This week on Comics Corner, we have three preview pages for DC's Deadman #2, three preview pages for Rivers of London: Detective Stories Vol. 4, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #10, Extremity #9, six preview pages for Gravediggers Union #2, Moonstruck #4, Paper Girls #18, and breaking news on Relay #1 from Aftershock Comics.
Deadman #2: "Hold the cover of Deadman #2 up to the light and the danger that was invisible seconds before will be revealed! Now, any lingering doubt that Deadman was deliberately murdered in cold blood, and not as a test for the Hook to join the League of Assassins, is put to rest once and for all!
Art by: Neal Adams
Cover by: Neal Adams
Written by: Neal Adams
Series: Deadman 2017
U.S. Price: 3.99
On Sale Date: Dec. 6, 2017
Volume/Issue #: 2
Color/B&W: Color
Trim Size: Comic
Page Count: 32."
For more information on the Deadman series, visit DC Comics' website.
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Rivers of London: Detective Stories Vol.
Deadman #2: "Hold the cover of Deadman #2 up to the light and the danger that was invisible seconds before will be revealed! Now, any lingering doubt that Deadman was deliberately murdered in cold blood, and not as a test for the Hook to join the League of Assassins, is put to rest once and for all!
Art by: Neal Adams
Cover by: Neal Adams
Written by: Neal Adams
Series: Deadman 2017
U.S. Price: 3.99
On Sale Date: Dec. 6, 2017
Volume/Issue #: 2
Color/B&W: Color
Trim Size: Comic
Page Count: 32."
For more information on the Deadman series, visit DC Comics' website.
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Rivers of London: Detective Stories Vol.
- 12/6/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
This week on Comics Corner, we have a look at Deadman #1 from DC Comics, with details on a glow-in-the-dark cover of this issue, and we also take a look at The Walking Dead #173, Gravediggers Union #1 plus six preview pages, two covers for Clue #5, Extremity #8, Paper Girls #17, and Red Sonja #10.
Deadman #1: "“Journey into Death” part one! When we last left Deadman, the true story had barely begun! Deadman’s death was unsolved, and his fate was intertwined with that of his parents and siblings. Even the Dark Night Detective couldn’t solve the mysteries of Boston Brand’s fantastic secrets! Now, Batman is back, confronting Deadman about who was really behind his death. Was Boston Brand’s assassination a test for the League of Assassins? Why does Batman think Ra’s al Ghul was involved? And why does Deadman need the help of Zatanna, Phantom Stranger, Dr. Fate and the Spectre to defend Nanda Parbat?...
Deadman #1: "“Journey into Death” part one! When we last left Deadman, the true story had barely begun! Deadman’s death was unsolved, and his fate was intertwined with that of his parents and siblings. Even the Dark Night Detective couldn’t solve the mysteries of Boston Brand’s fantastic secrets! Now, Batman is back, confronting Deadman about who was really behind his death. Was Boston Brand’s assassination a test for the League of Assassins? Why does Batman think Ra’s al Ghul was involved? And why does Deadman need the help of Zatanna, Phantom Stranger, Dr. Fate and the Spectre to defend Nanda Parbat?...
- 11/1/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Marvel Legacy #1. Written by Jason Aaron (Southern Bastards, The Mighty Thor) with art by Esad Ribić (Thor: God Of Thunder, Secret Wars), Steve McNiven (Secret Empire, Civil War), colorist Matthew Wilson (The Mighty Thor…
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- 10/6/2017
- by Oliver Sava
- avclub.com
The second issue of The Evil Within is finally here. Read what happens when the dust settles after the events at Beacon Mental Hospital. Also in today's Comics Corner: Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth #6, The Walking Dead #172, Cannibal #8, Extremity #7, Hack/Slash vs. Vampirella #1, Moonstruck #3, Paper Girls #16, and Regression #5.
The Evil Within #2: "Still shell-shocked by the horrific events that took place at the Beacon Mental Hospital, Detective Sebastian Castellanos finds himself reluctantly pulled back into Mobius' macabre world when a gruesome serial killer unleashes a new kind of hell onto Krimson City.
