I’m always a sucker for easy symmetry, so it’s probably just as well I didn’t run across Jess Fink’s “Time Travel Memoir,” We Can Fix It!, the same week Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley came…
If nothing else, you have to give Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers credit for refusing to ape the Kirby aesthetic in any way. Oh, there are moments in the first issue where Joe Casey…
Before diving into Chris Roberson and Bilquis Evely’s Doc Savage, I’d had almost no experience with the character. I knew who he was, of course—he’s one of those characters who’s ubiquitous enough that you know…
Following on from last week’s read of the entire Fraction/Bagley/Kesel/Ienco Fantastic Four, I spent part of this week re-reading of the companion title, the Fraction/All-Allred FF. The short version? Like many people pointed out in…
Boys of Slummer: Jeff vs. The Comixology Summer Reading List, Days 13-20
- July 17, 2014
- Tagged as: Afterlife with Archie, Ethan Van Sciver, Evan "Doc" Shaner, Francesco Francavilla, Goran Parlov, Grimm Fairy Tales: Helsing, Hinterkind, Ian Edginton, Insufferable, Jeff, Joe Keatinge, Leila del Duca, Mark Millar, Mark Waid, New 52: Futures End, Patrick Shand, Peter Krause, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Shutter, Starlight, Tony Brescini
I’m back! Are you back? I was in such a hurry to get this posted Thursday night that I didn’t throw it behind the jump and….wow. Until I get that “brevity is the soul of…
Because I (a) have Marvel Unlimited, (b) find myself drawn to Fantastic Four comics even when I strongly suspect that they’ll only disappoint me—I am one of the few people online who’ll admit to reading…
Son of Slummer: Jeff vs. the Comixology Summer Reading List, Days 7-12
- July 10, 2014
- Tagged as: "Ignore me!", Alberto Albuquerque, Anti-Hero, Avatar, Charles Soule, Dan Slott, double-plus ungood, Gratuitous Star Trek Reference, Gravel: Combat Magician, Jay Faerber, Jeff, Letter 44, Lola XOXO, Mick Foley, Mike Allred, Mike Wolfer, Monkeybrain, Papercutz, Shane Riches, Silver Surfer, Siya Oum, Super Genius Comics, Tom Clancy, Warren Ellis, WWE Superstars
Last week I dropped some science on the first week of Comixology’s twenty day giveaway–namely, that I am a god-damned fool when it comes to the cartoonist, Jason. What will I drop this week, you…
I went into Dynamite’s Gold Key reboot with somewhat tempered expectations. I have no nostalgia for the characters; I didn’t read Valiant in the 1990s, and my attempts to explore the characters via Dark Horse…
Summer Slummer: Jeff Tackles The Comixology Summer Reading List, Days 1-6
- July 3, 2014
- Tagged as: Archer and Armstrong, Boom!, Boom! Studios, Comixology Summer Reading List 2014, cromulent, DC, Detective Comics, Dynamite, Fantagraphics, Fred Van Lente, Jason, Jeff, Jock, Lumberjanes, Magnus Robot Fighter, My Little Pony Pony Tales Vol. 1, Pere Perez, reviews, Scott Snyder, Thomas Zahler, Valiant, Werewolves of Montpellier
First and foremost: how great is Graeme’s takedown of MPH? Reading that the other day was like having a triple shot of espresso. As for me, I keep wanting to write capsule reviews—if I do…
I’m sure you’re familiar with Mark Millar and Duncan Fegredo’s MPH, a series that, according to the writer, melds the traditional Millar formula of “Take Popular Pop Culture Artifact And Scrape Off Serial Numbers, Maybe…
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