Author: Brian Wood Artist: Mack Chater Colorist: Lee Loughridge Letterer: Nate Piekos Release Date: June 14, 2017 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Genre(s): Drama Review Spoilers: Mild Briggs Land has never been an escapist, fantasy series for readers to get lost in. Rather, it’s an uncomfortably on-the-nose, just slightly-ahead-of-its-time, politically charged exploration of the shades of gray […]
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 – December 21, 2016
This week, Sam enjoyed The Backstagers from BOOM! Box, while Kylee read the topical Briggs Land and female-centric Spell on Wheels, both from Dark Horse Comics. Kylee also read the first issue of Hook Jaw from Titan Comics this week. Want to hear more about what we thought about these issues? Read on – and […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – November 16, 2016
It was a great week for comics here at Nerdophiles! Sam started the latest roller derby offering from BOOM! Studios, Slam, and continued to be creeped out by the mythology of the Backstagers. Kylee would love to see more of the limited-run series Spell on Wheels from Dark Horse Comics and can’t wait […]
NYCC 2016: Brian Wood Talks ‘Briggs Land’ & AMC Development Deal
We’ve been enjoying the on-going series Briggs Land from Dark Horse Comics and at New York Comic Con 2016, we were lucky enough to sit down with writer Brian Wood to talk about how perceptions of militia groups have changed over time, what kind of research he did for the series, the […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – August 17, 2016
This week’s pull list is heavily BOOM! Studios focused, with Sam looking at the first issue of Backstagers and Lumberjanes #29. Kylee made it to the halfway point of Lucas Stand from Kurt Sutter and Jackson finished out the Christmas-y(?) Klaus. Sam also read Briggs Land #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Check out the full reviews below […]