After one-hundred issues, I thought Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso’s signature comics creation wrapped up quite well.  Yet there were a couple things nagging at me afterwards.  The biggest was wondering just how things would change now that the families of the Trust were no longer pulling America’s strings.  As for the other, I wanted […]

It’s only July but DC is gearing up for its big September event already.  The event in question involves the whole line tying into the “Future’s End” weekly series, so we’re getting a bunch of one-shots showing crazy future scenarios that will likely never come to pass for the inhabitants of the DC Universe.  Now […]

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 […]