[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bis7XOu0Xms] Son of Batman Release Date: May 6, 2014 (DVD & Blu-ray); April 22, 2014 (Online) Cast: Jason O’Mara, Stuart Allan, Morena Baccarin, Giancarlo Esposito, Xander Berkeley, Thomas Gibson, David McCallum Director: Ethan Spaulding Studio: Warner Premier, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment Distributor: Warner Home Video Genre(s): Animated, Graphic Novel, Superheroes Based On Grant Morrison’s Batman […]
Nowhere Men Imagines A World Where Scientists Are Bigger Rockstars Than the Beatles
Nowhere Men: Fates Worse Than Death Vol. 1 Author: Eric Stephenson Illustrator: Nate Bellegarde and Jordie Bellair Release Date: November 20, 2013 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Alternate History, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon All right, so, Nowhere Men was going to get put into one of my comic book […]
Now That Snowpiercer is Out of Limbo Check out the Comic That Inspired It All
Written in the 1980s, there’s a lot of political subtext in this book but the social commentary it provides on class structures and the privileges of the wealthy could just as easily describe some of the current political issues and social movements.
Ms. Marvel #1: I Am In Love With Kamala Khan
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxljTK0T4gk] Ms. Marvel #1 (Vol. 3) Author: G. Willow Wilson Artists: Adrian Alphona and Ian Herring Release Date: February 2014 Publisher: Marvel Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Superheroes, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon | Comic Vine | Marvel I think I knew that I was going to love Kamala Khan the second they […]
Numbercruncher is a Unique Look at the Afterlife and the Love That Keeps Us Here
Numbercruncher Author: Si Spurrier, PJ Holden Release Date: January 14, 2014 Publisher: Titan Comics Source: Titan Books Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mysticism Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High GoodReads | Amazon Usually I’m not all that into stories with overly religious connotations. When angels were introduced to Supernatural I stopped watching for a while because I thought nothing […]
Hidden Follows A Young Girl's Heartwarming and Heartbreaking Holocaust Experience
Hidden Author: Loic Dauvillier and Greg Salsedo Illustrator: Alexis Siegel Release Date: April 1, 2014 (Originally 2012) Publisher: First Second (originally Le Lombard) Source: NetGalley Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Children’s Fiction, Graphic Novel, Holocaust Rating: ????? Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I love when comic books are used to tell a story that you probably wouldn’t expect from […]
Hyperbole and a Half Leaps from Blog to Bookshelves
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Author: Allie Brosh Release Date: October 29, 2013 Publisher: Touchstone Source: Edelweiss DRC, NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Blog, Graphic Novel, Humor Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I’m a big fan of Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half as I’m […]
LMS: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter – An Experiment in Storytelling
Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter Author: Dan Luvisi Release Date: November 19, 2013 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon All right, so, this is a really hard book to review. I almost didn’t review it because I honestly don’t know what exactly to […]
Good Charlotte's Billy Martin Brings Us Vitriol the Hunter
Vitriol the Hunter Author: Billy Martin, Brent Allen Illustrator: Billy Martin Release Date: November 5, 2013 Publisher: IDW Publishing Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Horror, Graphic Novel, Vampires, Urban Fantasy Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I used to be a huge Good Charlotte fan. I’m not going to lie […]
The Origins of Cyborg 009 Retold
Cyborg 009 Author: F.J. DeSanto, Bradley Cramp, Shotaro Ishinomori, Stephen Christy Illustrator: Marcus To, Ian Herring Release Date: September 24, 2013 Publisher: Archaia Entertainment Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Manga Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: — GoodReads | Amazon Like many nerds, I went through a pretty serious anime phase once upon a time. My experiences with Fullmetal Alchemist […]
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