Southern Bastards, Vol. 1: Here Was A Man Author: Jason Aaron Artist: Jason Latour Release Date: October 1, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Southern Gothic Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Things From Another World On the back cover of Southern Bastards, Volume 1, there’s a quote from Matt Fraction. This is […]
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Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Comics of 2014
From trades, to single issues, to one-shots, to ongoing series, we can’t get enough of comics! Nerdophiles does its fair amount of coverage for comics, but the industry is big and we have barely even scratched the surface here. We’ve got just some of our personal staff favorites picked out from 2014. If […]
Even as an Introduction, Bitch Planet #1 Holds Nothing Back
Bitch Planet (Issue #1) Author: Kelly Sue Deconnick Artist: Valentine De Landro Release Date: December 10, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Action, ExploitationReview Spoilers: Low Comixology | Things From Another World When I was a junior in high school, one of the first books I read in the International Baccalaureate program […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Ideas for the Comic Lovers In Our Lives
The past few years have been an amazing time for comics. So much so that there’s so much you can be getting your friends and family for the holidays this year, especially if they’re completely new to comics. Luckily, I have a few recommendations of where to start, both for […]
Dragon Con 2014: The Year I Mostly Did Comics Stuff
Once again, Dragon Con has come and gone. Panels were attended, costumes were worn, and a lot of drinks were drunk. A lot. There was a $12 rum bucket at one point. I am not ashamed. Still, after last year’s determination to be chill, what was my Dragon Con experience […]
Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder Soar with “Rocket Girl”
Rocket Girl, Vol 1: Times Squared Author: Brandon Montclare Artists: Amy Reeder Release Date: July 22, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Drama Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low When I described the concept of Rocket Girl to a friend of mine after reading the first issue off of Comixology, I got laughed […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nerdophiles Celebrates Free Comic Book Day 2014
Free Comic Book Day 2014 So today just happened to be one of the best days of the year – Free Comic Book Day! Celebrated ever year on the first Saturday in May the way things work is pretty simple: you show up to your local comic bookstore (LCBS) and […]
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 […]
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