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 […]
The Walking Dead: Always Accountable Recap
Synopsis of 6×06: Sasha, Abraham, and Daryl are ambushed by an unknown group and forced to split up. Daryl finds a new group of survivors, while Sasha pushes Abraham to confront his issues. Rating: ????? Despite what the previews from last week led audiences to believe, this was a rather tame […]
‘Last Sons of America’ Highlights Lowkey Sci-Fi & Brotherly Bonding
Last Sons of America #1 Author: Phillip Kennedy Johnson Artists: Matthew Dow Smith Release Date: November 11, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild Last Sons of America will easily draw comparisons to Children of Men with its infertility issues, the twist here being that a biological attack of Agent Pink on […]
The Walking Dead: Now Recap
Synopsis of 6×05: The Alexandrians re-group after the Wolves attack, Rick makes it back, and everyone gets a look at what the new reality of the situation is – still no Glenn. Rating: ????? With no real explanation as to how, Rick escaped the broken down trailer and ran through the […]
The Walking Dead: Here’s Not Here Recap
Synopsis of 6×04: A standalone episode that gives us a look at Morgan’s backstory, which may have been better received by the fandom if it had been before last week’s episode. Rating: ★★★★☆ Anyone who was looking forward to finding out whether Glenn is alive or dead is going to have to […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – October 28, 2015
We’re pretty much in agreement here at Nerdophiles that Fight Club 2 might just be the worst comic of 2015… and yet we’re still reading this trainwreck to see it defy expectations of just how awful it can get every month. That being said, Arcadia continues to be one of the best […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – October 21, 2015
With just a couple issues left, it looks like The Fade Out is promising to end strong. Meanwhile The Paybacks is continuing on to become a pretty great book even just two weeks in. Teen Titans, though, hits a low note and Giant Days fails to be anything but average. […]
The Walking Dead: Thank You Recap
Synopsis of 6×03: While Abraham, Sasha, and Daryl continue to lead most of the herd, Rick’s group further splinters to deal with the stragglers that broke free towards Alexandria and the sound of the truck horn. There are many Alexandrian casualties and more… Rating: ★★★★☆ The nonlinear story-telling of this season […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – October 14, 2015
This week was a good week for comics. Sam reviewed the one-shot Lumberjanes book and is holding out hope that more comes of this first spin-off issue. Kylee continues to be creeped out by the haunting Harrow County, while Jackson helps us say goodbye to this first run of Ms. Marvel and Kamala […]
The Walking Dead: JSS Recap
Synopsis of 6×02: When the boys are away, the Wolves come out to play. A moderately defenseless Alexandria is ambushed and it’s almost nonstop carnage once it gets started. Rating: ★★★★☆ With all of our heroes leading the walker parade out of town, it’s time to check in on our B-list […]
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