DP7: Gruenwald and Ryan’s Soap Opera
Mark Gruenwald and Paul Ryan’s D.P.7 is a three year “real time” soap opera about seven unusual Americans and the hospital they escape from.
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Case File nº221: Kabukicho Series Review: Elementary
Case File nº221: Kabukicho
In the center of the infamous Kabukicho, home of host clubs, crime, and the headquarters of the famed Pipe Cat Bar and its crack team of detectives who can solve any mystery thrown at them. Such a promise is what brings Doctor John Watson to the establishment, looking for the slightly odd but unquestionably brilliant Sherlock Holmes. The good doctor and the unstoppable super sleuth travel all around Kabukicho, solving crimes ranging from vandalism, theft, and murder. They are often joined by the other members of Pipe Cat, as well as the well-informed street leader of Shinjuku, the young James Moriarty.
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Astonishing X-Men (2004) #62-65: The Queer Sadness Of Bobby Drake
Astonishing X-Men (2004) #62-65
Astonishing X-Men (2004) #62-65 (Liu, Walta): Bobby Drake has always been a complicated case. Join Comic Watch today to travel to 2013 and take a look at a queer Bobby issue, 2 years before his coming out. It’s complicated, it’s confusing, it’s sometimes not so good, but what it ultimately tells us about storytelling and subtext is precious.
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NEWS WATCH: Dark Planet Comics Debuts PALOMINO Cover And All New Preview by Stephan Franck
Dark Planet Comics has debuted the cover and an all new preview sequence from Stephan Frank’s highly anticipated PALOMINO, the first part of a planned four-part graphic novel series.
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Ninjak #17: An End and A Beginning
Ninjak #17
Ninjak #17 (Kindt,Bernard, Rodrigues, Dalhouse, Arreola) is the kind of climax you wish all spy/action stories who measure up to. It neatly and expertly wraps up a huge chapter in both Roku and Ninjak’s lives while also planting small seeds that show promise of epic things to come.
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Swamp Thing: New Roots #2: Everything Eats and Everything Dies
Swamp Thing: New Roots #2
The creative team utilizes their firm understanding of the character for a heartfelt, albeit inconsequential, story in Swamp Thing: New Roots #2 (Russell, Santucci, Kalisz, Sharpe) that once again explores the outside perspective of the life and death cycle that Swamp Thing experiences. It’s not perfect, but it’s worth your time.
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Amazing Science Fiction: Soylent Green (1973)
Soylent Green
Remember. Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!
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Ninjak (2015) #10: Down Amongst the Deadside
Ninjak #10
Ninjak #10 (Kindt, Braithwaite, Ryp, Reber) is an excellent “fish out of water” story that doesn’t lean on a trope to find meat to the story. It’s also a fantastic issue for a new reader to learn more about the expansive Valiant universe without being overwhelmed.
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Receiving Transmissions: Slice-Of-Mystery
Receiving Transmissions #1
Receiving Transmissions (Steenz!) is a captivating story that mixes the supernatural and striking with familiarity and cuteness. It gets deep into our main character and her feelings, getting to know her very well even in a short one shot.
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SUNDAY CLASSICS: Generation X (1994) #1: Goth Is The New Mutant
Generation X (1994) #1
Join Comic Watch this Sunday as we take a look back at a brilliant first issue. Generation X #1 (Lobdell, Bachalo) was innovative and risky, but hits just the right spots: dark, profound and defined art and character design, accompanied by some of the most unforgettable characters and a horrific villain.
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Ninjak #4: “My Name Is Rokurokubi.”
Ninjak #4
Ninjak #4 (Kindt,Ryp,Mann,Sauvage,Guice,Arreola): If you’re gonna write a warning tale about an enigmatic and fierce foe routed in martial arts mayhem and magical mystery, this is a play book on how it’s done.
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Ghosted in L.A. Volume 1: A Ghost Queer Melodrama
Ghosted in L.A. Volume 1
Ghosted in L.A. Volume 1 (Grace, Keenan, Le) The first volume of Ghosted in LA is the best possible start for this series, with engaging characters, dramatic innuendos and fresh brilliant art.
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