Jughead #2 Chip Zdarsky, Erica Henderson Archie $3.99 So aside from Phonogram: TIM and Spider-Woman, I had to choose between picking up Jughead and Ms Marvel this past week. I went with Jughead, as it’s […]
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #4 Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Clayton Cowles Image $3.99 Common sense would dictate that you shouldn’t jump into a mini-series when it’s halfway over. “But Chris, the cover is […]
Spider-Woman #1 Dennis Hopeless, Javier Rodriguez, Alvard Lopez Marvel $3.99 When we last saw Spider-Woman, she was running off with Black Widow to go die in Secret Wars #1. Don’t worry, she got better, somehow. […]
The Goddamned #1 Jason Aaron, r.m. Guera, Giulia Brusco, Jared K. Fletcher Image $3.99 With Image Comics putting out new hit IP after new hit IP, comparsions to 90s Vertigo Comics have popped up. For […]
The Wicked and the Divine #16 Kieron Gillen, Leila Del Duca, Mat Lopes Image $3.99 Up until this issue, the guest artists attached to the last few issues of WicDiv were all relatively new to […]
All New Hawkeye #1 Jef Lemire, Ramon Perez, Ian Herring Marvel $3.99 When I was reviewing the first volume of the Lemire/Perez Hawkeye run, there were several points where I felt bad for the […]
Uncanny X-men #600 Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, Mahmud Asrar, Stuart Immone, Kris Anka, Chris Bachalo, David Marquez, and Frazer Irving. Marvel $5.99 If you want to know if Uncanny X-men is worth the $6, […]
Paper Girls #2 Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chang, Matt Wilson, Jared K. Fletcher Image $2.99 It feels almost pointless to review a book drawn by Cliff Chang, written by Brian K Vaughan, and colored by […]
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Rico Renzi Marvel $3.99 DID YOU KNOW: You can prevent me from being disappointed by your book’s lack of CAT THOR by coming up with a […]
New Avengers #2 Al Ewing, Gerardo Sandoval, Dono Sancez Almara Marvel $3.99 New Avengers #2 is a bit of difficult comic for me to discuss. On the one hand, it’s an incredibly well done comic; […]
Batgirl #45 Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr, Serge Lapointe DC, $2.99 Batgirl #45 is a comic with 0 super villain punching and 100% romance and relationship-based plots. That may sound less than ideal for […]
Bitch Planet Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine Kelly Sue Deconnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV, Cris Peter, Clayton Cowles Image, $9.99 When I reviewed the debut issue of Bitch Planet late last year, I made […]
Lady Killer Joelle Jones, Jamie S. Rich, Laura Allred Dark Horse, $17.99 Confession: I love it when artists are credited before writers on comics. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of books I […]
Gotham Academy #11 Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, Msassyk, Minhjue Helen Chen, Serge Lapointe DC $2.99 As much as I loved Gotham Academy pre-Convergence break, I haven’t been as keen on the book since […]
New Avengers #1 Al Ewing, Gerardo Sandoval, Dono Sanchez Almara Marvel $3.99 Ever since Infinity, writer Al Ewing has been pumping out some damn fine Avengers comics for Marvel. Mighty Avengers has been constantly entertaining, […]
Sex Criminals #13 Chip Zdarsky, Chip Zdarsky, Chip Zdarsky, Matt Fraction, Image, $3.50 So it’s been awhile since I’ve talked about ol’ Sex Crimz, be it due to delays, the fact that I’ve written about […]
The Wicked & The Divine #15 Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles Image $3.50 The Wicked and the Divine has never been shy about the fact that it’s as much […]
DISCLAIMER: I will go on the record saying that I believe Chip Zdarsky is NICE MAN, but this comic was bought with my own money. Jughead #1 Chip Zdarsky, Erica Henderson Archie Comics, $3.99 Jughead […]
New York Comic Con is a thing that happened, and a thing that made me grateful I have PTO at my day job, as I did not get out of bed until 10am this morning. […]
SHILL ALERT: New York Comic Con is this week, and I’ll be there all 4 days as an attendee, which is the first time in forever. As usual, you can follow my nonsense on Twitter […]
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