Bravest Warriors #1 Author: Joey Comeau Artists: Mike Holmes Release Date: October 2012 Publisher: Boom! Studios Source: Local Comic Shop! Genre(s): Comedy Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Medium If there’s one thing to know about me, it is the fact deep down I’m really a seven year old in a twenty-something’s body. This makes Bravest Warriors something that is […]
3 Tips For Getting Into Comics
Recently a long time friend of mine messaged me on Facebook saying he had a question to ask. He said he’d really enjoyed the Guardians of the Galaxy movie and wanted to get into comics. He’s always been a bit of a geek, but the world of comic books hadn’t […]
Spread #1 Consumes Our Pull Lists
Spread #1 Author: Justin Jordan Artists: Kyle Strahm, Felipe Sobriero Release Date: July 9, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Sciene Fiction, Horror, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Amazon | TFAW | Image Comics Is it just me or does Spread kind of seem like a cross between the Walking Dead and Saga? That’s definitely not […]
Alistair Grows Up: A Dragon Age Library Edition Review
Author: David Gaider Artists: Chad Hardin, Michael Atiyeh Release Date: June 6 2014 Publisher: Dark Horse Books Source: Dark Horse digital promo Genre(s): Fantasy, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Moderate for the games and mild for the comics I’m no stranger to the Dragon Age game series, being that Origins is one of my favourite […]
The Wicked + The Divine #1: Welcome to the New Age
The Wicked + The Divine #1 Author: Kieron Gillen Artists: Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson Release Date: June 18, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Fantasy, Drama, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Amazon | Things From Another World | Image Comics If anyone knows me, they know that I love music […]
“The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys” is a gorgeous, colorful story about growing up
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys Author: Gerard Way and Shaun Simon Illustrator: Becky Cloonan Release Date: May 7, 2014 for comic stores, May 20, 2014 for book stores Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Coming of Age Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon There’s nothing Gerard Way has created that I […]
Amazon Has Already Screwed Up My Comixology Experience
Despite being into comics since I was a pre-teen weeabo dropping my weekly allowances on the manga section at Borders, I was not a regular reader until this past year. Part of what enabled this for me was Comixology and their iOS app. Sure, they made it hard to get […]
Showing Off My #GeekSpace
Molly over at The Princess and the Geek issued a fun little challenge to geeks everywhere: show off your geek space. It can be a bookshelf, your bedroom, your office, your theater room, or even that cupboard under your staircase where you keep your unruly nephew. Whatever space you consider […]
Lumberjanes #1: Be Still, My Lady Loving Heart!
Lumberjanes #1 Author: Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis Artists: Brooke Allen and Maarta Laiho Release Date: April 10, 2014 Publisher: Boom! Studios Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Supernatural, Comedy, Graphic Novel Rating: ????? Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Amazon | Things From Another World | Boom! Studios I’ve been pretty psyched about Lumberjanes from the minute it was announced. […]
Action, Adventure, and Angst Await in These Comic Collections
All right, so, I’ve fallen painfully far behind on my reviews as of late. Painfully far behind. So to make up for it I’m going to be doing a series of reviews over the course of the next week or so. There’s little rhyme or reason to which TPB reviews […]
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