Category: Comics
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Marvel’s Biggest Missed Opportunity
It’s kind of shocking how quickly the tables have turned on the big two in the comics industry. Â Just a few years ago, while DC was languishing under the “New 52”, Marvel was having a creative boom. Â Whether it was Matt Fraction and David Aja bringing a fresh take to Hawkeye, their first headlining Muslim…
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Batman: The Animated Series – Robin’s Reckoning
Batman: The Animated Series was an amazing show, and there are a bunch of episodes that frequently adorn “Top x B:TAS Episodes” lists. Â Robin’s Reckoning (in two parts) often rates highly on those lists, and on the 24th anniversary of the primetime premier of part 1, I’d like to take a deeper look. Viewing the…
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Comic Book Review – Mockingbird, Volume 1: I Can Explain
We’ve been over the controversy regarding the series and how much of a jerk some of comics fandom can be, but I really want to talk about the Mockingbird comic, too. Â IT’S GREAT. Â Snarky, action-filled, mysterious, fun. Â Bobbi herself gets to shine – it’s not often she does, having been used quite often in the…
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Comic Book Reviews – Goldie Vance Volume 1, The Backstagers Volume 1
BOOM! Studios recently joined NetGalley, giving reviewers access to a selection of their comics and graphic novels, and I immediately requested the first volumes of Goldie Vance and The Backstagers. Â Goldie Vance because of the art – Brittney Williams, who you may know from her work on Patsy Walker, a. k. a. Hellcat!, is the…
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Comics Twitter is a JERK!
Subtitled “Ask me about MY feminist agenda”. The thing about this whole mess I don’t get is, why do the misogynist man-babies get so wound up about a book they didn’t read? Â They are gleefully vile in attacking Chelsea Cain after the cancellation of the Mockingbird series, and the preview of Joelle Jones’s cover to…
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Book Review – Black Widow: Forever Red
Before you start this book, know that while it’s got Black Widow in the name, it’s both about her, and not exactly about her. Â If it might bother you to discover the story is told mostly through the viewpoint of a teenaged girl that has an…interesting connection to Natasha, as some other reviewers seem to,…
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The First Legend of Korra Comic, “Turf Wars”, Starts June 2017!
It was first announced that Korra’s adventures would continue in comics (much like Aang’s) last New York Comic-Con, but it’s taken until this one to get an update. Â The new comic, titled “Turf Wars”, begins June of 2017. Â The details: This three-part graphic novel series is written by Nickelodeon TV series co-creator and executive producer…
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Help Me Fix Agents of SHIELD
This is mostly in response to the article over at Heroic Hollywood, Is Marvel’s ‘Agents of SHIELD’ Really Any Good? so maybe check that first. There was no one more excited by the concept of Agents of SHIELD than me, when it was first announced. Â A Whedon-adjacent look at the more mundane aspects of the…
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Happy Birthday Star Trek
50 years ago today yesterday, the first episode of Star Trek (now known as ‘The Original Series’) aired.  Sci-fi fandom hasn’t been the same since.  Hundreds of episodes of TV across five decades, scores of books and comics, big budget movies, video games, copycats and parodies, Trek holds a special place in our pop culture.  Star…
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Comic Book Review – The Ultimates: Omniversal Volume 1
Start with the Impossible Creative Team: Writer: Â Al Ewing Art: Â Kenneth Rocafort Colors: Â Dan Brown Letters: Â Joe Sabino The Ultimates had my attention from the start, by putting together a team starring heroes I love – Captain Marvel, Ms. America, Black Panther, and Monica Rambeau – and oh yeah, GALACTUS is on the cover. Â Add…
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Why Wolverine: Weapon X Makes More Sense Than Old Man Logan
For a long time, the rumors were persistent that Hugh Jackman’s final turn as Wolverine would be inspired by the Old Man Logan comics by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. Â It never made a ton of sense to me, unless the only bit of inspiration taken from it was the name (similar to Age of…
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Comic Book Review – The Vision #8
Creative Team: Writer: Â Tom King Art: Â Gabriel Hernandez Walta Colors: Â Jordie Bellaire Letters: Â Clayton Cowles Last month, the cover shown for this issue (shown in part above) seemed to indicate the arrival of the Avengers and the beginning of the final battle. Â Well, as usual expectations are twisted. Â There IS a new arrival, but it’s…