Warning: Spoilers abound in this review... and maybe a bit of ranting. I was so fired up about the first volume of this comic... Everything was working: the artwork, the plot, the characters. I was rooting for each thread to come together in some twisty way... Issues #7-11 slow down a bit to focus on... Continue Reading →
Void Trip by Ryan O’Sullivan and Plaid Kraus
Fear and Loathing Cheece and Chong in space? Ana and Gabe are on a journey across the universe to Euphoria... they've turned of the nav and thrown away the map, opting for "the journey." Bowls of psychedelic Froot make the "trip" a lot more enjoyable, and a host of alien mercenaries (cannibal and otherwise) creates... Continue Reading →
Paradox Girl Vol. 1: First Cycle by Cayti Bourquin and Yishan Li
A comedic and light-hearted look at time travel. Paradox Girl, First Cycle collects six issues of this fun comic from Image. She has the power to go 'anywhere and anywhen,' to help her buddy Axiom Man, and to get the bad guys to stop being bad. There are many little details that made this comic... Continue Reading →
Middlewest, Book 1. by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona
Abel is a young man who is relentlessly beat down by his father. The outbursts are unending... he can never do anything right. The final straw is when he is caught shoplifting they fight like they never have before, trading barbs until Abel's father explodes and turns into literally a tornado-creating monster. Abel runs and... Continue Reading →
MCMLXXV Vol 1. By Joe Casey, Ian MacEwan (Illustrator)
A badass cabbie who takes on creatures from another dimension... every night. Whatever you do: Do Not Get Out Of The Cab! Pamela Evans was taken from her streets of NYC and trained to fight a war that wasn't hers. She cracked countless heads with her mystical tire iron, and searched for a way back... Continue Reading →