Book Review: Ephemera: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn
By Steve Geise |
Briana Loewinsohn’s debut graphic novel heralds the arrival of an intriguing new talent already operating at a masterful level. Her ...
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Book Review: T*ts & Cl*ts 1972-1987: An Underground, Women-made Comix Gets the Fantagraphics Touch
By Jack Cormack |
Out this month, Tits & Clits 1972-1987 (Fantagraphics Books) compiles for the first time (in a single, handsome volume) all ...
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Book Review: Mickey and Donald: For Whom the Doorbell Tolls
By Steve Geise |
In 1999, a teacher at Disney’s Italian school for cartoonists presented his students with a prompt: select a short story ...
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Book Review: Evita: The Life and Work of Eva Perón by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto and Enrique Breccia
By Steve Geise |
Fantagraphics continues their series of Alberto Breccia releases with this graphic biography of the polarizing Argentine icon, Eva Perón, popularly ...
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Book Review: Talespin: Flight of the Sky-Raker and Other Stories: The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 2
By Kent Conrad |
Disney Afternoon was a staple of after-school procrastination for nearly a decade, from 1990-1997. Several of those years included my ...
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Book Review: Spa by Erik Svetoft
By Mat Brewster |
Swedish writer/illustrator Erik Svetoft's Spa is a Kafkaesque adventure that plunges into a Lynchian nightmare. Set in a high-class, luxury ...
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Book Review: The Extraordinary Part: Book One: Orsay’s Hands by Florent Ruppert and Jerome Mulot
By Steve Geise |
The latest work from powerhouse French graphic novelist duo Ruppert and Merlot imagines a world much like our own with ...
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Book Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth by Dan Watters and Dev Pramanik
By Steve Geise |
The creators of this new graphic novel were faced with three apparent approaches to its production: craft an adaptation of ...
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Comic Book Review: G.I. Joe – A Real American Hero #299: The Penultimate Issue at IDW Sets up an Exciting Finale
By generaljabbo |
For being the penultimate issue of G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero, issue #299 (part four of the “All ...
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Book Review: G.I. Joe – A Real American Hero: Saturday Morning Adventures: The TV Show Comes to Life in This Fun Miniseries
By generaljabbo |
During the 1980s, G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero, was seemingly everywhere. What began as a successful toy line ...
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Book Review: G.I. Joe – A Real American Hero 40th Anniversary Special by Larry Hama
By generaljabbo |
The 1960s had G.I. Joe, America’s Movable Fighting Man, a series of doll-sized action figures that highlighted all branches of ...
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TV Review: Love & Rockets: The Great American Comic Book
By Steve Geise |
After 40 years of ongoing publication, the Love & Rockets comic book is long overdue for a celebratory retrospective. Thankfully, ...
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Book Review: Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren
By Steve Geise |
A young Latina politician runs for and wins office in New York as a virtual unknown, ousting a veteran incumbent ...
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Book Review: The Junction by Norm Konyu
By Steve Geise |
Far too rarely, a graphic novel lands in the market with such an assured sense of style and substance that ...
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Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming is Book 35 in the collected volumes of Stan Sakai's long running comic book series and the ...
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Book Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 5
By Gordon S. Miller |
The fifth volume of IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection opens with Issue #56, Part 7 of the ...
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Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo Origins Volume 01 by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
Over the course of his comic book career, Stan Sakai has become a legend in the industry, winning numerous awards ...
Read More Book Review: Vision & the Scarlet Witch: The Saga of Wanda and Vision
By Gordon S. Miller |
Tying in with Disney+'s WandaVision, Marvel has repackaged some of the duo's adventures in Vision & the Scarlet Witch: The ...
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Book Review: James Bond: SPECTRE: The Complete Comic Strip Collection
By Gordon S. Miller |
Having previously collected and released the James Bond newspaper comic-strip adventures that ran in British newspapers, including in Omnibus Volumes ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: Gold Key Archives, Volume 2
By Gordon S. Miller |
On its way to becoming a multimedia franchise, Star Trek first entered the world of comics by way of Gold Key, ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume Three: 1971-1974, Edited by Dean Mullaney
By Gordon S. Miller |
Volume Three of the Library of American Comics' Eisner Award-winning, four-part collection of Russ Manning's complete run of Tarzan newspaper ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 1 & Issue #3 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions of the Original Series Enterprise crew in the form of ...
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Book Review: Weird Fantasy, Volume 1: Glossy Reprint of Classic SF Comic
By Kent Conrad |
EC Comics holds a special place in comic book history. After all, it was EC comics in particular that were ...
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Book Review: Max Steel, Volume 2: Hero Overload by B. Clay Moore & Alfa Robbi
By Todd Karella |
Originally based on a line of toys produced by Mattel, Max Steel became an animated series made for television. Just ...
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Book Review: Snowpiercer Vol. 1 & 2 by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette
By Steve Geise |
This French comic is currently receiving renewed international attention thanks to its use as the source material for a new ...
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Book Review: Captain Midnight: Volume 1: On the Run by Joshua Williamson and Fernando Dagnino
By Steve Geise |
A patriotic Nazi-fighting U.S. superhero who disappeared in the 1940s suddenly appears in the present day, seemingly not a day ...
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Wolverine: Origin DVD Review: The Best There Is at What He Does.
By Steve Geise |
Ever wonder about how Wolverine got his start? So did the rest of the Marvel Comics Universe and its readers, ...
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Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Collection Review: Joss Whedon Teams Up with Marvel Superheroes
By Gordon S. Miller |
Released under the Marvel Knights Animation banner, the Astonishing X-Men Collection Blu-ray presents the four motion comics adapted from the ...
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Comic Book Review: Bob Howard, Plumber of the Unknown Issue #4 by Rafael Nieves and Dan Dougherty
By Cinema Sentries |
Released in August of 2012 to coincide with the annual Wizard World Chicago Comic Convention, the fourth issue of Bob ...
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Astonishing X-Men: Torn DVD Review: More Astonishing Motion, Less Astonishing Story
By Steve Geise |
Continuing the Astonishing X-Men motion comics saga initiated in previous DVDs Gifted and Dangerous, this latest disc covers issues 13-18 ...
Read More Book Review: Conan Volume 11: Road of Kings: By Crom! Roy Thomas Delivers
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski The 11th volume in Dark Horse’s Conan series finds Robert E. Howard’s most famous creation commanding ...
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