It’s the near future, and wouldn’t you know it but America is involved in another armed conflict in Syria.  The difference this time is that most of the conflict is being done with drones – insect-looking recon machines and humanoid ones doing the actual fighting.  Everything is going just as you’d expect until something odd […]

All things considered, things are going well for Jessica Jones at the start of this story.  Her biggest problems are dealing with caffeine withdrawal and trying to figure out what lipstick to wear for her wedding to Luke Cage.  Then Daredevil drops by, almost begging Jessica to testify on behalf of his latest client at […]

Daniel Warren Johnson is one of the best artists in comics.  Full stop.  Not only does he bring a lot of detail to every page that he draws, but there’s an incredible energy to it all as well.  Whether it’s a war-torn science fantasy civilization, heavy metal imagery invading real life, or the heroes of […]

This is a reprint of a two-part miniseries from the 90’s (plus a “Dark Horse Presents” short from 2015), back when Frank Miller could regularly be counted on to produce quality work – whether he was writing or illustrating.  He’s doing the former here, paired up with artistic sensation Geoff Darrow as the two channel […]

“Defenders:  There Are No Rules” was an entertaining high-concept miniseries from writer Al Ewing and artist Javier Rodriguez that saw the team traveling back in time through the conceptual ages of the Marvel Universe.  It was successful enough that we’re now graced with its follow-up, “Beyond,” that sees Adam “Blue Marvel” Brashear leading an even […]

That’s right, this is going up on a Tuesday night. Why the change? With there not being a direct link to the podcast as part of the blog, there’s a three-day gap every other week now. To deal with that, I’ll be posting things every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and every other Wednesday when a […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Black Cloak vol. 1 “Heart in a Box” was an excellent graphic novel that took an obvious premise – a young woman gives up her heart to escape a recent heartbreak and comes to regret the decision – and wrung a genuinely engaging story from it.  It came to us courtesy of writer […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Rom:  The Original Marvel Years Omnibus HC vol. 1 Now here’s something I never thought I’d see in these solicitations.  To recap:  Rom was originally a toy made by Parker Brothers that Marvel published a tie-in comic for back in the (very) late 70’s/early 80’s.  While the toy came and went without much […]

Donny Cates’ ambitions at Marvel may be on hold for now, but he and his “Venom” partner Ryan Stegman are delivering a new creator-owned title from Image.  “Vanish” is a series that takes a lot of stylistic cues in its art from the publisher’s early 90’s era.  Given how Image titles from that time were […]