Classic Comic of the Week: GODDESS by Garth Ennis, Phil Winslade
Rosie Nolan was an ordinary girl until the day her violent paranormal powers first erupted…
Read MoreClassic Comic of the Week: 100 Bullets, Vol. 1 - First Shot, Last Call
What would you do if a stranger offered you a gun, one hundred bullets, and the opportunity to right a wrong in your life without any consequences?
Read MoreClassic Comic of the Week: MNEMOVORE, and the horror of a memory-eating monster
Mnemovore is a very entertaining horror story of an amnesiac trying to overcome a memory-eating monster, elevated by the real world horror of losing your identity when you can't remember who you are or any of the people around you.
Read MoreClassic Comic of the Week: It's a Bird ... Vertigo Comics
It's a Bird...a heartbreaking and heartwarming tale of working through grief and pain through creativity, and one of the best stories about Superman without actually starring Superman out there.
Read MoreVertigo Comics' THE UNWRITTEN...and the Power of Stories
The Unwritten is Carey and Gross's magnum opus. It is a resonating story about fiction versus reality, the importance of stories, and the deconstruction of narrative and monomyth.
Read MoreFrostbite #1 - CLASSIC COMIC OF THE WEEK
By d. emerson eddy — After a week of ridiculous heat and humidity where I live, the temperature has finally dropped a bit to more reasonable levels. The humidity is still present, but we're not hitting the mid-40s Celsius. The trade-off, though, is some extreme weather patterns, thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and potential hail. Those last two left me scratching my head, but hey, what makes any sense any more in 2020?
Read MoreHey, let's read SWAMP THING by Alan Moore & Stephen Bissette (UPDATED 7/9)
By Zack Quaintance — We’ve all got classic comics blind spots — books that are considered comics cannon (if such a thing exists) that for whatever reason (or a host of reasons), we simply haven’t read. This is true in spite of our knowledge of or love for the comics medium. I know I certainly have mine. And I also know that the only way I am able to consistently read my blind spot comics is by committing to it (publicly!) and keeping a steady schedule….
Read MoreHELLBLAZER - ALL HIS ENGINES takes readers to hell and back
By Taylor Pechter — ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’ … is a phrase that encapsulates the character of John Constantine, also known as DC Comics Hellblazer. Constantine is mysterious and cunning, but also his full oh heart. Many, including his friends, call him a bastard and their accusations are not be invalid. However, he’s not always awful.
Read MoreSandman #18 - Classic Comic of the Week
By d. emerson eddy — Like many of the fringe kids in the '80s and '90s, I was drawn to the haunting and beautiful quality of The Sandman. I gravitated more towards the horror and fantasy aspects than the philosophical questions at the time, but it served as a familiar base to later explore even further from different perspective. The series is incredible in that there are many layers that you can read, enjoy, and understand, unfolding new joys with each re-reading.
Read MoreBrubaker and Lark's SCENE OF THE CRIME: The Herrimam Files
By Taylor Pechter — Ed Brubaker is one of the most acclaimed writers of crime comics in the entire industry, with a long line of lucrative and award-winning books to his name. But today, I want to look back at one of his earlier works — Scene of the Crime, which saw Brubaker collaborating with artist Michael Lark, inker Sean Phillips (who would go on to become Brubaker’s most-frequent collaborator), colorist James Sinclair, and letterer John Costanza. Scene of the Crime — publisher by Vertigo back in the summer of 1999 — is the story of Maggie Jordan and the private investigator examining the circumstances of her mysterious death, Jack Herriman.
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