WPR First Look: Storm Gets a Solo Series in July
This July Greg Pak and Victor Ibanez bring us Storm #1! Marvel is making an effort to establish solo titles led by key female characters. It’s an effort I fully support, yet will be critical of if it goes sideways. I’ll be adding solo Storm to my pull list. STORM #1 Written by GREG […]
WPR First Look: Marvel Announces Deadpool Versus X-Force #1
A bunch of us at WatchPlayRead are keen on this Deadpool guy. We can’t be more excited for his next adventures in Deadpool Versus X-Force a limited series from Duane Swierczynski and Pepe Larraz. DEADPOOL VS. X-FORCE #1 (of 4) Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI Art by PEPE LARRAZ Cover by SHANE DAVIS On-Sale This July! Order […]
Southern Bastards #1: Deep Fried Crime
Three things frequently come to mind when thinking about the deep south: church, football, and home cookin’. Throw in a bit of immoral lawlessness and you have your recipe for Jason Aaron’s latest from Image Comics, Southern Bastards. Southern Bastards #1 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Jason Latour Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: April 30, 2014 […]
Stray Bullets: Killers #2
First of all I apologize for what I’m about to write, I know a lot of you really like…You know what? Scratch that. I’m not apologizing. I officially hate this series now. What did I just read? I felt like I just watched Titanic. You know that feeling you get when you just wasted time […]
The Walking Dead #126: A New Beginning?
Wow! I will use the word a lot when talking about The Walking Dead. Because that’s usually the only thing I can say when reading it. Some ‘wow’, with a little bit of ‘holy shit!’ thrown in there for good measure. The Walking Dead #126 Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Charlie Adlard Publisher: Image Comics Release […]
Comics You Crave: Comic Book Releases for April 30, 2014
COMIC BUUUUUHKS! Here are your comic book releases for April 30, 2014! (AR= Ask Retailer) Forgot to check last week? See what you missed here. More Info at Boom Studios: WEBSITE AND TWITTER 28 Days Later Omnibus Volume 1 HC, $39.99 Adventure Time 2014 Annual #1 (Cover A Becky Dreistdat), $4.99 Adventure Time 2014 Annual […]
Buffyverse Comics: Fray, Angel, and Spike: After the Fall
With new seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel & Faith just beginning, it seems like a good time to reread the Buffyverse comics so far. I will be reading and reviewing the series’ that are considered canon with the television shows they were based on including Buffy Season 8, Fray, Spike, Angel & […]
Stray Bullets: Killers 1- Good Writing But a Tough Read
I’ve never read Stray Bullets before, but if the rest of the series is anything like ‘Killers’, I won’t be anytime soon. Stray Bullets: Killers #1 Creator: David Lapham Publisher: Image Comics Release date: March 12, 2014 Now, if you’re a big David Lapham fan and love his work, I’m not saying the writing in […]
Having Usher Syndrome and attending the 3rd biggest Comic Con in the US
This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend FanX, which is a convention here in Utah that was spawned from the success of the 2013 Salt Lake Comic Con. They just announced that for FanX they had over 100,000 passionate lovers of all kinds of genres and divisions in Geekdom. Hell, I finally got […]
Sovereign #1 and #2: Foray into High Fantasy Fun
High fantasy concepts have been known to amass hordes of devoted fans, myself included. Image Comics would certainly be damned to the seven hells if they weren’t part of the epic passion created by the genre, and luckily they do the gods justice with their newest entry, Sovereign. SOVEREIGN #1 and #2 Writer: Chris […]
MegaTokyo Omnibus #1: Blast from My Nerdy Past
Gather around children and let me tell you a tale, a tale from the days of the old internet. An internet that took so long to download a web page, you could go to the bathroom, get a snack and still have to wait for the page to finish loading. An internet you’d have to […]
Lazarus #8: Family is Forever
This week the team of Rucka, Lark, and Arcas give us Lazarus #8: Part Four of the “Lift” arc. Forever and Johanna make progress on tracking down the terrorist cell called Free. The Barrett family continues on their way to Denver and demonstrates how special they are along the way. By then end of Lazarus […]
The 7th Sword #1- Sci-Fi meets Feudal Japan
Fearless, strong and overall a general bad ass, Daniel Cray is a man I can get behind! The 7th Sword #1 Writer: John Raffo Artist: Nelson Blake II Publisher: IDW Release Date: April 23rd, 2014 Pre-order your copy of the next issue 7th Sword #2 to be delivered right to your doorstep. A lone tanker […]