Catch two recent reviews of mine at Broken Frontier, including the sleazy supervillainy of Unmasked #1, and the new surprise thriller mini-series Dancer, from Image.
The Almighties #1 Review
Here’s my review of The Almighties, an Avengers parody. Check out some preview pages below, and free pages called Almighties Origins at the official site.
This Week’s Winners
Time for three quick reviews, although this first one came out last week. X-O Manowar #1. Valiant was one of a few publishers that launched in the 90s and Naughties but didn’t last. Now, they’re back, with this title as the first off the rank, and familiar series Harbinger, Bloodshot, and Archer & Armstrong on [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #90-Grand Finale!
57 mins. Yes, it’s the big finish, our fond farewell, our last hurrah. In our most rambling episode yet, we talk about a bunch of comics, Turok, the master of sit-com theme songs, an awkward Italian song contest, David Bowie’s wife, Michael Jackson as Spider-Man, alternate cinematic realities, and much more! Fare thee well and [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #89-Fave Comic Book Films
70 mins. How many movies based on comic books have there been in the last few years? Heaps. How many of them have been awesome? Far less. We offer our ten fave films, and not many of our selections feature superheroes! Also, Katrina and the Waves, and a dancing Emperor Palpatine. LISTEN TO IT BELOW [...]
The Avengers Review
As a DC Comics fan, at least until lately when they unnecessarily rebooted their entire line, I was always hoping to see a Justice League film on the big screen. Alas, it looks like that won’t be happening for a long time. The Avengers will do very nicely however. Effectively, it is now the template [...]
Marathon Review
This was a pleasant surprise. Coming in June from First Second is this great historical adventure tale form Boaz Yakin and Joe Infurnai. Here’s my rather glowing review.
Freedom #1 Review
This was one of those items I saw in the Previews catalogue 2 months ago and ordered on a whim. Hopefully it benefitted from a few nice words at Bleeding Cool and Diamond, and others did the same. Freedom is published by Potato Comics and created by Seamus Heffernan. It’s also the recipient of a grant [...]
Conan #3 and Star Wars #5 Reviews
Amongst the bevy of great features during Broken Frontier’s Image Month are two Dark Horse reviews of mine. That’d be Conan the Barbarian #3 by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan, and the grand finale of Star Wars: Agent of the Empire-Iron Eclipse.
Extra Sequential Podcast #86-Image Comics
62 mins. It’s the 20th anniversary of Image Comics this year, so in honour of the young upstart publishing company, we look at our fave Image tales covering drama, comedy, adventure and more. Also, the wonder of ’90s fashion, and Aussie TV actresses. LISTEN TO IT BELOW DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET IT ON iTUNES HERE [...]
Image Month at Broken Frontier
To celebrate Image Comics’ 20th anniversary comics site Broken Frontier has launched Image Month, which is exactly as it sounds. There will be reviews of classic issues, interviews with creators and more. Check it out here and you can also read two of my reviews of recent Image releases, Whispers #2, which is awesome, and [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #85-Race Relations
65 mins. We finally get to this topic! The history of minority characters within comics, superheroes who are replaced by minority characters, or changed when adapted to other media. We also throw a few gnarly questions at one another. LISTEN TO IT BELOW DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET IT ON iTUNES HERE You can email us [...]
Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #1 Review
The wisecracking hero from Red 5 Comics received a new, anthology series this week, and here’s my review of the first issue.
Justice League: Doom Review
I was very impressed with DC/Warner Bros’ latest animated film, based on the classic Tower of Babel story from the comics, in which Batman inadvertently betrays his fellow Leaguers. Check out my review here.
