Over the years, the team of writer John Ostrander and artist Jan Duursema has been responsible for some of the best “Star Wars” stories to come out of Dark Horse.  Initially they introduced us to amnesiac Jedi Quinlan Vos and his struggle to stay on the light side of the Force while going undercover in […]

(We’re experiencing some technical issues with the podcast again and it’ll hopefully be up either later tonight or in the next day or two.  So before we get to my thoughts on Ennis/Robertson/Braun/et. al.’s “The Boys” here are some superhero titles that while not as thought-provoking, won’t make your skin crawl.) Waid’s “Daredevil” continues the […]

This was supposed to be two Marvel reviews, briefly.  One of them ran long because… that’s just how it happened.  Normally I’d try to find some kind of thematic link between them, but it’s Christmas Eve and I’ve got other plans.  Happy Holidays to all, and lets kick things off with a non-seasonal story of […]

First of all, it’s nice to see publisher Eric Stephenson take immediate action after Image revealed its “no second prints” policy earlier this week.  Not only did he nip an emerging controversy in the bud, the new strategy he unveiled should go a long way towards fixing that issue he talked about with titles and […]

Word on the street is that we now know what will be happening with the “Star Wars” comics license.  Though Dark Horse will continue to publish the titles it already has in the pipeline, they won’t be doing anything new that has to be approved by Lucasfilm/Disney.  Any new projects will be done by Marvel […]

I’d say that my nemesis arrives this month in print form, but that’s not quite the case.  While I was deeply disturbed by the prospect that Marvel would be putting the first four issues of “Uncanny Avengers” in a $25 premiere hardcover, they seem to have realized that was a dumb move as well.  Or […]

Gillen begins this volume by picking up where “The Dark Angel Saga” left off, after a fashion.  While Angel’s personality was reset and the Horsemen of Apocalypse were defeated, that still left a giant biosphere — Tabula Rasa  — where evolution was accelerated some 65 million years into the future.  Though the story is months […]

“Constantine,” the rebooted DCU version of “Hellblazer” debuts this month. *starts sharpening knives*  …What are you looking at me like that for? Action Comics #18:  Andy Diggle and Tony Daniel replace Grant Morrison and Rags Morales on the title.  I’ve mentioned before how I’ve generally liked what I’ve read from Diggle, save for his work […]

It was announced over the weekend that Ape Entertainment, successful publisher of licensed comics like “Pocket God,” “Temple Runner,” and “Kung Fu Panda,” formed a “mature readers” imprint to publish new “Poison Elves” comics.  My initial thought was, “Are you fucking kidding me?”  The original series from the late Drew Hayes was a personal favorite […]