William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: The Phantom of Menace Author: Ian Doescher Release Date: April 7, 2015 Publisher: Quirk Books Source: Quirk Books Genre(s): Humor, Science Fiction, Film Adaptation Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon It’s no secret that I love the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars adaptations from Ian Doescher and Quirk Books. The original trilogy box […]
Copperhead Vol. 1 Brings Us a Fantastic Mix of Police Procedural and Sci-Fi Western
Copperhead Vol. 1 Author: Jay Faerber Artists: Scott Godlewski & Ron Riley Release Date: March 11, 2015 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Western, Police Procedural Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Oh, Copperhead. You are quickly vying for a spot as one of my favorite on-going series. I mean, what a great book. Solid story-telling, great […]
Oddly Normal is an Adorable All-Ages Offering from Otis Frampton
Oddly Normal: Book 1 Author: Otis Frampton Artist: Otis Frampton Release Date: March 24, 2015 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Fantasy, Children Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon What an adorable all ages book. At first glance, Oddly Normal admittedly doesn’t look like other Image books. It’s cutesy looking and clearly aimed a younger […]
Image Comic’s The Fuse Vol. 1 Takes Police Procedurals Out of This World
The Fuse Vol. 1: The Russia Shift Author: Anthony Johnson Artist: Justin Greenwood Release Date: August 27, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Crime Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon We are in the midst of a science fiction comic book Renaissance and we really, truly have Image Comics to thank for […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – April 15, 2015
We’re trying out a new format for our Nerds Read pull list post this week. So, please, once you’ve read through our reviews pop down to the comments and let us know what you think. Hopefully this way you all can get to know our staff members better and get […]
The Second Season of Star Wars: Rebels is Going to Be Intense
I absolutely love Star Wars: Rebels but as much as I liked the first season this new extended trailer from Star Wars Celebration pretty much guarantees I’m going to enjoy the second one even more. Now connected with the much larger Rebel movement, our heroes from Lothal are facing new […]
“Lockstep” is a Hard Sci-Fi Read With Great YA Crossover Appeal
Lockstep Author: Karl Schroeder Release Date: March 24, 2014 Publisher: Tor/Macmillan Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Young Adult, Hard Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon This is one of those books that’s hard to review not because it isn’t good but because it’s so hard to explain to other people why it’s good. I’m not […]
This New “The Force Awakens” Trailer Packs Some Serious Star Wars Nostalgia
The first trailer for The Force Awakens may have focused primarily on newer characters like Finn and Rey but this time around we’re going old school. Filled with innumerable nods to the original trilogy, this trailer focuses primarily on the old trio with Luke providing a voice over and Chewie and […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List: April 8, 2015
Okay, so, we’re a week behind on this. We know. We’re still getting the hang of things! Still, this week we’ve got a lot of really great comics for you guys. We have reviews for fourteen comics courtesy of three of our wonderful staff members. We’re looking at some of […]
“Rebels #1” is the Start to An Amazing Historical Fiction Comic Series
Rebels #1 Author: Brian Wood Artist: Andrea Mutti Release Date: April 8, 2015 Publisher: Dark Horse Source: Dark Horse DRC Genre(s): Historical Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate Historical fiction is becoming increasingly popular in pop culture and I’m loving it. American Revolution in particular has recently become a much more common setting for various offerings. From […]
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