic novel about the fall of the Templar order published by First Second and by “Prince of Persia” creator Jordan Mechner — how did this fly completely under my radar?  Regardless of […]

Image Previews Picks: April 2016

I doubt we’ll ever see the original artist of “The Walking Dead,” Tony Moore, ever come back to that series for anything besides a variant cover.  Meanwhile, over at “Invincible,” original artist Corey Walker just can’t seem to stop making return trips to that title after all these years.  He usually shows up to pinch-hit […]

DC Previews Picks: April 2016

“Rebirth.”  That’s the buzzword from DC publisher Dan Didio on Twitter, leading most everyone to think that the company is planning ANOTHER relaunch later this year.  Rich Johnston seems to think that this will involve another round of new #1 issues and a tighter focus between the company’s TV and film projects.  This year will […]

The Private Eye

One of these days I’ll eventually migrate to reading comics digitally instead of in print.  Not yet, though.  Not when titles like this, originally published online in a “pay what you want” metric can still find their way into being a physical product.  (Particularly when the way involves a handshake deal between Brian K. Vaughan […]