Vampires and zombies are the darlings of pop culture at the moment, and regarding the former, Dark Horse have you covered. I must say, the Horse are publishing some superb horror titles right now and they always have a new, accessible series on the go. Dark Horse Does Vampires Right Digital Sampler If you’ve got [...]
Michael Midas Champion
Next month a new all-ages series debuts from former Batman editor Jordan B. Gorfinkel. The pic below looks awesome, and the premise sounds cool too. BOOM Studios Presents MICHAEL MIDAS: CHAMPION! Behind Every Cape And Cowl There’s A Human Side. This June, BOOM! Studios is proud to announce MICHAEL MIDAS CHAMPION by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and Scott [...]
Captain Marvel #1 Preview
Ms. Marvel gets a new costume, a promotion to Captain, and a new series starting in July. Here’s a text-free preview of her debut ish. Introducing The All-New CAPTAIN MARVEL! This July, take flight as Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Captain Marvel #1! From the creative team of fan-favorite writer Kelly Sue [...]
Unmasked, and Dancer Reviews
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.
Gestalt’s The Deep Wins Aurealis Award
Massive congrats to Gestalt, Tom Taylor and James Brouwer as The Deep: Here Be Dragons won the Aurealis Award for best OGN, and very well deserved, I say. This is the second time running Gestalt have won, and it’s a testament to the grand and diverse work they’re doing. Needless to say, if you haven’t [...]
Scar, and The Art of War Interviews
Now at Broken Frontier are two recent interviews of mine. I spoke to writer Edmund Shern on his work on the Scar webcomic, which is part of the new ShiftyLook site that re-imagines classic arcade games as webcomics. I also interviewed the pair behind the thrilling OGN, The Art of War to be released in July [...]
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 [...]
Siegfried Trailer
Archaia are known for producing great looking OGNs, and Siegfried from creator Alex Alice, certainly fits that bill. Below is the new trailer for the first book, which has had success in France and has now been translated for us English speakers. In fact we devoted an entire episode of the Extra Sequential podcast to [...]
Grab Your Dark Horse FCBD Issues
If you missed Free Comic Book Day on May 5, you may be able to get some leftovers form your kind comics retailer. Otherwise, you can at least grab Dark Horse’s offerings this year as their two flipbooks are now available for download. DARK HORSE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY COMICS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FOR LIMITED TIME! If [...]
Free Comic Book Day 2012
It’s that time again! The annual, worldwide event that is Free Comic Book Day. Most comic shops take part, so why not see The Avengers and head on down, and bring a friend, or your kids, to discover the wonder of sequential art. Here’s a look at me with a few of this year’s goodies, and here’s [...]
Top Shelf and Dark Horse Digital Sale
I forgot to mention this a couple of days ago, but Top Shelf are having a huge digital sale. Make the most of it. There’s also two new, and cheap, digital comics, and to make it a hat trick, Top Shelf are also giving the curious a free sampler. Official lowdown of all these cheap [...]
Extermination from BOOM! Studios
Here’s the press release about a June launching series from BOOM! Studios, plus the variant covers, and four text-free preview pages. Looks pretty good, and intense. BOOM! STUDIOS LAUNCHES EXTERMINATION, ALL-NEW ORIGINAL ONGOING SERIES WRITTEN BY SIMON SPURRIER. FULL FIRST ISSUE ONLY $1. This June, BOOM! Studios launches EXTERMINATION, an all-new ongoing super-hero thriller written by Simon Spurrier (X-CLUB, FEAR [...]
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.
Grim Leaper from Image
Next month, another Image series with a high concept launches. Grim Leaper is from Kurtis J. Wiebe, the writer of the acclaimed Green Wake, and Peter Panzerfaust. The name, and cover are cool too. SHADOWLINE TAKES A LEAP GRIM LEAPER, new series from PETER PANZERFAUST creator in May At the beginning of the new Image [...]
