A relatively light week for yours truly. I also picked up Truth, Justin and the American Way #4, but I’m a few issue behind in that mini so I haven’t read it yet, and probably won’t for a while. On to the reviews! 52 Week 19 Skeets is evil? That’s a twist I didn’t see…
This week in “52,” we’re given a big bucket full of question marks. It seems that everywhere you turn in this story, there are more reasons to scratch your head and wait until the next week. It’s compelling, but I’m starting to feel like a dunce, since I really have no clue where it’s all…
The Doomers are pleased to introduce our newest feature (joining the likes of 2005 in review, weekly 52 reviews and, uh… other… stuff…). Swing by every Saturday to check out all your favorite members of the Doom Family giving a quick review of the weekly Book of Doom. We’ll announce each week’s choice on Wednesday…
It’s heartening to hear that the comic book version of the 9/11 Commission Report is selling well. That would mean it’s serving its intended purpose of carrying the message of the report to those who don’t have the time, patience, etc. to wade through nearly 600 very technical and occasionally bureaucratic pages. I’m not saying…
I gave Nightwing a chance. I really, really did. Out of all the One Year Later books, his was the one I found myself most interested in. During the events of Infinite Crisis, they gave Nightwing the type of push that usually ends with the hero dying (ie, Superboy, Hawkeye, etc), so I naturally assumed…
So I had no idea the extent to which “big name” artists have underlings doing the hard work for them. I’d seen that Keith Giffen was credited with breakdowns on “52,” but they’re hardly having big-name illustrators finishing the pages. I’d chalked that up to the schedule and an effort at consistency in otherwise overwhelming…
This post is written largely from a perspective of ignorance and angst. Marc Silvestri was one of my favorite artists as a kid. His pencils with Dan Green’s inks back in the Australia days of Uncanny X-Men captured my imagination more than anything else when rummaging through my cousins’ comics. The roughness and fluidity had…
On a whim, I picked up X-Men #190 this week along with the usual stuff, which included Uncanny X-Men #478. I thought it’d be fun to compare the series, since they’re both heading in new directions after several mostly dull years. Uncanny X-Men has been enjoyable as a very different kind of book from Ed…
Recently I brought you a review of The Surrogates, a hell of a sci fi story from first-time comics writer Robert Venditti. Today I spoke with Robert on the phone from his home in Atlanta about the book, how he cracked into comics and his future plans. Jean-Claude Van Doom – You majored in poli…
Admittedly, when it comes to Doctor Fate, I know next to nothing about the character; however, after a quick scouring of my old nemesis Wikipedia, I am now an expert. Not really, but I know enough about him to make sense of the shenanigans in the latest issue of “52.” Last time we saw the…