I had a hard time deciding which comic to choose for this week’s Book of Doom. Mostly, I wanted to choose something I was planning on buying anyway, so as to tighten the belt and save a few extra bucks; yet, I’ve been following the storyline that’s been going through the JSA fairly closely, and…
Batman RIP, the epic tale of deconstructing the Batman, is nearing a close, and as we’re getting closer to the final issue, we’re starting to see hints at what might be coming next for the Caped Crusader and the other members of his Gotham City posse. About a month ago, I predicted that Dick Grayson…
Welcome once again to the Book of Doom. This week we’ll be reviewing X-Men and Spider-Man #1, Marvel’s latest attempt to milk $4 out of it’s readers with a needless mini-series featuring its A-list characters. But y’know, sometimes these needless mini-series turn out to be a good read. This week there’s four of us trying…
• Local artists Louis Simpson and Doug McCoy are previewing their new book “PUPPY LOVE” today at Krypton Comics from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Local artist Kathleen Clark will debut her new comic at Krypton on Saturday, November 22nd, also from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Jason of Legend Comics will make…
Click Not a superhero with supernatural abilities, or a person wealthy enough to buy high-tech toys to fight evil, but a simple human being named Hüseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of the southeastern city of Batman, declared war against his city’s namesake superhero, Batman. “The royalty of the name ‘Batman’ belongs to…
By Jean Van Hamme (W) and Ted Benoit (A) Published by Cinebook, 2008; 68 pages; $15.95 The Adventures of Blake & Mortimer is a reprint series of comics starring characters created by Belgian writer / artist Edgar P. Jacobs in the 1940s. The first three volumes issued by Cinebook were works created by Jacobs. After…
In the lead: Commander Hall supervises all the disturbances around the world from the JSI HQ in NYC. Ragman’s dealing with a feline Catwoman in Gotham while Green Arrow’s in Star City…just where he’s always been? Also, Black Adam’s mysteriously shown up in Washington D.C. and taking his frustration out on Ares’ invading minions, while…
Man this does not look like a good week for comics. Not a whole lot to get excited about and even less that is an easy jumping-on point. So who wins when the comic readers lose? Marvel, apparently. X-Men/Spider-Man is a mini-series that I was considering investing in. The art I’ve seen looks pretty damn…
I set here writing this comic review in hopes it will take my mind off the impending election results. Speaking of fearing a takeover of hate-filled creatures, I’ll start off with Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns. I almost chose this as our Book of Doom, but we have been doing so many Geoff…