Wonder of Comics: The Hammer Wins Zuda Feb. 2009 Contest

Wonder of Comics: The Hammer Wins Zuda Feb. 2009 Contest
by Gus Higuera, Columnist
Yesterday was the end of the 2009 Feb. Zuda contest and it was a neck-a-neck race between Azz’s Inferno and The Hammer for the top spot. The contest was so close that when voting stopped this morning Zuda still had to go [...]

Comic Book Review: Invincible #59

Invincible #59
Written by Robert Kirkman
Illustrated by Ryan Ottley & Fco Plasencia
Published by Image Comics
Reviewed by Joseph Copeli
The Story: Mark Grayson, AKA Invincible, is son of the world’s most powerful superhero, the extraterrestrial Omni-man. Learning that his father is preparing Earth for a hostile takeover by the Viltrum Empire, Invincible decides to defend humanity and fights [...]

Comic Book Review: New Avengers #50

New Avengers #50
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Illustrated by Billy Tan
Inks by Matt Banning
Letters by ComiCraft
Published by Marvel Comics
Reviewed by Philip J. Eaves
It’s hard to believe that the New Avengers have been around for fifty issues already. That means this is a team that has seen the superhero civil war, Hulk attack Manhattan, an alien [...]

Should YOU be reading this? – REX, Cemetery Blues, & The Stand

Should you be reading this? – REX, Cemetery Blues, & The Stand
by Joshua N. Pierce, Columnist
Edited by Louis F. Badalament, II
I would like to start off this week’s column with a question for any and all who read this column regularly. This is just the fourth week for this week, and I have months worth [...]

Comic Book Review: London Horror Comic #1 & 2

London Horror Comic #1 & #2
Written by John-Paul Kamath
Illustrated by Lee Ferguson
Inks by Marc Deering
Lettered by Matty Ryan
Colours by Hi-Fi Design
To say that I have read my fair share of self-published comics would be an understatement. Running a site such as this, I am often sent countless number of [...]

A Critique of Wolverine & the X-Men

A Critique of Wolverine & the X-Men
by Che Gilson, Columnist
Wolverine and the X-Men is the best incarnation of Marvel’s signature series since X-Men Evolution. The art and animation however is a step down from Evolution. On the upside it’s easy to follow, at least as easy as any X-Men anything, is easy to follow. I’ve [...]

Wonder of Comics: Digital Comics Going Analog

Wonder of Comics: Digital Comics Going Analog
by Gus Higuera, Columnist
With all the craze of comics going digital these days most people will agree that there’s still nothing like having an actual book in your hands. This goes for all media that is produced digitally these days and it’s going to take a long time for [...]

the Lottery Party: Nostalgia

The Lottery Party: Nostalgia
by Richard Caldwell, Managing Editor
I remember the very first comic book store I frequented- it was called Musabelle’s, and it was then located towards the end of a strip mall in a small town outside of Houston, Texas.
Discovering the store in 1988, when I was maybe ten, the next four or so [...]

Fetch Me a Top Hat: Put Up or Shut Up Part 2

Fetch Me a Top Hat: Put Up or Shut Up Part 2
by Kevin McHugh, Columnist
From its inception, this column has always been about the state of the comics industry and how unhappy both others and I are about it, but instead of simply wasting valuable internet real estate complaining, I decided that a more [...]

Comic Book Review: Cyber-Chicken #1

Cyber-Chicken #1
Written by Thomas Brooke
Illustrated by Robert Caracol
Titles that fall into the “you can’t take too serious” category have always been difficult for me to review. Why? Because I always try to look for the seriousness in them, and that is where I have always gone wrong. So, with Cyber-Chicken I realized that I needed [...]

The Sunday Stroll for February 22, 2009

This weeks stroll is what happens when you decide to wait until the last minute to write up a column. Don’t blame me, blame Watchmen.
Up until a few months ago I too was a Watchmen virgin but that changed when I read the Alan Moore graphic novel. Are you still a Watchmen virgin? If [...]

Comic Book Review: Misery Depot #1

Misery Depot #1
Written by Hermes Pique
Illustrated by Julian Romera
Published by Papyrus Comics
Reviewed by Philip J. Eaves
Misery Depot is free.
There. That is all you really need to know about this comic. It’s online, and it’s free. If you like comics, if you are an avid scholar of comics, why wouldn’t you read it? [...]

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