REVIEW: Once and Future #8 returns with a slow issue

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Keigen Rea — Once & Future isn’t a book that would normally appeal to me. I don’t really like stories about knights unless they are of the Jedi variety, and King Arthur doesn’t boost my interest either. Despite my feelings about the premise, however, I’ve enjoyed the series from the start as well as every bit along the way. The creative team has taken an idea I wouldn’t typically go for and turned it into a must-read title, a favorite of mine among the many great series running today.

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REVIEW: Once and Future #6 is a fantastic end to a stellar first arc

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By Jarred A. Luján — By this point, you’ve surely heard of Once & Future, but just in case, I’ll give you a quick primer anyway. It’s a Kieron Gillen/Dan Mora collaboration that takes Arthurian legend, an unrivaled character dynamic between a guy and his grandmother, and just a hint of English nationalism, and it stuffs it all into a blender and puts the sucker on high. What results is a topsy turvy tale with some of the best art in the industry, but enough about the book in general, let’s talk about Once and Future #6, the conclusion of the first arc.

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