Category: comics

Despair deserved better in Volume 11 of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series, Endless Nights. She deserved the narrative thread that… read more Despair Deserved Better

I remember enough to say for sure I was looking through the shelves at Forbidden Planet on the corner of… read more Misremembering The Sandman

SPOILERS! DON’T READ ON IF IT MATTERS! At the end of Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts you are given recipes for… read more Anthony Bour-dan

SPOILERS! DO NOT READ ON IF IT MATTERS It’s “Sushi Yojimbo,” if I want to be glib about it. If… read more Sushi Yojimbo

“POSSIBLE SPOILERS! DO NOT READ ON IF IT MATTERS! When I started Dracula, Motherf**ker  I hadn’t realized that Alex De… read more “Monsterousness”

POSSIBLE SPOILERS! DO NOT READ ON IF IT MATTERS! I started House of M in March but wasn’t inspired to… read more Put It Down Pick It Back Up (House of M Review)

Jughead is best when his story stops being THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY and attempts to be Degrassi High…. read more Jughead as Thurber Man attending Degrassi High

Gotham Academy, Vol. 2: Calamity by Becky Cloonan WARNING! POTENTIAL SPOILERS! Waiting for the next volume of your favorite comic… read more 3-2-5 Paragraphs on Gotham Academy Volume 2

Based on the novel “The Kouga Ninja Scrolls” by Futaro Yamada, “Basilisk” tells a story similar to Romeo and Juliet’s… read more Sequeling Shakespeare

The 2013 New York Comic Con was my “lost Comic Con,” I was there in body but my exhausted spirit… read more The Lost Comic Con and the Missed Comic Con

In “The Next Avengers” Ultron has taken over the world and it is up to the children of the original… read more Page of Ultron

TV ad using the Panasonic Orbitel TV set. In her depiction of the robots, Fiona Staples gives us a sort… read more Brian K Vaughan Wings and Horns

From The Flash Volume 2 Rogues Revolution: A gorilla priest explains how the Flash will save Gorilla City from ruination…. read more The Flash Rogues Revolution

The Spider-Man Noir cutscenes from Shattered Dimensions have a Sin City feel that makes it noir. I call it the… read more The Batmanification of Spider-Man

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1: Cosmic Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis My rating: 3 of 5 stars I borrowed… read more On Goodreads: Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Avengers

Batman: Battle for the Cowl by Tony S. Daniel My rating: 3 of 5 stars In Batman: Battle for the… read more On Goodreads: Batman Battle for the Cowl

Batman R.I.P. by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars WARNING! Possible Spoilers! Batman RIP though half the size… read more On Goodreads: Batman RIP

Batman: The Black Glove by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars WARNING: Possible Spoilers. (My cover reads “Batman… read more On Goodreads: Batman The Black Glove

Sweet Tooth, Vol. 5: Unnatural Habitats by Jeff Lemire My rating: 4 of 5 stars It was two NY Comic… read more On Goodreads: Sweet Tooth Unnatural Habits

Batman: Arkham Asylum – A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars I… read more On Goodreads: Batman Arkham Asylum