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 […]
The Son of Batman Premieres at WonderCon 2014
[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 […]
History, Zombies, #Feels, and a Whole Lot More Can Be Found in These Graphic Novels
And here’s the last of our comic round ups! The are more comic book reviews coming – don’t you worry – but after I get these out I’ll be caught up. Well, I’ll be caught up on graphic novel reviews anyway. If you’re a book blogger you’ll know how good that […]
Daniel Corey’s Moriarty is a Lot of Pulpy Fun
Moriarty Author: Daniel Corey Artists: Anthony Diecidue and Mike Vosburg Release Date: July 9, 2013 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Alternate History Based On: Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon | Comic Vine |Image Comics Sherlock Holmes canon is one filled with a lot of characters that were never […]
Adaptations and Media Tie-Ins Abound in these Graphic Novels
The third of our four part series of ‘Sam plays catch up on all her graphic novel review obligations’ sees a random hodge podge of books including the graphic novel version of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, a gritty adaptation of the Green Hornet, and an album tie-in comic for the band […]
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. […]
Zombie Alligators, Space Operas, and Shadowmen Lurk in These Graphic Novels
Continuing on with my back log of graphic novel reviews we find ourselves checking out a couple books that haven’t come out yet, some that have, and one that’s a reproduction of a young adult graphic novel released a good twenty years ago. There’s some really great ones in here […]
What Captain Marvel Means To Me
When people talk about their love of Superman, it’s often talking about how he brings out the best of humanity and brings hope to the masses. I’ve been able to see that more about the character since I got out of my complete worship of Batman, but he’s never been […]
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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