Writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank didn’t heed my advice at all, and so here we are, six years after vol. 2, with the latest volume of their “Batman:  Earth One” graphic novel series.  To give you an indication of how long it has taken them to get this volume out, Grant Morrison and […]

The original “Steeple” miniseries from creator John Allison was delightful.  It wasn’t just the fact that it was enjoyably quirky in a deeply English way, it was also very funny with two winning leads in curate-turned-satanic-priestess Billie, and satanic-priestess-turned-curate Maggie.  I wasn’t expecting a sequel, so the appearance of “The Silvery Moon” in the solicitations […]

“Tall Tales” wants to be “The Godfather, Part II” of this series.  I say this because its story moves both backwards and forwards, telling the history of vampires while also expanding on the present day story of the Bowman clan.  The history is centered around one character, Nicodemus, who became the very first vampire after […]

Vol. 1 of Ewing’s run was great fun.  It had all the snappy dialogue and clever plotting that you’ve come to expect from the writer as he set about addressing the remaining baggage the “Guardians’” cast had prior to his arrival.  Ewing also decided this was also a good time to give Peter Quill his […]

So, the Scorched Earth Clan are actually the good guys and the Temple of the Flaming Fist, now led by Master Chou, are the bad guys.  That’s a hell of a reveal to pull after you’ve just finished introducing them, but I’m sure years of writing “Invincible” have taught Robert Kirkman that there’s never not […]

It’s been four years since we got our last dose of Bible Stories from writer Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera.  “Before the Flood” told us what a certain biblical immortal was up to while Noah was getting his ark ready, and while it had its moments the story it was telling felt very familiar in […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Joy Operations #1 (of 5) This gets here mainly on sheer force-of-will as the big news last week was that Bendis is bringing his Jinxworld line of creator-owned projects to Dark Horse.  Expect new editions of his previous titles, a new edition of “Pearl” was mentioned, along with a softcover edition of “Powers:  […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: What’s the Place Furthest From Here? #1 Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss broke into the industry via their smash indie hit “4 Kids Walk Into a Bank.”  It was a really entertaining heist story, told from the perspective of the kids who were planning it, that was only held back by it’s too-dark […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Batman:  One Dark Knight #1 (of 3) Hey, it’s another “Batman” title in this spot!  Surprising, I know.  The thing is that there’s a lack of promising new titles in these solicitations and the collected editions I’m interested in are debuting hardcover-first, so a new miniseries featuring the Caped Crusader gets this month’s […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars:  Life Day #1 The existence of this comic shows that either Marvel is completely shameless when it comes to exploiting the “Star Wars” license, or utterly fearless about doing the same.  For those of you who are either too young to remember or have blocked it from your mind until now […]