This week, Sam continues on with Grass Kings while Kylee ventures into the newest Si Spurrier offering, Godshaper – both from BOOM! Studios. Kylee also read a spectacular new issue of Harrow County and a less-spectacular issue of the American Gods adaptation, both from Dark Horse Comics. Meanwhile, Jackson took a look at the […]
Violent Love Vol 1: Stay Dangerous is A Must Read
Author: Frank J. Barbiere Artist: Victor Santos Publisher: Image Comics Review Spoilers: Mild Violent Love is a visually stunning, beautifully written, and gritty comic that centers around Daisy Jane and her quest for revenge against the gangster who killed her father and left her for dead. Framed as a story […]
The Dying and The Dead #4 Answers Some Big Questions & Asks a Lot More
Author: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Ryan Bodenheim Publisher: Image Comics Source: Image Comics ARC ★★★★☆ After two years off of comic shop shelves, The Dying And The Dead #4 faces the unenviable challenge of reminding readers why they cared about the series. In that regard, it doesn’t quite succeed, feeling most like a companion piece […]
‘The Dying And The Dead’ is Back: Catch up With Everything You Need to Know
It’s understandable if you’re a little hazy on the plot of The Dying And The Dead, Jonathan Hickman and Ryan Bodenheim’s Image series, which is finally set to release its fourth issue on Wednesday. After all, the third issue was released in the heady days of September 2015. Even by the […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – March 1, 2017
This week, Sam took a look at the latest developments in Goldie Vance as well as the newest all-ages comic from BOOM! Studios, Brave Chef Brianna. Both Kylee and Jackson finished up series: Kingsway West from Dark Horse Comics and Midnighter and Apollo from DC Comics respectively. Want to hear more about what we […]
Misfit City #1 Kicks Off Your New Favorite All-Ages Comic!
Authors: Kiwi Smith and Kurt Lustgarten Artist: Naomi Franquiz Letterer: Jim Campbell Release Date: May 10, 2017 Publisher: BOOM! Box Review Spoilers: Mild Misfit City is a Goonies-inspired comic book from Kiwi Smith, the writer of Legally Blonde, and Kurt Lustgarten about four teenage girls on an epic adventure – and if that […]
Dawn of War #1 is a Bloody Introduction to a New Game and Old Universe
Author: Ryan O’Sullivan Pencils/Inks: Daniel Indro Colors: Kevin Enhart Letterer: Rob Steen Release Date: May 17, 2017 Publisher: Titan Comics Genre(s): Action Review Spoilers: Mild I’ve always dug the aesthetics of Warhammer 40K, Games Workshop’s incredibly bleak, incredibly British sci-fi tactical tabletop game. Unfortunately, as someone with a crippling addiction to buying […]
Find Out What All the Buzz is About in Regression #1
Author: Cullen Bunn Artist: Danny Luckert, Marie Enger Letterer: Marie Enger Release Date: May 10, 2017 Publisher: Image Comics Genre(s): Horror, Supernatural Review Spoilers: Mild Let’s get this out of the way first: Adrian, the main character in Regression, looks like a very tanned and/or race-bent Tom Hiddleston. It’s not a bad thing at all. […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – May 3, 2017
Sam has reached the penultimate issue of Brave Chef Brianna and is going to be mourning when the series does end. She also reached the end of an arc for Goldie Vance, also from BOOM! Studios, while Jackson is just reaching the end of his patience for X-Men: Gold and the Marvel […]
Review: ‘Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D’ by David Kushner & Koren Shadmi
Rise of the Dungeon Master Author: David Kushner Artist: Koren Shadmi Release Date: May 9, 2017 Publisher: Nation Books Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t at least have a passing familiarity with Dungeons and Dragons. The roleplaying game has become something of a cultural cultural icon […]
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