Nuclear Family #3: Living in the Fallout of the Fallout
Torture, paranoia and the fascist remains of America — it’s all just another day in Nuclear Family #3.
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The Denver Airport and Other Ways to Remake the World in Department of Truth #8
Wanna get away? Maybe to see the Rockies and visit the headquarters of the New World Order? Let Department of Truth #8 by writer James Tynion IV, artist Martin Simmonds, letterer Aditya Bidikar, designer Dylan Todd and editor Steve Foxe be your guide. Will Nevin: Forrest, my friend, vacations are nice. Go new places. See…
‘Tec Remains the Best Bat Book, and Black and White Gets Read in Bat Chat
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,035, the mystery of what is happening in Bruce Wayne’s new neighborhood of Fort Graves deepens, as death and mourning couple with corruption in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. …
Series Review: Knock ‘Em Dead Killed ‘Em Too Quickly
Long as you keep ‘em way off balance, how can they spot you’ve got no talents? It’s a tale of stand-up comedy, spirit possession and the eternal, exacting price of fame in Knock ‘Em Dead, a five-issue miniseries by writer Eliot Rahal, artist Mattia Monaco, colorist Matt Milla, letterer Taylor Esposito and publisher AfterShock. Will…
We All Live In a Floating Red Balloon (With a Depressed Clown) in Haha #4
We all float down here. But sometimes, we float up in the sky, too. Haha #4 is written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Patrick Horvath and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin: Ari, what do you think about It? I take it you’re not quite of the generation that was traumatized by Tim…
The X Spot: Injustice, Wrestlemania, Batman and Steve Orlando
Loyal Content Consumer, I’d like to start out this week by apologizing for an error that was brought to my attention by my colleague Cori McCreery. In my review of Tidalwave Productions’ Tribute: Rush Limbaugh, I offered a script for my own Rush bio comic that was fundamentally flawed and tragically incomplete. I’d like to…
Joker Remains a Surprising Breath o’ Fresh, While Batman/Scooby-Doo Delights, in Bat Chat
Jim Gordon prepares to hunt down the Joker, as forces align against the Clown Prince of Crime, in The Joker #2, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano. And in a much less somber corner of DC’s publishing line, Batman…
Wanda Says, ‘No More New Characters’ in Our Review of Batman #107
Batman investigates the Scarecrow’s latest play and the Unsanity Collective, while Harley tries her best to be her best in Batman #107 with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Matt Lazorwitz: I definitely think this issue considers the upward trend…
The X Spot: Turncoat Bond Slinks His Way to the Top (Again)
Would you like to know a lot of the things I hate, like state legislators, Peacock and steak fries? READ ON, FRIENDO. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Tribute: Rush Limbaugh. Writers: Don Smith and Michael Frizell, Artist: J.B. Fernandes, Colorist: Simon Wright, Letterer: Wilson Ramos Jr., Publisher: Tidalwave Productions The central thesis of this…
Nuclear Family: The Standard Cold War Post-Apocalyptic Box of Giggles — with a Twist
Where will you be when the bombs drop? And when you emerge from whatever shelter you were able to find, what will the world look like around you? Good luck … with whatever finds you. Nuclear Family #1/#2 by writer Stephanie Phillips, artist Tony Shasteen, colorist JD Mettler, letterer Troy Peteri and publisher AfterShock. Based…
Department of Truth Continues to Deviate into Strangeness and Goodness
It’s the second of two “deviations,” detours with guest artists that shine the light of inquiry into the darker corners of the universe created by writer James Tynion IV and artist Martin Simmonds. Are you prepared for Department of Truth #7 by Tynion, artist Tyler Boss, colorist Roman Titov, letterer Aditya Bidikar, designer Dylan Todd…
We’re Done with Bat/Cat and Unlock an Untold Tale in This Week’s Bat Chat
It’s an off week for all the main Bat titles, so we’re digging into the DC Vault for this week’s BatChat, specifically the digital issue #3 of Let Them Live!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault, a tale entitled “Flesh Made Word” written by Scott Bryan Wilson, drawn by John Paul Leon, colored by Dave…
One Dread Door Closes and Another Opens as Miskatonic Goes and Maniac Grows
Can FBI agent Miranda Keller save the day, or will dark forces consume her and the rest of a sleepy little valley’s humanity? It’s curtains for Miskatonic, the riff on H.P. Lovecraft’s lore and personal lousiness by writer Mark Sable, artist Giorgio Pontrelli, colorist Pippa Bowland and letterer Dave Sharpe. Harry’s on a train. The…
Watch Us Push against the Invisible Box of Life in Haha #3
If a mime’s world crumbles into an infinite number of pieces, does it make a sound? Here comes Haha #3, the third issue of our favorite anthology series about the clowning arts. Written by W. Maxwell Prince and drawn and colored by Roger Langridge. Will Nevin: Ari, what do you think about mimes? Ari Bard:…
The X Spot: Superman Flies High, Scumbag Continues to Suck
Loyal Content Consumer, how I have missed you. Let’s get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Deep Beyond #2. Writers: Mirka Andolfo and David Goy, Artist: Andrea Broccardo, Colorist: Barbara Nosenzo, Letterer: Fabio Amelia, Publisher: Image Deep Beyond is the sort of book that casts a sheen over my eyes thick enough to…