Our top 5 picks of the week demands to be different so in part one we highlight four comic books with a finality theme.
Final issues, final chapters, final arcs by some of the biggest creators in comics!
Let’s start with….
Fatale #24 The sexy, violent, twisted epic of an immortal woman and men who love and die for her comes to a massive finale. Continue reading Top Comics for July 30, 2014
Amazing X-Men #8 Colossus returns! Alpha Flight guest stars! A whole bunch of man-eating monsters! Chris Yost and Craig Kyle (New X-Men, X-Force) are the new creative team as World War Wendigo begins! Logan goes North, monster outbreak explodes in Canada.
Batman Eternal #9 The Dark Knight is Gotham’s Most Wanted as a gang war rocks the city with Jim Gordon in prison. Why does Batman head for Hong Kong for an unholy alliance to save Gotham? Continue reading Top Comics For June 4, 2014
Alex + Ada #6 Alex altered Ada’s programming and now she sees the world very different. What will it mean for the android and the man who discovered his humanity and feeling for a an artificial woman. Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn’s haunting sci-fi romance takes a twist.
Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 Learning To Crawl From seeing revenge to accepting responsibility – is how Peter Parker became Spider-Man. This is the missing chapter from Spidey’s early career from Dan Slott and Ramon Perez. Continue reading Top 10 Comics for May 7, 2014
Alex + Ada #5 Boy meets android girl. Boy begins to have feelings for a machine without feelings. Boy attempts to change girl’s programming. She will be never the same. This beautiful and haunting story by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn takes a twist that could be heartbreaking and change the future world of this thought-provoking sci-fi series.
Amazing X-Men #5 Nightcrawler goes on the offensive against Azazel and the forces of Hell. It’s X-Men and Bamfs versus a fleet of demon pirates. Will an X-Man pay a horrible price in Kurt’s fight with this demonic father? Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness. Continue reading New Comic Book Picks for March 26, 2014
What a week for comic book fans. I have so many favorites I’m expanding from 5 to a top 10 new comic book picks for this week:
Deadly Class #2 High school is already hell but imagine a high school for students trying to master deadly arts? Rick Remender and Wesley Craig’s twisted Image series takes us on a new kid’s first day where cutting class could get your killed. (You might think it’s Rick Remender week: Black Science #4 and Uncanny Avengers #17 also hit this Wednesday.) Continue reading TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS February 26, 2014
Looking back at women in the pages and behind the comics of 2013. Here’s a salute to three breakout new heroines of the year:
Forever Carlyle
One of my favorite new characters and books of 2013. Forever Carlyle is a creation of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark in Lazarus from Image Comics. In a near future there’s no government but powerful families control everything. The poor masses are referred to as waste. Each family has a Lazarus born to serve them. Forever is the Lazarus of House Carlyle who begins to question her obedience after a betrayal by the family she’s devoted her life to serving. Continue reading BEST OF 2013 WOMEN of the Year Part 2
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
The most frightening horror stories play upon primal fears or fairy tales from hell. As we approach Halloween I’m sharing some scary comic book tales you should try and here’s why you should dive into The Wake by writer Scott Snyder (Batman) and artist Sean Murphy. This is one of my favorite new series of 2013.
The creators of this Vertigo book spared the tights and turned up the creep factor! No superheroes here. This is the kind of graphic storytelling you share with non-comic book fans to demonstrate why you love the medium. It’s a tense tale worthy of The X-Files or Torchwood.
After a brief glimpse at a post-Apocalyptic future the story turns to Gig Harbor, Washington where Continue reading Halloween Comic Book Horror: The Wake