One of the reasons the “Best of 2023” podcast took so long to arrive this year was because of this graphic novel.  It took a while to make its way to me from the source that I ordered it from and I didn’t want to start on the list until I had time to read […]

Midori Fukada, Ernie Comstock, and Xander Waterford all have one thing in common:  They’re in actual, literal HELL right now.  Whether or not they belong there depends on who you ask, but they’re trying to make the best of their current situation.  Which involves robbing one of the biggest, baddest demon lords for one of […]

Sprout grew up far from prying eyes alongside her grandfather, a doomsday prepper who saw too many bad things in the Vietnam War and has been living with them ever since.  When the people responsible for one of those bad things decides to take him out, she follows them to New York for vengeance.  While […]

It was just another night at the Lower Lair, a supervillain bar in Twilight City’s run-down Redport district, when word broke that Kid Dusk had been murdered.  Not only was he the sidekick to one of the city’s most prominent superheroes, The Insomniac, but he was also done in by that hero’s nemesis, Stickman.  Now […]

It’s been Shauna Wickle’s dream to get on the United Kingdom’s premier baking show “UK Bakery Tent” and it nearly evaporates like a poorly-thought-out reduction on her very first day.  That’s when one of the contestants, arrogant meteorologist Neal, is poisoned by an unknown party.  As producers debate whether to call this whole season off, […]

I originally meant to have this up to follow my review of “Immortal X-Men” vol. 3… but it just slipped my mind the following week.  Much as I’d like to say that’s not a mark against the overall quality of this one-shot, written by Gerry Duggan and illustrated by ten talented artists, it kind of […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Critical Role:  Vox Machina Origins, Series IV #1 Even though I have yet to listen to any of the podcasts or watch the animated series spun off from it, I’ve enjoyed the series of “Origins” comics that Dark Horse has been publishing for this franchise.  At least, I was before they decided to […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Roxxon Presents:  Thor #1 I’m still undecided about whether I’ll read Al Ewing’s “Immortal Thor” in print or digitally on Marvel Unlimited ($30 for a regular-sized six-issue collection!?); however, the relaunch itself appears to have gone down pretty well based on word-of-mouth.  It also doesn’t look to be short on fun ideas if […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Sacrificers vol. 1 The future is an utopia ruled over by the five families in charge of it.  Their price for ruling:  The sacrifice of one child from each of their households.  It’s a system that has gone well until now, as two of the sacrifices are determined to put a stop […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Hitman by Garth Ennis and John McCrea Omnibus vol. 1 Journey with me back to back to a simpler time.  Back when Diamond’s distribution monopoly on the industry was strong.  When Image was a brand still known for style over substance.  When a random “X-Men” title could be published and still sell like […]