The Blue Flame GN Writing and Art: Rees Finlay Cover Art: Paulette Arochena Available now at Drive Thru Comics Two months ago, I read a snippet of a graphic novel that started, “07/05/2016 CHAPTER ONE: The morning I woke up and my leg did not work.” Intrigued, I read the next 14 pages in about a […]
The Killing Joke Director: Sam Liu Writer: Brian Azzarello Producers: Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett, Sam Register Through DC Comics/Warner Bros. Animation. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Starring the voices of: Kevin Conroy (Batman), Mark Hamill (Joker), Tara Strong (Batgirl/Barbara Gordon), Ray Wise (Commissioner Gordon) Based on Batman: The Killing Joke by Brian Bolland and Alan […]
Southern Bastards #14 Writer: Jason Aaron Art & Color: Jason Latour Letters: Jared K. Fletcher Published by: Image Comics Available now Southern Bastards was a discovery made by recommendation, and I’ve never regretted the read. It’s an uncompromising look at a southern town where the powerful are the law, and both racism and misogyny run […]
MSP Comic Con May 14-15, Saint Paul, MN In early 2000, I had plans to move in with my new boyfriend and start a new life living in Southern MN. He’d spent the first month of our relationship the previous year collecting information that not only was I not adverse to his “comic collecting hobby,” […]
Heartthrob #1 Writer: Christopher Sebela Art: Robert Wilson IV Colors: Nick Filardi Publisher: Oni Press Available: April 20, 2016 The story had me from “…I’ve been dying all my life.” Heartthrob is a 1970’s love story; a boy-meets-girl tale. The disco fashions are rampant, and smoke hangs in the air. The only thing that sets […]
Imposter #1 Writer – James Patrick Art – Martin Szymanski Colors – Osmarco Valladao Letters – ET Dollman Cover – Victor Santos Publisher: 21 Pulp Available: February 10, 2016 Order now from your Local Comic Store! Hero Hourly was sold out through Diamond, and you will need to order ahead to get your copy. You’re […]
FAITH #1 (of 4) Written by JODY HOUSER Art by FRANCIS PORTELA and MARGUERITE SAUVAGE Covers by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC, MARGUERITE SAUVAGE, CLAYTON HENRY, KANO and COLLEEN COOVER VALIANT COMICS Available date: January 27, 2016 ORDER NOW! Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert – a psionically gifted “psiot” discovered by the Harbinger Foundation – has […]
Seduction of the Innocent #1 (of 4) Writer: Ande Parks Art: Esteve Polls Cover: Francesco Francavilla Page Count: 32 pages Publisher: Dynamite ON SALE DATE: December 2 Gritty, sometimes depraved crime fiction in the tradition of James Elroy, Jim Thompson and EC-era crime and horror comics, from the team that brought you The Death of […]
Six-Gun Gorilla: Pen & Ink Vol. 1 Writer: Simon Spurrier Artist: Jeff Stokely Boom! Studios, Available November 18, 2015 Welcome to “the Blister,” a bizarre other-world colonized by humans sometime in the 22nd century, which quickly became a hotly contested source of fertile land and natural resources long ago exhausted on Earth. In this new […]
Superman: American Alien #1 (of 7) Publisher: DC COMICS (W) Max Landis (A) Nick Dragotta (CA) Ryan Sook Issue #1 Available now Hollywood screenwriter and Eisner Award nominee Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN) joins forces with top comics artists including Jock, Francis Manapul and Jae Lee to bring you SUPERMAN: AMERICAN ALIEN, […]