This is probably the hardest category to make a pick for, becuase as Jim Doom points out, you don’t tend to keep reading a series if you hate it. So this is more like “The worst two issues from an ongoing series that we’re basing out opinions on of 2006.” Apologies if stuff got better,…
So you’re reading along in a comic, just minding you own business. You turn the page, and your eyes bulge out of your head. You’re overwhelmed for a moment and at a loss for words. Maybe you even get a little teary-eyed. Every year there are only a handful that stick with us. Those are…
So you’re reading along in a comic, just minding you own business. You turn the page, and your brow furrows. You’re overwhelmed for a moment and at a loss for words. Maybe you even get a pissed off. Every year there are only a handful that stick with us. Those are the moments we all…
A good cover isn’t necessarily all about the artist. A bad cover on the other hand… Rob Liefeld or Michael Turner? “There’s one question that no one has been able to give me an answer to since I first posed it two months ago: “Which cover is uglier?” Both Rob Liefeld and Michael Turner submitted…
While we all pretty much agreed on what makes a bad cover (or who makes a bad cover, rather), the Doomers torn on what makes a good cover. Does an iconic image make the best covers? A cast of thousands? Paint? I’ll just let you decide. Lone Ranger #2 “As has been picked elsewhere, the…
Spoiler of the Week- the cover to 52 Week 37 DC has a nasty habit of spoiling the story inside 52 with what’s on the outside. Here, we get confirmation that Booster Gold is Supernova on the cover before it’s confirmed in the actual story. They’ve done it before, with the “death” of Booster Gold….
X-Factor “It’s the best out there, but it’s never listed in that upper crust. Start reading this book!” -Jean-Claude Van Doom “Well I don’t know if X-Factor is underrated, but it’s really good, so it will probably get cancelled.” -Jim Doom Part 1 New Avengers “And I don’t know if it’s really fair to call…
I just remembered I’m supposed to be doing some sort of a pithy opening to these things. Aw hell, screw it! On to the picks! Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. “Nextwave is my choice, though Civil War is a close second. I can’t fathom why fanboys keep coming back to Ellis’ joke with himself. Too bad…
By Brian K. Vaughan (W) and Pia Guerra (A) Published by Vertigo/DC Comics. Cover price $12.99. Originally published as Y: The Last Man 1-5. The Plot: Every mammal on Earth with a Y chromosome drops dead at the same moment, except for 20-something escape artist Yorick Brown and his helper monkey Ampersand. The Positives: Unmanned…
Cliff Rathburn “When you think of comic book artists, you usually think of pencillers. I know I do. The inkers and colorists kind of get forgotten, even though Laura Martin and Dave Stewart are probably just as good as coloring as John Cassaday and Tim Sale are at drawing. Cliff Rathburn provides gray tones for…