Top Comics Picks for June 18, 2014

Batman & Ra's Al Ghul #32 courtesy DC Comics
Batman & Ra’s Al Ghul #32 courtesy DC Comics

Alex + Ada #7

 

Boy and android girl in love. What will Alex risk to give Ada greater independence and sentience? What will it do to their relationship in this sci-fi love story from Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn.

 

Batman and Ra’s Al Ghul #32

 

The Dark Knight vs. Ra’s Al Ghul for the bodies of Damian and Talia as The Hunt for Robin comes to a finale! Continue reading Top Comics Picks for June 18, 2014

IMAGE COMICS at EMERALD CITY COMICON

 

Wytches courtesy Image Comics
Wytches courtesy Image Comics

Image Comics revealed plans for Emerald City Comicon including a roster full of creator signings and exclusives for the Seattle event on March 28, 29 and 3o.

 

Image creators including Kelly Sue DeConnick, Chip Zdarsky, Matt Fraction, Scott Snyder, Jason Aaron, and Greg Rucka will be signing at the Image booth (#212.)

Here’s the official IMAGE COMICS, BOOTH #212 SIGNING SCHEDULE: Continue reading IMAGE COMICS at EMERALD CITY COMICON

First Top Comic Book Picks of 2014

Young Avengers #15 courtesy Marvel
Young Avengers #15 courtesy Marvel

All-New X-Factor #1 The best mutants money can buy? Peter David recruits Polaris, Quicksilver and Gambit for his corporate team of heroes.

 

Avengers World #1 Captain America and Iron Man recruited a huge new team…and they may still not have enough Avengers! Nick Spencer joins Jonathan Hickman for a new globe-spanning epic with a focus on the rookies like Smasher, Cannonball, Sunspot and Shang-Chi.

 

Batman/Superman #7 It’s the Dark Knight vs. the Man of Steel is a trap set by Toymaster! Artist Brett Booth joins writer Greg Pak so this special “sideways” issue as our hero fight themselves with Mongul waiting in the wings! Continue reading First Top Comic Book Picks of 2014

Best Comics of 2013: Heroes, Trends and More

Avengers #22 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #22 courtesy Marvel

We continue our look at the amazing year in comic books. Here are more of our favorite heroes, moments, creators and trends of 2013.

 

Best Team Leader: Steve Rogers, now and forever but especially as seen in Infinity. The master tactician rallied the universe and coached his team (Thor – Infinity MVP?) to an intergalactic victory against the Builders and then take back the Earth from Thanos. Continue reading Best Comics of 2013: Heroes, Trends and More

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for November 20, 2013

Harley Quinn #1 courtesy DC Comics
Harley Quinn #1 courtesy DC Comics

Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #12 The finale to the year-long storyline featuring every Doctor in searching of kidnapped companions! The surprise villain behind the abductions gave the Eleventh Doctor the impossible choice of saving just one of his many beloved companions! Can he save them all?

 

Harley Quinn #0 The Clown Princess of Crime in her own solo series! Amanda Conner and an all-star roster of artists help the fan-favorite bad girl kick off her own adventures!

 

Sex Criminals #3 No other book like it! They have sex Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for November 20, 2013

Top 5 Comics for October 23, 2013

Pretty Deadly #1 courtesy Image Comics
Pretty Deadly #1 courtesy Image Comics

Beware the Batman #1 A brand-new all-ages comic based on the hit animated series. Alfred Pennyworth is no ordinary butler but has he prepared Master Bruce? The Dark Knight flies out of the cave to take on the Gotham City underworld.

 

Pretty Deadly #1 The daughter of Death rides a trail of retribution in a book that seems to mix Sandman, Preacher and the Wild West by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios. Here’s how the writer explained the concept to me at GeekGirlCon ’13.

 

Sex Criminals #2  If you could stop time Continue reading Top 5 Comics for October 23, 2013

Top Comic Book Picks for September 25, 2013

Avengers #20 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #20 courtesy Marvel

Avengers #20 The aftermath of last week’s blockbuster Infinity #3! Who will surrender or die fighting? Jonathan Hickman has created the creepiest aliens in the Ex Nihilos. (Think Hannibal Lecter, Alex from A Clockwork Orange, Evil from Time Bandits and whatever Tim Curry was in Legend!) I’m excited to see what happens when rival Ex Niholos on opposite sides of the war come face to face!

 

Batman The Dark Knight #3.1 Joker’s Daughter One of the most anticipated Villains Month issues! Arkham Asylum is broken and inmates are flooding to Joker’s Daughter. Continue reading Top Comic Book Picks for September 25, 2013