By Grant Morrison (W) and Frank Quitely (A) DC Comics, $19.99 Take a quick stroll around the comics blog-o-sphere. You’ll see plenty of variety, but if there’s a common theme, it’s the Review of the Goofy Old Comic. There are plenty of sites that rely entirely on making fun of the misadventures of Jimmy Olsen…
We’ve got an eventful week here in comicdom, with a couple of new books added to the pull list and a couple that are gettin’ the axe. Yep, it’s chopping time. So, who’s making the jump? Who’s taking a dive? Read on, my good sirs and madams… Seven: Wonder Woman #7 Heh, it’s fitting that…
By Harvey Pekar (W) and many others (A) Vertigo, $14.99 The Plot: By now, pretty much everyone knows about Harvey Pekar, the straight-talking, slice-of-life-telling, crusty persona of the comics industry. Let’s hope that, at the very least, most everyone has seen the great movie American Splendor. Since that came out a few years back, Pekar…
This is the last stop before World War III, and, after many months of speculation and guessing, we’re finally given an answer as to why the mad scientists of Oolong Island were building the Four Horsemen to begin with. This is a big week, and it’s amazingly fun to read. Let’s hit the recap and…
Some really great comics came out last week. Unfortunately, this is a really busy week for me, so I really don’t have any spare time to write about them. But by next week this will all be old news. So if anyone asks what I did today at work, I wasn’t writing this blog post….
Hello, you dotty-headed rows, and welcome to this week’s installment of The Doomino Effect. Let’s waste no time and get right to the stack. First off this week is Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes #28 in which Supergirl, the Legion and the Wanderers pull the rug out from under the Dominators. I’m going to…
By Larry Young (W), Charlie Adlard and Matt Smith (A) Published by AiT / PlanetLar. Cover price $19.99. Originally published as Astronauts in Trouble: Live from the Moon #1-5; Astronauts in Trouble: Cool Ed’s #1; Astronauts in Trouble: Space 1959 #1-3; Astronauts in Trouble: One Shot, One Beer Astronauts in Trouble is one of those…
By Marguerite Abouet (W) and Clement Oubrerie (A) Drawn & Quarterly, $13.97 As far as I know, this is the first mention on our site of a book from Drawn & Quarterly, which, beyond having a delightfully clever name, puts out some of the most thought provoking comics of any publisher. Their latest book to…
It’s Saturday once again, which means it’s time for the Legion’s group review of this week’s Book of Doom: Avengers: The Initiative #1. I chose this book because it was written by Dan Slott of She-Hulk, The Thing, Great Lakes Avengers and Spider-Man/Human Torch fame. I’ve never read a thing by the guy I haven’t…
Lots of stuff going on this week, with nine books under my belt. You may think it’s strange that I put comics under my belt. Well, it eases the digestion, so back off. A pretty even split, with four to Marvel and five to DC. Also, a nice mix of new series and the expected…