On Sale: 4 Oct 2017
Writer: Ryan O’Sullivan O’Sullivan
Artists: Damien Worm Szymon Kudranski
Type: Comic
Series: Evil Within
Genres: HorrorSupernaturalVideo games
Extent: 32pp
Age: 17+."
To learn more, visit:
https://titan-comics.com/c/1048-evil-within/
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Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth #6: "Dredd and his allies travel to a mysterious location in search of answers to the mystery haunting them.
The Evil Within #2: "Still shell-shocked by the horrific events that took place at the Beacon Mental Hospital, Detective Sebastian Castellanos finds himself reluctantly pulled back into Mobius' macabre world when a gruesome serial killer unleashes a new kind of hell onto Krimson City.
On Sale: 4 Oct 2017
Writer: Ryan O’Sullivan O’Sullivan
Artists: Damien Worm Szymon Kudranski
Type: Comic
Series: Evil Within
Genres: HorrorSupernaturalVideo games
Extent: 32pp
Age: 17+."
To learn more, visit:
https://titan-comics.com/c/1048-evil-within/
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Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth #6: "Dredd and his allies travel to a mysterious location in search of answers to the mystery haunting them.
- 10/4/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Nico, Karolina, Molly, Chase, Old Lace and even Gert are back – and better than ever! This fall, best-selling Ya writer Rainbow Rowell (Carry On, Eleanor and Park), superstar artist Kris Anka (All-New X-Men, Star-Lord) and Eisner-winning colorist Matt Wilson (The Mighty Thor, Black Widow) team up to bring the Runaways, the universe’s pluckiest team of super heroes back to where they belong: in the pages of a Marvel comic book.
“As a Runaways fan, it’s been such a thrill for me to see these characters together again,” said writer Rainbow Rowell. “I can’t wait to let everyone else into the party.”
“For years I batted other editors and creators back from the Runaways,” said Executive Editor Nick Lowe. “I was the last Editor to edit them and they are precious to me, so I didn’t want just Anybody to bring them back. So when my new...
“As a Runaways fan, it’s been such a thrill for me to see these characters together again,” said writer Rainbow Rowell. “I can’t wait to let everyone else into the party.”
“For years I batted other editors and creators back from the Runaways,” said Executive Editor Nick Lowe. “I was the last Editor to edit them and they are precious to me, so I didn’t want just Anybody to bring them back. So when my new...
- 8/21/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome back to another Comics Corner, highlighting some of the most interesting horror-related comics now in circulation. Miss The Walking Dead on your TV screen? Well, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #167 from Image Comics is out now, and we have the cover artwork! Also: Penny Dreadful: The Awaking #2.2, Blood Blister #2, Outcast #27, Fissure #2, Paper Girls #14, Big Trouble in Little China/Lost in New York, and Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Omnibus Trade Paperback Volume 1.
Penny Dreadful: The Awaking #2.2: "Continues the story directly after the shocking events of Penny Dreadful’s season three TV finale, featuring Ethan Chandler, Sir Malcolm Murray, Ferdinand Lyle, and Lily! Written by Penny Dreadful TV series co-executive producer Chris King with interior art by Jésus Hérvas (Sons of Anarchy).
Written by: Chris King
Art by: Jesus Hervas
Colored by: Jason Wordie
Cover by: Tristan Jones
Genres: Action/AdventureHorrorMovies & TV
About Book
Page Count: 31 Pages...
Penny Dreadful: The Awaking #2.2: "Continues the story directly after the shocking events of Penny Dreadful’s season three TV finale, featuring Ethan Chandler, Sir Malcolm Murray, Ferdinand Lyle, and Lily! Written by Penny Dreadful TV series co-executive producer Chris King with interior art by Jésus Hérvas (Sons of Anarchy).
Written by: Chris King
Art by: Jesus Hervas
Colored by: Jason Wordie
Cover by: Tristan Jones
Genres: Action/AdventureHorrorMovies & TV
About Book
Page Count: 31 Pages...
- 5/4/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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It’s been a year in the making, and the controversy has been intense, but finally, Secret Empire #1 is here to take the world by storm. Over on Twitter, Nick Spencer’s summed up his story pretty well:
I watched Rogue One about a bajillion times to capture that vibe- a dark war story, but still with some humor and character chemistry.
