Author: Ed Brissom Artist: Guillermo Sanna Publisher: Marvel Comics ★★☆☆☆ Garth Ennis’ run on Punisher MAX is a comic that, on paper, should be easy to repeat and god if Marvel hasn’t tried to make lightning strike twice. Ennis was vastly working through a formula, setting up a villain or group of villains, […]
SDCC 2016: “Preacher” Goes Looking for God and Other Hints for Season 2
It’s been a wild and explosive (pun intended) ride towards the season one finale for AMC’s Preacher. After the conclusion of season one this past Sunday, we’ve managed to put together some parts of our press conference with Preacher during SDCC, to see if we can grab some hints for the […]
3 New Comics Look to the Past & Push Violence to the Limits
We tend to see history progressing one way and comics are no exception. We see crystallizing, genre defining moments like the death of Gwen Stacy or Watchmen or “The Flash of Two Worlds” as moments where everything changes but that’s not really the case. Comics are always, in one form […]
Gotham: Bitter Pill to Swallow Recap
Synopsis of 2×09: Tabitha hires a hoard of hitmen to kill Gordon while he and Barnes look for evidence in Theo’s penthouse. Silver pumps Bruce for information under Alfred’s nose. Nygma looks to Cobblepot for training in how to be a killer. ★☆☆☆☆ About halfway through Garth Ennis and John […]
Vigilantism, the Marvel Way: 30 Years of Daredevil versus the Punisher
Daredevil and Punisher represent something unique amongst Marvel’s group of superheroes, those united more by circumstances rather than authorial purpose. Both characters came into their own during the early days of 1980s grittiness but their eventual connection was forged over the years, starting in the summer of 1982 to now, […]
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