Ultimates 2. It may not come out every week. But when it does, it’s heads and tails above everything else. -Jean-Claude Van Doom The Walking Dead. The simple sequence of a zombie falling over because his entrails got caught on another zombie means I don’t have to explain any further why this is the best…
Charlie Adlard. This one took me a while to come up with, as there are loads of great artists out there. And since none of the guys I could think of did anything specific to put them over the top (like, say, draw 12 issues in the year), I decided to go with the one…
A big part of writing science fiction is having a good grasp on science. Maybe, when writing “Son of M” #2, David Hine knew something I don’t. And maybe the moon works differently in the Marvel Universe. But as Quicksilver and Videmus stand in The Blue City on the moon, looking Earthward, can someone explain…
Geoff Johns. He writes about 800 books and they don’t seem to suffer anywhere. And he’s been able to pull a story from pieces of continuity that manages to naturally tie the DC universe together (Infinite Crisis) rather than awkwardly force something onto it (House of M, Secret Wars). -Jim Doom Robert Kirkman. He earned…
I hate to admit it, but a few months back I skipped over the first issue of the new Jonah Hex. Sure, as a good ol’ country boy, I grew up watching John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and others kicking ass and taking names in westerns. I’ll still watch one now and again (my dad and…
What the hell happened to JLA? “Crisis of Conscience” was great. It mattered. Stuff happened. It made me look forward the next issue. And now “World Without a Justice Lague” has me dreading the next issue. I can’t seem to pin down what it is that makes me hate the book so much now. Is…
Tomorrow marks the release of Exiles #75, an important issue for Marvel Comics. No it’s not because it’s an anniversary issue, and it’s not because it sees the return of the 2099 universe. It’s because Marvel’s only been publishing Exiles for 4 1/2 years. Yes, in a short 54 months, Exiles has managed to crank…
One thing sorely lacking from Marvel’s Ultimate line is the sense of a inclusive universe. Sure, Kitty Pryde is Spider-Man’s new girlfriend, and the Ultimates guest-starred in the last arc of Ultimate X-Men. But outside of those minor instances, every title seems to exist in it’s own vacuum. Shouldn’t the Ultimates be showing up just…