Two new series and the latest relaunch of an old one written by Brian Michael Bendis debut this month.  We get the 0.1 issue of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and two issues each of “Uncanny X-Men” and “Powers:  The Bureau.”  Naturally I’m interested in all of them, but if I was to bet on which […]

Yes, I realize I’ve backpedaled on my original decision to pass on picking up this hardcover and going back to read my thoughts on the matter doesn’t make it any easier.  What changed?  Deep Amazon discount aside, a buddy of mine pointed out that the size of the volume made it unlikely that they’d be […]

Having read this, any thought I had of its premise being “perversely intriguing” seems pretty misguided now.  It could even be called “quaint” when you consider what DC is currently doing with Judas himself in his ongoing series.  Fortunately for the reader, Walt Simonson is a far greater talent than Dan Didio will ever be […]

Arriving almost two years to the date after the first volume, this second one almost singlehandedly makes the case for the “Earth One” line as a series of original graphic novels.  It’s hard to imagine the material here being drip-fed to the public over that length of time managing to sustain anyone’s interest for that […]

With this volume it becomes clear that Garth Ennis is the only writer who really “gets” this series.  That should come as no surprise, he created it after all, but I have yet to see another writer deliver a fully satisfying take on the concept.  David Lapham had two tries with the halfway-there “Family Values” […]

This came out a little while ago, but I still feel like it’s worth mentioning for a couple reasons.  First and foremost is that the main story here is as entertaining as it is ridiculous.  How ridiculous?  Well it starts off in the middle of a secret gang war in San Francisco’s Chinatown district where […]

Now I don’t usually take the time to explicitly shill for for something* but this is a special case.  The deluxe hardcover editions of Hayao Miyazaki’s “Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind” came out today and even though I’ve had copies of the four-volume “perfect collections” from back in the day re-buying this was a […]

This was a fun little crossover that took the premise of what happens when the Asgardian gods are turned into “normal” humans and ran with it for a little bit.  Written by Kieron Gillen and frequent writing partners Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, it also features capable art from Carmine Di Giandomenico that suffers from […]

It may have started out with a bit too much style and not enough substance, but “Skullkickers” continues to improve with this volume.  Things start off with the dwarf and the big guy stowing away on a ship with an all-female crew only to find out that the elf assassin who has followed/worked with them […]