REVIEW: A new crew sets sail with MARAUDERS ANNUAL #1
Marauders Annual #1 is a fast-paced, slick introduction to a new team dynamic that can occasionally feel like it has too many parts to move into place in one issue. Full review…
Read MoreGRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Party and Prey
Party and Prey is a big swing that lands. It is heavy; it will crack you open; it will leave you angry. As I turned the last page, churning with complex emotions, I found some answers.
Read MoreREVIEW: Project - Patron #1, an entertaining new take on Death of Superman
With Project Patron #1 — the new book from Steve Orlando, Patrick Piazzalunga, and co. — one can easily see this becoming the best updated compliment to one of DC’s classic stories, Death of Superman.
Read MoreREVIEW: Commanders in Crisis #2, a worthy follow to a spectacular debut issue
Commanders in Crisis #2 is a solid, worthy followup to a spectacular first issue that built a new superhero universe in the space of 22 pages.
Read MoreADVANCED REVIEW: Commanders in Crisis #1
By Zack Quaintance — I’m going to get right into this: Commanders in Crisis #1 is a very impressive, must-read comic, that makes me want to ask several questions of the creative team, chief among them: how did you all pull-off something that so many other folks in comics continue to fail at on a near annual basis? And how did you accomplish said thing within the limitations of a single creator-owned book?
Read MoreKill a Man Graphic Novel - TRADE RATING REVIEW
By Zack Quaintance — Kill a Man is an original graphic novel coming this year from AfterShock Comics, which has done a really underrated job of releasing complete comics stories like this one since its launch a few years back. Indeed, AfterShock has perhaps been at its best when releasing graphic novels and novellas, be it the excellent Garth Ennis/Keith Burns air warfare story Out of the Blue or the very scary and personal The Replacer by Zac Thompson and Arjuna Susini. They don’t seem to get much credit for it, but AfterShock has done a great job with these contained books.
Read MoreREVIEW: Wonder Woman #750 stories ranked
By Zack Quaintance — Wonder Woman #750 is out today, and it marks a celebration of the august character’s past, present, and future, accomplishing all of that by compiling nine stories by a host of creators and interspersing pin-ups between them. This is, essentially, the third time that a major DC character has gotten this treatment in as many years…with publisher slated to do the same for The Flash, Catwoman, The Joker, and probably more in the months to come.
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