A Voice in the Dark Larime Taylor (w & a) Top Cow This one doesn’t sound like my cup of tea, but the reason I felt compelled to try it is that Larime Taylor, the mind behind A Voice In The Dark, is disabled and drew the entire comic with. His. Mouth. The art is…
Short & Sweet: The Crime and Religion Edition
Anderson, PSI Division #2 Matt Smith (w) Carl Critchlow (a) IDW I’m a little surprised at how much I like this series so far. The first two issues have dealt with introducing Anderson’s character more fully – her background, a little bit about her powers, and her interactions with other judges. Anderson is an action…
Reviews Roulette: Creepy #18, Costume Quest, and I Was the Cat
I Was the Cat Paul Tobin (W) Benjamin Dewey (A) Oni Press On the roulette wheel of random comics review, sometimes you win and sometimes your prize is playing the game. I had not previously heard of I Was the Cat before it was randomly assigned to me to review. I started reading with a…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Boring Conference Edition
I am in the most boooooring conference ever this week, but you know what’s never boring? Indie comic news! There’s no dysfunctional group work on Incredible Indie Tuesdays! Jason Aaron Talks Southern Bastards With the first arc wrapped up and the trade on the way, Southern Bastards occupies a unique place in the comics marketplace….
I’m Loving: Oni Press’ Humble Bundle
On October 1st, Oni Press launched its first Humble Bundle. On offer are some of the publisher’s top comics, including Scott Pilgrim, Lost at Sea, Stumptown and Bad Machinery, as well as some of its lesser known, but just as cool titles. The bundle clocks in at 2,500 pages, in 24 comics. That’s a lot of…
Reviews Roulette: Spin the Wheel, Write Reviews
Welcome to Reviews Roulette, where editors randomly assign comics to our staff writers for review! This week we assigned The Auteur #4 (Oni Press), Thomas Aslop (BOOM!), and Emily and the Strangers: Breaking the Record (Dark Horse).
Football Comics! Bad Machinery V.1
Bad Machinery Volume One: The Case of the Team Spirit. Football! A comic with football in it. The World Cup’s still on! Bad Machinery is a comic from John Allison, who should be hailed even more loudly than he already is (I mean, I assume that he is? I take it for granted) for the wicked,…
Crime Comic Review: Amy Devlin, Lost and Found
Amy Devlin, Lost and Found Christina Weir (W) Nunzio DeFilippis (W) T J Kirsch (A) Oni Press I mentioned on our twitter that despite my love of prose and television crime stories, I don’t feel much pull from graphic crime fiction. I don’t know if my lack of interest is real, I don’t know if…