Uncanny X-men 35 Brian Michael Bendis, Valerio Schiti, Richard Isanove Marvel $3.99 Okay real talk (about fictional characters) time: This is a dumb comic. I realize that there has to be some suspension of belief […]
Hawkeye #22 Matt Fraction/David Aja/Matt Hollingsworth/Chris Eliopoulos Marvel, $4.99 ::: Inspiring quote and or song lyrics tangentially related to Hawkeye’s ending goes here ::: RIGHT?!?! HOW RELEVANT IS THAT? After various delays, 2014’s hottest […]
Gotham Academy #8 Becky Cloonan. Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, Serge Lapointe ,Michele Assarasakorn DC $2.99 I’ve been trying to make a “The Black Parade” joke for the last five minutes and nothing has materialized. NO […]
Starting at 5pm Forbidden Planet’ll have prizes and giveaways celebrating the kickoff of Valiant’s blockbuster event, BOOK OF DEATH #1! Prizes and giveaways include: -Rare Gold book variants of titles including Ninjak and Bloodshot Reborn […]
Saga #30 Fiona Staples/Brian K Vaughan Image $2.99 Hope y’all are ready for another 500 words of praise for Saga. It’s gotten to the point where it’s pointless to praise how good Fiona Staples and […]
The Wicked + The Divine #12 Kieron Gillen/ Kate Brown/ Jamie McKelvie/ Matthew Wilson Image $3.50 If you recall my past reviews for Wic + Div, I referred to Kieron Gillen as a “Bad bad […]
X-Men ’92 #1 Chad Bowers/ Chris Sims/ Scott Koblish/Matt Milla Marvel $4.99 So here we are in the middle of All New Marvel leaks week. There’s been 3 new X-men books announced so far, and […]
Hey look, it’s 2 books that actually came out recently! Let me review them! Ms. Marvel #16 G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Ian Herring Marvel $2.99 Let’s get this review started by talking about how […]
So yeah, doing 3 shows in 3 consecutive weekends has caught up to me. Flamecon was a wonderful one day show that I’m glad I funded/attended, and Heroescon was rad as always. But it’s taken […]
Here in NYC it’s easy to get confused when someone mentions the word “comics”. We’ve got such a rich culture of comic book creators and stand-up comics that you could easily be talking about either […]
WHAT DID I SAY?!?! Saga #29 Fiona Staples/Brian K Vaughan Image $2.99 DONE! BRIAN K VAUGHAN IS A BAD BAD MAN. WORSE THEN KIERON GILLEN, WHO I GUESS […]
Wicked + Divine 11 Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Clayton Clowes Image $3.50 I’m really glad this and Saga are shipping within a week of each other, as it ensures 14 straight days of […]
So hey, Special Edition NYC happened over at Pier 94 this past weekend, and while I wasn’t the biggest fan of the venue or the panel areas, the show was still pretty good. The quality […]
DC Collectibles continues the celebration of Batman’s 75th Anniversary this week with another set of action figures featuring some of the most iconic looks of everyone’s favorite Caped Crusader. If this set follows the design […]
I know this because I paid $3.99 to know…this? Dang, that almost worked. Fight Club 2 #1 Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart, Dave Stewart, Nate Piekos Dark Horse $3.99 The original Fight Club film came out […]
So hey, before I start my weekly Hawkeye discussion/Comics Review, I wanted to make the FP Faithful aware of a few things 1)The DC Sneak Peeks from this week are pretty great, and if you […]
Batman Volume 6: Graveyard Shift Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo/ Marguerite Bennett/Andy Kubert/James Tynion IV/Alex Maleev/Andy Clarke/Dustin Nguyen/ Wes Craig/Matteo Scalera/Gerry Duggan DC Comics, $24.99 With the first 5 volumes of the Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo run on […]
Uncanny X-men #34 Brian Michael Bendis/Kris Anka/Marte Gracia Marvel $3.99 As I’ve said plenty of times in the past, the strongest issues of Brian Michael Bendis’ Uncanny X-men run have been the done in ones. UXM […]
Saga #28 Fiona Staples/ Brian K Vaughan Image, $2.99 It’s been awhile since Saga’s crippled me emotionally. But we’re 4 issues deep into this current arc, so I guess it was due, and yes, that […]
New York City is the birthplace of the comic book, and I’m pleased as punch to announce that Forbidden Planet’s sponsoring a series of walking tours in which you can experience the medium’s rich history firsthand. The folks […]
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