Hello and welcome to my online comics confessional, in which I attempt to enlighten you about various comic book and graphic novel releases of recent vintage, many of which should…
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Scott Cederlund
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The most startling element about American Vampire Volume 2 is how different it is from the first book in this series by Scott Snyder, Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque. The…
David Allen Jones
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Well, hello there! It’s been a while, I know. I’ve had a variety of real world issues taking up my time and attention, including a death in the family and…
David Allen Jones
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Since we’re dealing, at least at first, with a retro series I figured I’d use the retro spelling…so welcome once more to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junky, in which…
David Allen Jones
10 Min Read
Yes, time once more for CoaCSJ, in which I take a paragraph or three and review recent comics and graphic novel releases, most of which should be on sale at…
David Allen Jones
9 Min Read
Hello and welcome to my online comics confessional, in which I attempt to enlighten you about various comic book and graphic novel releases of recent vintage, many of which should still…
David Allen Jones
8 Min Read
Welcome back for another CoaCSJ, in which I opine upon (that almost looks like a palindrome, doesn’t it?) recent comics and graphic novel releases, most of which should either be…
David Allen Jones
8 Min Read
This one’s way overdue, I know, so I’ll skip the preamble and proceed with the amble. ANYA’S GHOST Script/Art: Vera Brosgol First Second Books, $19.99; Available June 7; preorder from…
Scott Cederlund
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If you were to ask what makes Greg Rucka a strong writer, my answer would be that it is everything that he leaves out of his stories. It’s not that…
David Allen Jones
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Hello and welcome back to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I opine upon assorted comics and graphic novel releases of recent vintage, and you read and presumably…
Scott Cederlund
3 Min Read
Fear Itself #1 supposedly reflects our real world fears only, you know, with costumed heroes and mythological gods running around as well. That “real worldness” of Marvel is supposedly what…
David Allen Jones
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Welcome back to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, my little bully pulpit from which I cast aspersions on a choice selection of recent comics and graphic novel releases that…
Scott Cederlund
3 Min Read
What kind of pretty girl gets a job digging graves? The answer is simple; the kind of girl who needs to know where fresh bodies are buried. Zombies are hugely…
David Allen Jones
9 Min Read
Hello and welcome once more to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I make with the opinions and stuff and junk on comics and graphic novels I’ve perused…
David Allen Jones
13 Min Read
Hello and welcome once again to 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…
David Allen Jones
12 Min Read
Welcome to a overdue, mostly rushed, and special been-under-the-weather edition of Confessions, which will this week be made up of one longish and a bunch of shortish takes on various…
David Allen Jones
9 Min Read
Welcome back to Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I give you the skinny, the straight dope, the 411 (and other out-of-date slang terms) on comics and graphic…
David Allen Jones
9 Min Read
Time once more for CoaCSJ, in which I opine upon a handful of recent comics and graphic novel releases, most of which should be just a comics shop visit or…
David Allen Jones
8 Min Read
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…
David Allen Jones
10 Min Read
Yep, time once more for Confessions of a you-know what, in which I opine on various releases of recent vintage, which can be found in the comics shop or online…
David Allen Jones
10 Min Read
Yes, here we go again with another thrilling chapter of Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, in which I spend a paragraph or three inflicting my opinions on comics and…
Scott Cederlund
6 Min Read
Let’s tell it like it is. Out of all the superheroes, only Superman can say he has gone up against the greatest of all time. It wasn’t Lex Luthor. It…
David Allen Jones
10 Min Read
Time once more for another Confessions, in which I write a line or six or seven about newish releases of the comics and graphic novel type, hopefully still on sale…
David Allen Jones
12 Min Read
Here we go again with 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…
David Allen Jones
12 Min Read
Hello, bonjour. bienvenue, konnichiwa (or konbanwa) and welcome to the latest in a series of review columns covering comics, graphic novels and other assorted effluvia of a graphic and/or sequential…
Scott Cederlund
2 Min Read
Jeff Lemire’s characters, no matter how old or how young they may be, all carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. Just look at any of the characters…
David Allen Jones
9 Min Read
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…
David Allen Jones
10 Min Read
It’s a new year, and time for the return of Confessions of Comics Shop you-know-what, in which I opine on various recently released publications of the sequential graphic nature, some of…
Scott Cederlund
5 Min Read
Since the days that Stan Lee first wrote him back in the early 1960s, The Mighty Thor as always been a brash and boisterous character. He was a thunder god…
David Allen Jones
8 Min Read
Yep, like the title says, it’s time for me to do that list-making thing that we internet pundits do so love to do. And, as I always have done on…