There Is No Better Artist
How to, and how not to talk about art you do not enjoy, with examples from Vaughn Bod?, Jill Thompson, Marjane Satrapi, and Brian Michael Bendis.
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Powers of X #3: Head Like a Hole
Powers of X #3
Everything changes in this issue. Everything ends. Of course, knowing Hickman, he’s just using this as an excuse to press our expectations even further. This is not a story that you want to miss.
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Daredevil #9: No God, Only Devils
Daredevil #9
Matt is questioning his faith, luckily he has many distractions in Daredevil #9!
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Fragile Mirrors and Smoking Things of Neverwhere…Enter The Gaiman Library
Is there no stopping the literary wonder that is Neil Gaiman? As his novels continue to be adapted in several forms, his back catalogue of past achievements would seem to indicate the answer is a resounding no.
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NEWS WATCH: Top Cow Kickstarts POSTAL: The Complete Hardcover
Top Cow is giving fans a chance at the good stuff from POSTAL
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Harley Quinn #64: Harley Quinn Ain’t Yer Crossover Puppet
Harley Quinn #64
“Harley Quinn #64” is a near-perfect representation of what the character brings to the table for both DC and storytelling in comics.
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Batman #76: It’s All Fun and Games Until The Government Devolves to Totalitarianism
Batman # 76
We don’t really need another contemporary totalitarian dystopia, since we’re well on the way to living in one now, but this is proving to be a fun ride anyway.
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Learning Respect
Maybe you can’t learn to like a comic, but you can learn to appreciate a comic, a human being, a publisher, style or an audience. You can learn to acknowledge their impact, their influence, the hopefully positive effect they have on things you do love.
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Punk Mambo #5: Soul Sisters
Punk Mambo #5
Everything about the writing/pacing of this story and the almost crude yet beautiful art is just a lethal one-two combo……Bunn and Gorham had to bring together that A-game fire to make sure her first outing was every bit as solid as it needed to be.
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Powers of X #2: Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave
Powers of X #2
It’s difficult to keep four plots spinning at the same pace over 34 pages, but Hickman manages it beautifully. The plot(s) all take a major kick-start in this issue, and the art is beautiful enough to be compelling on its own. If you haven’t already, pick this series up.
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The Immortal Hulk #22: Who’s there?
The Immortal Hulk #22
General Fortean want’s order to the chaos, but it’s the monsters that come knocking. “Here’s a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of Hell-Gate, he should have old turning the key” – William Shakespeare; Macbeth, act II, scene 3.
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Doom Patrol Weight of the Worlds #2: Space Divorce
Doom Patrol Weight of the Worlds #2
“Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #2” has so much character work hidden behind uniquely wild and fantastic narrative concepts that it can be difficult to determine just where the story is going, but it never fails to be incredibly entertaining.
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