Arts
Review: C.O.W.L. Volume 2: The Greater Good
The understated, dark, fantasy characters as normal folks thing has become a genre all on its own. … read more
Review: G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes, Agent of Cobra
It’s been something like 13 years since I last consumed anything G.I. Joe–related. I missed the recent live-action films and, unfortunately, have not kept up with the comic book universe. … read more
Review: Judge Dredd Classics: The Dark Judges
We can all agree that the 1995 Sylvester Stallone, Rob Schneider Academy Award–winning masterpiece Judge Dredd is one of the greatest achievements in the history of cinema. … read more
Review: The October Faction, Vol. 1
Whenever someone walks into Black Cat Comics asking what’s good on the shelves right now, we inevitably start shouting over each other in frothy jubilation at the chance to answer that very question. … read more
Review: Reyn, Volume 1: Warden of Fate
After a thousand years of darkness, monstrous creatures long forgotten rise up from the rubble and civilization depends on the last of the lost tribe of Wardens, Reyn. … read more
Review: Stumptown, Vol. 3
In the end, Rucka illustrates a message that sometimes we need to have faith in those we care about. Stumptown’s definitely worth a read. … read more
Review: The Walking Dead Volume 23: Whispers Into Screams
On a scale of One to Rad, this latest volume earns a solid “meh.” The sad thing is that this is actually a fairly decent volume, but after the set up at the end of Volume 22 (my review of which began with, “HOLY. FUCK.”), this feels like a massively missed opportunity by writer/creator Robert Kirkman. … read more
Review: Long Walk to Valhalla
Long Walk to Valhalla Writer: Adam Smith Artist: Matthew Fox Publisher: Archaia Street: 07.21 The beauty of graphic novels is they are able to do things that movies and books could never get away with. It’s the only medium that can graciously combine bleak, real world settings and situations with high-concept mind-fuckery. Long Walk to
Review: Genius Vol. 1
Bernardin and Freeman’s Genius started out as a winner for Top Cow’s 2008 Pilot Season annual competition. … read more
Review: Witchblade – Borne Again, Vol. 2
Witchblade tells the tale of NYPD homicide detective Sara Pezzini, and her adventures in supernatural crime-fighting. … read more