Between this and “Skullkickers” (also maybe the upcoming “Death Vigil”) Image has pretty much cornered the market on irreverent fantasy-adventure series.  As for whether it’s the best irreverent fantasy-adventure title for your money; well, that’s up for debate.  The Rat Queens are one of several mercenary groups hanging around the quiet and peaceful town of […]

Letting creators like Brandon Graham fool around with the characters he created as part of the “Extreme Studios Relaunch” two years ago was only the second-most entertaining thing I’ve experienced from Rob Liefeld.  The most entertaining thing was when he let Alan Moore loose on his ersatz-Superman character Supreme and the legendary writer got to […]

If there’s one thing that Garth Ennis does better than most other writers whose work I buy based on their name alone, it’s that he knows how to properly tweak the tone of his stories to show the character types and story tropes he likes in a new light each time.  Think about how the […]

While I talked about the news from the company out of Sakura-Con yesterday, the biggest news out of Wondercon over the weekend was about the long-awaited return of a certain dim-witted, undefeated barbarian.  That’s right, not only is the first issue of “Groo vs. Conan” finally shipping this month years after its initial announcement, but […]

Rick Remender’s run on “Uncanny X-Force” was successful enough that Marvel decided to follow up on it with not one, but two “X-Force” titles for their “Marvel NOW” initiative.  Though Sam Humphries’ “Uncanny X-Force” retained the name, we also got “Cable & X-Force” which brought the title character back with an incarnation of the team […]

Since I’ve spent the day at Wondercon, here’s some quick thoughts on one of the categories from the Eisner award nominations that were announced this week.  “Best U.S. Edition of International Material — Asia” usually winds up meaning “Best Manga” as is the case this year.  After all, this specific category was essentially created after […]

After a brief stopover in Nazi Germany, we now return to the kind of antics you usually see in Kieron Gillen’s comics.  That is to say clever takes on superhero tropes, immensely witty writing and lots of talk about music.  This third volume of “Young Avengers” is also its last and gives us what is […]

Regular visitors to this site will know that I love pretty much everything that Kieron Gillen has written.  The man has shown a fairly amazing facility to find new and clever takes on old characters and familiar scenarios in titles like “Uncanny X-Men” and “Journey Into Mystery.”  Though his output has been solely focused on […]

A little over a year and a half ago I wrote an article about Marvel’s plans to collect the first four issues of this series in a $25 premiere hardcover.  Their plan, at the time, appeared to be finding a way to squeeze every last sale they could out of their biggest ongoing series launch […]

What should’ve been a blockbuster event — Miles Morales confronts Ultimate Venom — falls regrettably flat here.  Bendis skillfully updated one of Spider-Man’s best villains by strengthening the relationship between Peter Parker and Eddie Brock and tying it to research done by their parents.  Such care and planning is virtually absent here.  This version of […]