Tune
Derek Kirk Kim, Les McClaine
http://www.tunecomic.com/
Derek Kirk Kim has been one of my favorite authors/artists since I read “Same Difference and Other Stories” a couple of years ago. I loved the relationships that he builds within his stories and his art style in that book was fantastic. Since then I’ve followed [...]
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Tune by Derek Kirk Kim
Tune
Derek Kirk Kim, Les McClaine
http://www.tunecomic.com/
Derek Kirk Kim has been one of my favorite authors/artists since I read “Same Difference and Other Stories” a couple of years ago. I loved the relationships that he builds within his stories and his art style in that book was fantastic. Since then I’ve followed [...]
Scott Pilgrim Color Edition
Scott Pilgrim
Bryan Lee O’Malley, Nathan Fairbairn colorist
Oni Press
Scott Pilgrim has been one of those graphic novel series that just captures folks attention. It has so many references to my generation and it just resonates with folks on multiple levels from video game references to clothes to band. And it had one of the few fi [...]
Hicksville
Hicksville
Dylan Horrocks
Drawn & Quarterly
A while back I reviewed the graphic novel Blue by Australian artist Pat Grant and one of the things that I mentioned as being my favorite part of the book, was the essay written at the back where Pat discussed comics history in Australia. And for some reason I completely blanked on how that rem [...]
The Underwater Welder
The Underwater Welder
Jeff Lemire
Top Shelf Publications
Jeff Lemire has been one of my favorite writers and artists since I first stumbled across Essex County a few years ago. His ability to create such captivating stories that keep the reader on the edge of their seat wondering what will happen next and his sketchy art that captures the es [...]
Bucko
Bucko
Jeff Parker and Erika Moen
http://www.buckocomic.com
Dark Horse Comics (September 2012)
When Erika posted last year that she was about ready to start her new comic project, Bucko, I quickly and eagerly signed up for the RSS feed to the comic. I didn’t need to read the description or even know what the plot was, all I needed to know was [...]
Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 26
Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 26
Stan Sakai
Dark Horse Comics
Long ago…well perhaps not that long ago, but when I was growing up I remember watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon and on occasion this strange rabbit samurai would show up. Since I wasn’t really into comics then I had no idea who he was, but I was intrigued because he se [...]
Box Office Poison
Box Office Poison
Alex Robinson
Top Shelf Publications
One of my favorite things about going into a good used bookstore (you know the ones that actually carry comics and graphic novels) is discovering artists/authors I hadn’t heard of before. And last year when exploring one of my favorite stores I came across the book “Too Cool To Be Forgot [...]
Dar Volume One & Two
Dar Volume One & Two
Erika Moen
Periscope Studios
If you haven’t heard the name Erika Moen before or read her work then you’re really missing out. Because she is a talent and a force to be reckoned within the comics world, at least as I see it. She’s been one of my favorite artists and writers since I discovered her strip Dar, which to [...]
Those Who Travel Alone
Those Who Travel Alone
B. Sabo
Self Published
One of the things that I always enjoy about going to comic conventions is getting to see independent artists. You know those folks that are really talented but it seems like its often harder to find out about them. And that’s one of the things that I enjoyed most about going to TCAF a coup [...]
The Wonderland Alphabet
The Wonderland Alphabet
Archaia Entertainment
Alethea Kontis and Janet Lee
One of the things that I enjoyed most about going to Heroescon was getting to meet all of the different artists whose work I’ve been admiring for a while now. Folks like Stan Lee, Jill Thompson, and Janet Lee–the brilliant artist behind the art for the Return of [...]
Disney’s Darkwing Duck: The Duck Kni...
Disney’s Darkwing Duck: The Duck Knight Returns
Boom! Studios
Ian Brill and James Silvani
Darkwing Duck was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. The show had just the right blend of action and humor and cheesy villains to capture (and hold) my attention…come to think of it probably still does. So when I was walking around Heroesco [...]
Cleopatra in Space #2
Cleopatra in Space #2
Mike Maihack
http://www.cowshell.com/cleopatra/
I’ve talked before about how one of my favorite aspects of going to comic conventions is the chance to discover new artists/writers. Not only do I just walk around the floors of the convention center, but I also spend a great deal of time looking through the list of names [...]
Zot! Book 1
Zot! Book 1
Kitchen Sink Press
Scott McCloud
Way back when, before Scott McCloud wrote his seminal work Understanding Comics he created his own superhero called Zot. Zot is rather unique in the comics world, in part because Zot is a teenage superhero, but mostly because of the critical issues that Scott explored between Zot’s world (a [...]
Love and Capes Volume 2: Going to th...
Love and Capes Volume 2: Going to the Chapel
IDW
Thomas F. Zahler
Love and Capes is still one of my favorite comics to keep up with and I recommend it every chance I get. I previously reviewed issues #1, #3, and #13, and now I go backwards and review volume 2 (which covers issues #7-12). If you don’t remember why I like this comic so much, [...]
The Norm: The 12 Steps to Marriage
The Norm: The 12 Steps to Marriage
Michael Jantze
thenorm.com
One of the earliest webcomics I remember reading was “The Norm” by Michael Jantze. I don’t remember how or where I found it, but I remember being hooked instantly. I enjoyed the story and the artwork which (in many ways reminds me of Charles Schulz’s work)…but [...]
Crogan’s Loyalty
Crogan’s Loyalty
Oni Press
Chris Schweizer
One thing that I really like about a good graphic novel series its a continuing adventure that I can look forward to, again and again. I can come back and see how the characters have changed or what new things they’ve learned since the last time I saw them. And that’s one of the things [...]
Battlepug by Mike Norton
Battlepug
Mike Norton
Dark Horse Comics
I will openly admit that I don’t normally go for the typical barbarian (or similar themed) type of comic like Hercules, Conan the barbarian, et. all. They were just never able to grab my attention, in part because I couldn’t ever find anything that made me relate to their characters. But [...]
Heroescon Day 3
Heroescon
Day 3
Just like every other con by Day 3 I’m feeling pretty worn out. I mean there’s a lot crammed into three days and both of the previous two days my dad and I had walked over 5 miles. Yes we went back to the hotel a couple of times but it was right across the street we were walking that much around the con center f [...]