After what I felt was too long of a hiatus from my comic books, I finally made my way back over to “Blue Moon Strikes Back” (my LCS) today to pick up all my missed pulls! I expect that I have some truly wonderful issues that will [...]
Continue reading...My increasing frustration with the “Big 2″ has created within me, an urge to try and find more independent (or at least smaller) books to read. Don’t get me wrong, I love Marvel and DC, both still fill a large portion of my pull list! I just feel like it is time to move [...]
Continue reading...It is the age of the literary rock star…Harry Potter has sold over 400 million copies…Twilight over 50 million… both movies have grossed over 5 billion dollars at the box office (not including DVD sales)….the amount of fans of each is incalculable. Imagine for a moment that those characters were one day discovered to [...]
Continue reading...My all time favorite writer is Garth Ennis. His religious commentary and raping of the modern superhero make for some of the best reading of all time. “Preacher” remains to this day one of the best comics I have ever read, and another of my top 10, “The Boys”, also by Garth, causes that [...]
Continue reading...Before Manhattan became a war zone and pre-Vikings killing monkeys, there was the little book that could by the name of DEMO. Written by Brian Wood ( DMZ, Northlanders ) and drawn by Becky Cloonan (American Virgin and East Coast Rising), this is the story of twelve individuals leading ordinary lives extraordinarily. It [...]
Continue reading...“Free” is a word that is not tossed around nearly enough these days, in my humble opinion. When it is, “Free” is usually accompanied by “with purchase of…” or the increasingly popular “with donation of your firstborn…”. And while [...]
Continue reading...Brian Wood is one of my top 5 favorite writers. Just about all casual comic book fans will know Mr. Wood from his increasingly successful “DMZ” series (issue #41 released April 15) as well as the fantastic “Northlanders” series. The fact that these two books are so completely different (as far as setting [...]
Continue reading...And now, Onlythestrong and Battlemouth.com present….a ZOMBIE SPECTACULAR! As A long time fan of all things Zombie I am taking this time to show my appreciation for all things undead and flesh hungry. In this little shitter I will discuss a new Night of the Living Dead oneshot from our friends at Avatar, a bit of zombie [...]
Continue reading...It’s literally been years since everyone’s favorite ‘Merc with a Mouth’ got his own solo series (Cable and Deadpool doesn’t count), and it’s safe to say that now is an excellent time to be a Deadpool fan. Well, apart from his appearance in the new Wolverine movie, which (if you’ve been following information spread [...]
Continue reading...Ben Templesmith…where to begin. I suppose that a good place to start would be the beginning. The beginning (or return to, rather) of my love affair with comics. My good friend and fellow reviewer Phil always was giving me lists of comics to read, and for some reason or other I just never got [...]
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4. July 2009