This week from BOOM! Studios, Sam reviewed Lantern City and Kylee is enjoying the latest offering of Zodiac Starforce. She also reviewed Dark Horse’s new series Last Sons of America and continues to enjoy Harrow County, though this issue may have been the series’ first stumble. Jackson wasn’t thrilled with the first issue of Superman: American […]
Superheroes Aren’t Made of Money in The Paybacks #1
The Paybacks #1 Author: Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal Artists: Geoff Shaw Release Date: September 16, 2015 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Genre(s): Action Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Heavy There is a lot going on in the first issue of The Paybacks, which sets out to follow a bunch of super indebted heroes as they repossess gizmos and […]
Rose City Comic Con 2015: Weekend Highlights
It’s that time again, folks, when Portland gets their geek on and descends on the Oregon Convention Center to enjoy some good old fashioned convention fun. Rose City Comic Con is happening this weekend, September 19th and 20th, and Nerdophiles is going to be there to capture every fun and […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – September 9, 2015
In this week’s pull list, a few of our comics mixed it up a bit – with great results! Sam enjoyed Lantern City’s new direction for the series – pulling it from what could have been a clichéd tyrannical government route. Kylee read Dark Horse’s latest issue of Harrow County […]
SDCC 2015 Highlights: Saturday
Saturday is typically the biggest day for San Diego Comic Con! The most people show up and the panels are always packed. A lot of pilot episodes are being screened throughout the day, with cast and crew to answer questions after the screening, and many panels are bringing together stars […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – June 24, 2015
BOOM! Studios continued to deliver on two solid series’ this week, UFOlogy and Deep State, both series we enjoyed. Dark Horse ended The Order of the Forge after three issues and Kylee is personally hoping that it’s laid to rest for good. Past Aways and Resident Alien both had strong offerings with sharp, witty […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – June 17, 2015
One of our slower weeks for comics here at Nerdophiles, but we did happen to enjoy most of the series we read this week immensely! Heavily BOOM! Studios focused this week, Giant Days is only getting better, afforded more time with an expanded order for issues. Lumberjanes will never disappoint us – though, Oh, […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – June 10, 2015
This week has been a bit slow for us here at Nerdophiles, at least as far as comics are concerned. We only had three books out that we’re following but – on the plus side – most of them were pretty good. We’re still really enjoying Harrow County (it’s awesome) and […]
Breaking the Rules for “Fight Club 2”
Fight Club 2 #1 Author: Chuck Palahniuk Artist: Cameron Stewart Release Date: May 27, 2015 Publisher: Dark Horse Source: Dark Horse DRC Genre(s): Satire, Crime Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild Listen up neckbeards, the end of the book version of Fight Club and of the Free Comic Book Day bridge issue set between the book and the new comics […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – May 20, 2015
Take a break from the ordinary and check out this past week’s pull list picks. Embrace the supernatural with the Lumberjanes, investigate mysteries with Malcolm in UFOlogy, and see a favorite fictional comic book character come to life in Oh, Killstrike! and more. This was a pretty solid week across […]