Tag Archives: Vertigo
Playing Catch Up: Preacher
I’ve been raiding my friend’s library, and decided to give Preacher another shot. I picked it up before and for whatever reason didn’t stick with it. I think I got to the part where the angel and demon are doing the horizontal polka and I decided to try again later. That later happened to be [...]
Comics This Week
Jeff Lemire has been getting plenty of praise during the lead up to the release of The Nobody on the comic podcasts (11 o’clock, AC, iFanboy) I listen to. Its books like this that really keep me listening to them, books that might slip through my fingers otherwise. Word of mouth is definitely the best [...]
Comics Catch Up!
It’s been a while since I talked about what I’ve been reading week to week…so here we go! Far and away, Batman 686 written by Neil Gaiman and penciled by Andy Kubert was the best issue I’ve read since I last posted about my weekly addiction. Alex Ross’ cover might spoil a bit for people…and [...]
Comics This (And Last) Week
Umbrella Academy (Way/Ba/Dark Horse) continues to present me with an odd, peculiar world that I can’t wait to read about. Gabriel Ba is obvioulsy influenced by the great Mike Mignola, and when you merge that with your own energetic style it generates a nice flavor for this grim, humorous book. There are quite a few [...]
Comics This (Last) Week
After 5 months of set up with Bendis’s Ultimate Origins, I was skeptical when I discovered the team for the big Ultimatum event, was Jeph Loeb and David Finch. Loeb seems to have become really hacky of late, I enjoyed Batman Hush, but I had a big draw in due to the comeback of Jim [...]
(TOO MANY) Comics This Week
Kill Your Boyfriend (Morrison/Bond/Vertigo) was reprinted and unleashed today. I’d heard a bit of buzz about the book and decided to give it a try. Usually, I don’t care all too much for Grant Morrison, as I think he tends to muck up franchises with characters acting out of character. So I figure, with his [...]
Comics Last Week
I Kill Giants (Kelly/Nimura) is great, it is far from what I expected, and is turning into something with a bit more emotional weight than I had expected. Nimura’s art has really grown on me; initially it felt a bit rushed, but he is really laying out some great pages to drive home the emotion. [...]
Comics This Week
Marvel 1985 (Millar/Edwards) was a nice bit of fun and surprise, and part of me was expecting Spider Man in his usual PJs. This comic book has been a fun romp wallowing in its own classic comicness, and still brings a smile to my face as the boy Toby runs into one legend after another. [...]