Book with “Criminal” in the Title of the Week- Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes #1 Yes, there was more than one this week. Ed Brubaker’s Criminal also came this week, and was good enough to merit me buying another issue. Criminal Macabre, the continuing series of mini-series starring supernatural freelance detective Cal MacDonald, has also…
By Peter David (W) and George Perez (A) Cover Price $14.99. Published by DC Comics. Originally printed by Epic Comics as Sachs & Violens 1-4. The Plot: Juanita Jean “J.J.” Sachs and Ernie “Violens” Schultz try to take down a crime ring involved in everything from snuff films to child slavery. Strengths: While it might…
Due to holiday stuff that’s going on, the Book of Doom is going to be put on hold for a little bit. Sorry to all of our faithful readers (both of you) that look forward to out roundtable reviews every Saturday. See you in 2007.
Flipping through the wonders of TV’s dead winter season this evening (I was looking for an NBA game. I feel compelled to excuse my tube watching), I hit upon NBC’s new craptacular reality show Identity. In the show, Penn Jillette talks loudly (and shows that his schtick doesn’t work without the funnier half of Penn…
As several have noted, the Legion’s best of 2006 is coming up soon, and while I can’t remember a lot of my personal winners from last year, one stands out in particular – my selection for “Best single issue.” It was Wolverine #32, which I believe came right after Mark Millar’s long run of killing,…
While writing about Undercard, the new boxing comic from Dennis Culver and Chris Gumprich (read an interview with them here) I happened upon the work of a friend of Culver’s, the well-named Joshua Smeaton, who works mainly as an illustrator. He has a new book out called Cheerful Abandon, a fun collection of short slice-of-life…
It’s never too early to departmentalize the year, and in that vein, Publisher’s Weekly (which offers the worth-a-look PW Comics Week and a comics blog) had their critics vote for favorite graphic novels, with those books receiving the most votes earning the crown. Or whatever award they hand out. The list is available here. I’m…
Those gracious gents at BOOM! Studios sent over a couple of previews. First, that for the upcoming first issue of Warhammer 4000: Damnation Crusade, which comes out tomorrow. What you’ve got to love about BOOM! is how unabashedly they revel in their niche. They know what they want to do — big, tough stories that…
Most Inappropriate Belt Buckle of the Week- Red Arrow Surprisingly, it wasn’t one of those Marvel belt buckles that are being advertised in every issue. The inappropriate belt buckle I speak of is of course the one R-Red Arrow is shown sporting on the cover of Justice League of America #4. Decked out in what…
For the Book of Doom this week, we decided, well, I decided, to take on Wonder Man #1, written by Peter David and drawn by Andrew Currie. Here’s the synopsis, thanks to Marvel.com: Meet Lady Killer – the dangerous assassin who comes head-to-head with the Avenger called Wonder Man! But Wonder Man doesn’t want to…