(Written by Brian Azzarello, Drawn by Cliff Chiang, Published by DC) Last issue’s worthless, needlessly controversial retcon of the Amazons aside, Wonder Woman has been on quite a streak lately. The series since the New 52 reboot has utilized a neo-noir/gothic horror aesthetic that has a heightened, operatic quality to it, so it is only fitting that for...
What happens when you mix the traditional western with Kung Fu, Asian Vampires, and more gore than an entire season of Walking Dead? You get the original comic series Helldorado, published by Ape Entertainment. It’s the brainchild of Ape CEO Brent Erwin and C. Michael Hall. The series was written by Michael Hall with gorgeous art from Martin Coccolo and...
A disclaimer (or possibly an excuse): I just finished reading David Gaider’s Dragon Age novel The Calling prior to reading The Silent Grove. Take what you will from that admission, but I like to think that it may explain why I was left feeling a little bit underwhelmed after finishing this 6-issue vignette. Admittedly, that lack of...
I just finished reading Daniel Johnston’s Space Ducks,The Duck War: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness, and I don’t believe I have ever seen a comic like this. Before I start talking about Space Ducks let me be the first to say that it’s entirely possible I don’t get it. Maybe Space Ducks is meant to be a trendy book that plays...
Wolverine wakes up naked and screaming, as Spider-Man points out that Logan has just spent the last hour regrowing his flesh that Hope burnt off. Wolverine comments about how the Phoenix Force hasn’t even arrived yet, and she’s already more powerful than them. Spider-Man informs Logan that Cyclops and his people surrendered to the Avengers, and...
A giant ball of energy plows into the Earth at immense speed, as it creates a large crater. This man is none other than Michael Korvac, a man who claims to have been abducted by aliens. The Police take Korvac to the Avengers to see if they can help. Wasp, being the little sweetheart she is, agrees to help Michael as he trembles in fear. Meanwhile the...
Before Angelina Jolie’s nude scene in Robert Zemeckis 2007 epic, Beowulf, few if any movie goers were familiar with the Old English poem (unless you were unfortunate enough to read it in your high school English class). In his own words, Erik Evensen’s adventure/ sci-fi graphic novel, The Beast of Wolfe’s Bay is “…basically Beowulf, starring a bunch of...
Geek and Sundry has put together some amazing shows that have me hooked better than a one handed pirate fist pump and at first glance one would accuse such show producers of being sell outs with Table Top. Each episode is a thirty minute commercial filled with funny hijinks and recognizable celebrities playing a mainstream board game for our entertainment. What...
(Written by Harvey Pekar, Drawn by Joseph Remnant, Published by Top Shelf and Zip) “Cleveland! How could a place possess so eerie and evil a name and not be ruled by demons, Howard wonders.” -Steve Gerber, Giant-Sized Man-Thing #4: Frog Death There’s no city more Mid-West than Cleveland: rundown, beat down, laughed at, and losing jobs. ...
(Written by Mark Waid, Drawn by Chris Samnee, Published by Marvel) Judd Winick could learn a thing or two about writing sexuality in cape comics. This issue of Daredevil is just as upfront about it as the New 52′s Catwoman, right down to Paulo Rivera’s teasing cover; but the key difference between what Mark Waid, new artist Chris Samnee, and Rivera...
Amazing Spider-Man #685 Ends Of The Earth, Part 4 Written by: Dan Slott Art by: Humberto Ramos Inks: Victor Olazaba Spider-Man, Silver Sable, and Black Widow are still traveling around the world trying to prevent Doctor Octopus from launching his satellites and, according to the Doc, saving the world from global warming. Something these heroes, naturally,...
How else do you start the most epic battle between two superhero teams? You throw Colossus right into the Helicarrier . And then just as the comic itself states, all hell breaks loose. Everyone falls out of the Helicarrier right before it blows up. Namor slugs Ben Grimm as that animosity has been building for a long time. Luke Cage responds by...
Hey everybody, welcome back to Comic Book’s new ongoing column Required Reading. In case you missed the first installment, which can be found here, Required Reading is simply us here at Comic Booked trying to highlight some of the books you may not have read that we think are a cut above the rest. Last time I took a look at the first volume of Brian...
Let’s face it, ever since we bought our copies of Skyrim we have been running round pretending we are Dragonborn and trying to “Fus Ro Dah!” everything, right? No? Well perhaps that was just me. So how lucky was I to find that Bethesda had released a patch to integrate my Kinect into the game that had pretty much become my life since I entered the Realm of...
