Lantern City #1 Writer: Paul Jenkins & Matthew Daley Artist: Carlos Magno Release Date: May 13, 2015 Publisher: Archaia Source: BOOM! Studios DRC Genre(s): Steampunk Rating: ????? Review Spoilers: Low Lantern City is one of those series that almost seems tailor fit to suit my interests. It just takes so many of the things I like and […]
Arcadia #1 Instantly Enthralls
Arcadia #1 Author: Alex Paknadel Artist: Eric Scott Pfeiffer Release Date: May 6, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Source: BOOM! Studios DRC Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ????? Review Spoilers: Mild Comixology Intellectually intriguing and immediately emotionally arresting, Arcadia has the makings of something really spectacular. When 99% of humankind is wiped out by a pandemic, four billion people are […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – April 29, 2015
Zombies, aliens, sea monsters, and more take the spotlight this week. Ashley is on vacation but Sam and Kylee have you covered and are bringing you some pretty awesome comics courtesy of Dark Horse and Archaia. We’re definitely hitting the sci-fi hardcore but hey! There’s nothing wrong with that! Read […]
I Cannot Tell A Lie, The Order of the Forge Needs Something More…
The Order of the Forge #1 Author: Victor Gischler Artists: Tazio Bettin, Nate Piekos, Juan Ferreyra Release Date: April 29, 2015 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Source: Dark Horse DRC Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Horror Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild Dark Horse | Things From Another World Twenty years before the Sons of Liberty filled the Boston Harbor full […]
Deep State Vol. 1 Brings the Moon Landing Home
Deep State Vol 1: Darker Side of the Moon Author: Justin Jordan Artist: Ariela Kristantina Colorist: Ben Wilsonham Release Date: April 14, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Source: BOOM! Studios Press Site Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon John Harrow doesn’t exist, and his job is to make sure that other things don’t […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List: April 1, 2015
Welcome to the very first edition of our new, weekly series of comic reviews! As you all know, we’ve got a lot of avid comic book readers here at Nerdophiles. There are a lot of series we follow each week but up until now we’ve focused primarily on doing trade reviews. […]
Butterfly #2: Looking at the Past
Butterfly #2 Author: Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett Artists: Antonio Fuso Release Date: October 14th, 2014 Publisher: Boom! Studios Source: Boom! Studios press archive Genre(s): Espionage, spy-fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low Butterfly #2 once again presents a typical spy thriller with a slightly atypical lead character. At the end of the first issue, it was revealed that Rebecca’s father […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Literary Comics
In uniting the written word with fine art, comics have the potential to tell stories in ways impossible in all other media. Unfortunately, comics also play host to some of the worst, most nonsensical, basest stories and some of the blandest, most exploitative art available. It’s for this reason that pretty […]
Ho ho ho! Comixology’s 12 Days of Comics Is Here!
It’s the most wonderful tiiiiime of the year… The time of year that gets us FREE DAILY COMICS FROM COMIXOLOGY! Comixology’s 12 Days of Comics promotion is back for a third year running! What is the 12 Days of Comics, you may ask? It’s simple, Greg. Every day between December 11th […]
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Our 2014 Holiday Gift Guides Are Here!
Happy holidays, Nerdophiles readers! Our staff has put together some gift guides for all of your last minute shopping needs. Maybe you’re still looking for the perfect gift or maybe you just need one or two little things. We hope to do our best to get you pointed in the […]
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