Or “Fables vol. 23:  The Black Forest,” which is what I imagine this volume will be called, whenever it hits softcover.  That’s just one more complication on what has already been a very rocky road for this revival.  While this series was beloved during its original run at DC/Vertigo, people becoming more aware of creator […]

We all knew it was coming, creator Stjepan Sejic told us as much in the afterword to the previous volume, but this installment of the “Mercy” arc of the series sees the end of both of the relationships it’s been spotlighting up to this point.  Not at first, though, as BDSM enthusiasts Alan and Ally […]

They’ve been building to the title event for two volumes now, and vol. 3 begins by having Jon Kent… confront his boyfriend Jay Nakamura about whether or not he’s an actual terrorist.  He’s not, of course, as the Revolutionaries are a fighting-for-freedom group whose members will look a little familiar to those who’ve read Tom […]

Things haven’t been going well for Pamela Isely as of late.  Where she was once Queen Ivy, connected to the Green and with limitless power over plant life, she has now been shorn of her godhood by being placed back in a normal body to preserve her mind.  Despondent over the loss of the power […]

Tony Daniel has shown he’s a hell of an artist over the years, whether he’s working on superhero titles like “Batman” or creator-owned joints like “Nocterra.”  Now he’s doing the writing and art for his latest creator-owned venture and the result is an overstuffed mash-up of bog-standard character types, half-assed amalgamation of fantasy and real-world […]

Writer Dan Abnett and artist I.N.J. Culbard’s original “Wild’s End” series was a fun amalgamation of “The War of the Worlds” and “The Wind in the Willows.”  You had anthropomorphic animals trying to fend off an invasion of sentient alien walkers that ran for three volumes before reaching a decent enough stopping point.  “Beyond the […]

Mary the Multi-Monster.  The Tripper.  Persona.  Crab Louie.  Kid Curious.  The Divider.  They weren’t A-or-B-List heroes, but they were the ones who stepped up when The Ledgerman threatened to pull all of Star City into his own word.  For their trouble, they were able to live the best versions of their lives for a little […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Ultimate X-Men vol. 1:  Fears & Hates Of all the titles in the current lineup of “Ultimate” comics, this is the one that appears to deviate the most from what you’d expect.  Not just because of the softer, almost manga-esque look writer/artist Peach Momoko brings to it, but because she’s also bringing in […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Forged vol. 3:  The Abaddon Strike There are collected editions of series where I’ve put their first issues in this spot when they were originally solicited.  There’s also a new collected edition of a series whose first volume I did a podcast on with John.  So why am I giving the Above-the-Board […]