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Comics Review: “The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 5 — Lizard”
The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 5 — Lizard begins with a couple of short stories by Fred Van Lente, Jefte Palo, Roger Stern and Xurxo Penalta, reminding us of who Curt Connors along
Read More »Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 35
Time once more for Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, that more-or-less weekly and rarely on-time feature in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature, some of which
Read More »Comics Review: “The Marvels Project”
I’m kind of amazed at how much of Marvel’s Golden Age roots are lost to the past. Thanks to Roy Thomas’s 1980-era efforts like All Star Squadron and the miniseries America Versus the JSA,
Read More »Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 34
Here we go again with Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, that more-or-less weekly feature in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature, some of which may be
Read More »Comics Review: “Daytripper #10″
Is it too much to ask for an explanation? To want some kind of closure to a story? In Daytripper #1 from DC’s Vertigo comic line, Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá showed us the
Read More »Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 33
Time once more for Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature, some of which may be sitting on the rack at
Read More »Comics Review: “20th Century Boys, Volume 10: The Faceless Boy”
Naoki Urasawa likes to create questions in his stories. In Monster, it was what wass Johann’s endgame? In Pluto, who is killing the world’s most powerful robots and why? 20th Century Boys is filled
Read More »Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 32
Here we go again with Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine upon a handful of recent releases of the comic book and/or graphic novel type, some of which may even
Read More »Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 31
Sorry about the skipped week; various things going on squeezed out most of my writing time. I’ll try not to let that become anything like a regular thing, OK? Anyways, time once more for
Read More »Comics Review: “Absolute Planetary, Volumes 1 & 2″
Warren Ellis and John Cassaday know where the bodies are buried. Not literal bodies but the fictional corpses of the 20th century heroes and legends. In a 1998 short introductory story, Planetary literally began
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