Review: DEMO #1-12
[EDIT: Welcome, Larry Young fans! Be sure to also check out my response to what brought you here, here.] I have to admit to having an extreme aversion to hype. I call it the American Beauty-syndrome, in reference to the inexplicable amount of praise that overrated retread of suburban dysfunction received. I saw it three
ménage à trois: 3/2/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] A bit of an off-week for the Big Two found me scouring the shelves at Midtown Comics
Review: El Zombo Fantasma (TPB)
Blame it on the Cartoon Network’s Mucha Lucha for my even giving El Zombo Fantasma a second glance. Or credit it, depending, but if not for it, this book wouldn’t have even registered on my radar and that would have been my loss. I’d never heard of El Zombo‘s original 3-issue run, published under Dark
ménage à trois: 2/23/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] A light week for the Big Two, notable more for releases from their imprints than their mainstream
ménage à trois: 2/16/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] It was all about the Distinguished Competition this week as Marvel’s output was overshadowed by the terribly
Interview: Field on Free Comic Book Day
Who doesn’t like free comic books? On Saturday, May 7th, 2005, participating comic book shops across North America and around the world will be giving away comic books from more than 25 different publishers absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores, as part of the 4th Annual Free Comic Book Day, celebrating “an
Interview: Dabb on Atomika
Andrew Dabb is a busy man. Between writing Megacity909 and Mu for Studio Ice/Devil’s Due, and Ghostbusters for 88mph Studios, you’d think his plate was full enough. But starting this March, he teams up with artist Sal Abbinanti for Atomika, “a groundbreaking story of men, supermen and the forces that shape our reality,” set in
Review: Fade From Grace #1-4
If there’s ever been a comic book that was the perfect gift for a comic book geek to give his non-comic book-reading girlfriend, Fade From Grace would be it. Elegantly written, and beautifully illustrated, it’s a four-color “chick flick” that any self-respecting fan of quality comic books would love. Fade works on two levels, first
ménage à trois: 2/9/05
[One Marvel, one DC, both published the previous Wednesday, plus a random indie from whenever I feel like it, each reviewed quickie-style: 1 Minute=bad, 10 Minutes=good. Connections, if any at all, may be forced purely for the experience.] It was a strong week for indies big and small, overshadowing the Big Two’s output as everything
Interview: O’Reilly on Arcana Studio, Part II
In Part I of this two-part interview, Arcana Studio‘s Publisher, Sean Patrick O’Reilly talked about Arcana’s successful first year, what really happened with Ant and Image, how Ezra became their most popular title, and what it takes to succeed in the comic book business. Today in Part II, we take a peek into Arcana’s future,