This week, I picked New Avengers for our Book of Doom. I guess I was skittish because most the new books we tried in the past ended up sucking. Had I gone with a new book, it would’ve been Simon Dark, the new effort by Steve Niles. After wading through the absolute atrocity that was…
Let’s call this the Homecoming edition of our weekly Heroes wrap-up. A few central characters had been MIA since last season’s finale, but now they’re back. Was it a good Homecoming? Well, it far exceeded any I experienced in high school. Of course, that’s not saying much at all. So, what happened? Who returned? Who…
In the past weeks, we’ve picked some downright duds for Book of Doom, our roundtable review. This week’s pick, at the very least, should kick up a lively discussion. See, we Doomers really don’t like each other. And if there’s a lightning rod for this enmity, it’s surely the writing of Brian Michael Bendis. This…
So I chose this as this week’s Book of Doom because I wanted to try something new and the write-up seemed intriguing. Solving mysteries, in London, weird stuff, sounds good. But I didn’t really like it. The characters’ edginess seemed so forced. Troubled celebrity, drug-addict, porn-tease. Maybe that’s a statement on society itself, that those…
I usually read all my comics right away when I get home from the comic shop on Wednesday. I realized last week that this means by the time Monday rolls around, I really haven’t thought about my weekly comics for a while and don’t have much to say about them. Hence the earlier than normal…
A while back, I reviewed Exit Wounds, a great indie book about a young man with emotional problems trying to get a handle on life as he searched for his possibly deceased father. About the same time (I’m a bit delayed here), I got a review copy of Shortcomings (Drawn & Quarterly, $19.95), by the…
Get this – I’m late doing the Doomino Effect because I went to a Mandy Moore concert and had an awesome time. No kidding! And then we hung out at a bar with her and her band. For real! It was actually really good! Who knows what kind of crazy things I’m going to say…
Back in the day, I wrote a Worst to First and mentioned a Tales of the Unexpected purchase and how much that book sucked. I said: And the back-up story, which I’ve already forgotten the title of, was just piss-poor. Some annoying guy and some vampire are in a cave and have a stupid conversation…
I tell you what – I didn’t know a blasted thing about Vinyl Underground when I picked it for this week’s Book of Doom. I like to try new things when I’m making my choice, and considering that the other two books with obvious jumping-on points were Metamorpho: Year One and Howard the Duck, Vinyl…
With another episode under the belt, I’m back to continue this weekly Heroes review. But first, I’m still trying to figure out if it’s possible to enjoy Chuck after reading the brilliant and ruthless comments of TV writer Ken Levine. Go read that, and the rest of the blog while you’re at it. Now, back…