Synopsis of 3×11: An agent from Earth-19 arrives to hunt down HR and kill him for the crime of breaching the walls of his reality. Cisco trains to face-off with Gypsy. Iris takes a big risk to secure her legacy. I wasn’t wild about the way The Flash seems to have […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – January 25, 2017
What a week for comics! This might be our longest pull list yet. Sam took a look at Lumberjanes and Backstagers, both from BOOM! Studios. Kylee reviewed Skybourne, also from BOOM! Studios, as well as the first issue of D4VEOCRACY from IDW Publishing. She also read Briggs Land, Harrow County, and Spell on Wheels from Dark Horse. Jackson read Deathstroke […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – January 18, 2017
This week, Kylee struggled with Hook Jaw #2 from Titan Comics, while Jackson greatly enjoyed Batman #15 from DC Comics with what may be one of the best issues tackling Batman’s relationship with Selina Kyle. We’ve also got a new reviewer joining us! Renee is looking at two excellent issues from Marvel Comics […]
The Flash: Borrowing Problems from the Future Recap
Synopsis of 3×10: Haunted by what he’s seen in the future, Barry and the STAR Labs team try to find a way to stop Iris from dying in four months. Wells opens the new STAR Labs Museum to a less than enthusiastic response. As thousands of writers and one Dean […]
Nerdophiles Catches up With… The Flash
The problem at the center of every iteration of Barry Allen, moreso than any other character, is that he’s very much the product of DC at a very specific time and place. When Green Arrow shed his Robin Hood imagery to become a hardened vigilante and Green Lantern removed the […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – January 11, 2017
Sam continues to enjoy Mega Princess from BOOM! Studios, while Jackson gives All New Wolverine #16 from Marvel Comics five stars! Want to hear more about what we thought about these issues? Read on – and let us know what you thought in the comments below. Sam’s Reads Mega Princess #3 Author: Kelly Thompson […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – January 4, 2017
A light week as we try to get back into the swing of things after the holidays! Jackson explores what makes this run of Moon Knight from Marvel Comics so compelling compared to past takes. Want to hear more about what we thought about these issues? Read on – and […]
Best of 2016: Graphic Novels We Fell In Love With This Year
We read a lot of comics and graphic novels this year. Whether we’re talking about on-going comic series, standalone graphic novels, or short mini-series, we definitely walked away with some new favorites this year. Our comics staff got together to talk about what our favorites were and we came up […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – December 14, 2016
Mega Princess #2 from BOOM! Studios continues to work well as a true comic series for kids according to Sam and the first issue of Inhumans vs X-Men from Marvel Comics has an intriguing central conflict that overshadows some of Jackson’s concerns. Want to hear more about what we thought about […]
Take a look Behind Bars with John Arcudi’s Newest Series ‘Dead Inside’
With his new miniseries, Dead Inside, the first issue of which is out on Wednesday, John Arcudi, of the recently wrapped B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, The Mask, and Rumble at Image, mixes grizzly murder, gritty noir and booze soaked police work for something wholly unlike the rest of his work. With art by Toni Fejzula, it’s […]