Four issues of X-Force, and I’m once again revising my opinion. I’m very annoyed with this book and its continual ups and downs!
Fallen Angels #4: It Doesn’t Make Sense, Any Of This
I’ve been pretty clear with how I feel about this series, and Fallen Angels #4 doesn’t really do much to change those feelings. This series is still an unbelievably sloppy and downright confusing book. It’s a book that like it’s main characters, is struggling to find it’s identity. It feels like the book wants to…
Previously on Comics: When Racists and Overzealous Lawyers Attack: #Inktober C&D 2019
With the holiday season in full swing and mall parking lots even more dangerous than usual, it’s good to know that we can still rely on the comics industry to be there for us, for better or for worse.
Excalibur #4 and the Matter of Britain
With every issue of Excalibur, I find myself reevaluating the book as a whole. At the beginning of this arc, this was the Dawn of X title I was most tentative on, loving the concept and liking the first issue, but struggling with the second. Now, as the end of the first arc draws near,…
Marauders #4: Storm. Finally.
In the last issue, I said that all the pieces were on the board, but, unsurprisingly, that grandiose statement was wrong. In Marauders #4, we discover that there’s a whole other chess board that the Hellfire Corporation and mutantdom may not be ready to handle.
Vault Comics Pubwatch: Happy Holidays
This month’s Vault Comics Pubwatch takes us into the holidays with a great gift idea that exemplifies the spirit of giving through Vault’s Pay-What-You-Want non-profit fundraiser sale. Until December 31, readers can check out several titles in Vault’s digital library for whatever price they want to pay, with 50% of the digital sales donated to…
Webtoon’s Susan Cheng on the Heartwarming Kind of Love Anthology
At the beginning of the month, Webtoon introduced the Kind of Love Anthology, which features a series of original stories around the theme of love. New stories will debut every Wednesday over a six-week period, featuring three to five episodes in typical Webtoon fashion. The first story is called The Breakup, illustrated by Rhett Bloom and…
Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir #1 Sings a Song of Horror
If you have not visited Harrow County before, then fear not, says creator Cullen Bunn, you’re more than welcome to visit in this new series from Dark Horse Comics, Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir. Ten years later, the original series’ protagonist, Emmy, has moved on, leaving the care of the town’s supernatural concerns to…
The Lumberjanes Return in The Shape of Friendship
Lumberjanes is one of those series that I wish had been around when I was a kid. Filled with fun adventures and a memorable cast of characters, it’s hard not to fall in love with the Lumberjanes and Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. From BOOM! Studios’s YA imprint BOOM!…
Wolf Cop Dodges a Silver Bullet
Disgraced cop Lou Garou (and yes, Loup Garou Means “Werewolf” in French), run out of town on account of being accused of two murders, has stolen his cop car and cut a somewhat sociopathic, hard-drinking (while driving) path through the state. When he’s bitten by a thug he encounters on a roadway, Garou is transformed…
Snap Flash Hustle: A Social Media Crime Tale For The Insta Age
Haley Mori wants to be famous. Actually, she wants to be Insta famous. An alternative model riddled with debt (she can barely afford to scrape together the few dollars for a cup of coffee), Hailey adopts the hashtag #snapflashhustle after noticing the hits it generates on Instagram. And it does—a single photo lands her the well-paid…
Fallen Angels #3: Have We Hit Rock Bottom Yet?
Only two short weeks after the last issue of Fallen Angels, and it’s time for another helping of this extremely dysfunctional and badly characterized X-team. So is Fallen Angels #3 better than the previous issues? No, not really. This book is a complete garbage fire, and with the announcement of Hellions it sure seems like…