— Nick Spencer (@nickspencer) April 26, 2017
He’s right. To extend that analogy, Captain America and Hydra have become the Empire – and they truly have taken over the Marvel Universe. The heroes we know and love? They’re relegated to a resistance movement – rebels by any other name.
In an age where there are far too many comic book events, Secret Empire #1 stands as the masterclass in how to do it right. This first issue sets the scene,...
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It’s been a year in the making, and the controversy has been intense, but finally, Secret Empire #1 is here to take the world by storm. Over on Twitter, Nick Spencer’s summed up his story pretty well:
I watched Rogue One about a bajillion times to capture that vibe- a dark war story, but still with some humor and character chemistry.
— Nick Spencer (@nickspencer) April 26, 2017
He’s right. To extend that analogy, Captain America and Hydra have become the Empire – and they truly have taken over the Marvel Universe. The heroes we know and love? They’re relegated to a resistance movement – rebels by any other name.
In an age where there are far too many comic book events, Secret Empire #1 stands as the masterclass in how to do it right. This first issue sets the scene,...
- 5/3/2017
- by Tom Bacon
- We Got This Covered
This is where I'm supposed to summarize the past year, find some overaching theme or thread running through my choices, spot trends, or something along those lines. Instead it's just another mea culpa for my continuing and accelerating estrangement from mainstream pop music. Don't mind me, I'm just a grumpy old fart. But these twenty new albums made me less grumpy.
1. Diiv: Is the Is Are (Captured Tracks)
I enjoyed their first album, and far from a sophomore slump, their second is even better. Sure, I'm heavily predisposed to love bands that conjure a moody '80s vibe with thrumming bass, chiming guitar jangle, and submerged vocals, but this is greater than the sum of those parts, simultaneously updating the sound while tapping into a new level of melodicism for this band.
2. David Bowie: Black Star (Sony)
I wrote about this at length. What can I add now that...
1. Diiv: Is the Is Are (Captured Tracks)
I enjoyed their first album, and far from a sophomore slump, their second is even better. Sure, I'm heavily predisposed to love bands that conjure a moody '80s vibe with thrumming bass, chiming guitar jangle, and submerged vocals, but this is greater than the sum of those parts, simultaneously updating the sound while tapping into a new level of melodicism for this band.
2. David Bowie: Black Star (Sony)
I wrote about this at length. What can I add now that...
- 1/18/2017
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Yesterday we covered our teams picks for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Today we venture out into the vast world of independent comics, which pretty much covers the rest of the comic book industry. What makes this interesting is that a lot of these independent books are creator’s “passion projects” just take a moment and look at all the amazing books that Image as well as Aftershock comics are putting out month to month. Comic books like this usually are amazing due to the fact that you can see how much the creative teams enjoy working on the book. Here are some of our favorites for 2016:
Favorite Independent Comics Books:
Replica
Publisher: Aftershock Comics
Written by Paul Jenkins
Artwork by Andy Clarke
Picked by:
Jace Milam - This title from new publisher AfterShock can be summed up in one word; Fun! Springing from the mind of writer Paul Jenkins and artist Andy Clarke,...
Favorite Independent Comics Books:
Replica
Publisher: Aftershock Comics
Written by Paul Jenkins
Artwork by Andy Clarke
Picked by:
Jace Milam - This title from new publisher AfterShock can be summed up in one word; Fun! Springing from the mind of writer Paul Jenkins and artist Andy Clarke,...
- 12/28/2016
- by Emmanuel Gomez
- LRMonline.com
Story By
Chris Samnee, Mark Waid
Art By
Chris Samnee
Colors By
Matthew Wilson
Letters By
Vc - Joe Caramagna
Cover By
Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson, Annie Wu, Bengal
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Cover Price:
$3.99
Release Date
Apr 6th, 2016
Synopsis:
It's S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Funeral
• As S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top brass gather to bury one of their own, they make an attractive target.
• Lucky for Maria Hill, the agency's persona non grata, Black Widow, is still watching over them.
• But that could mean Natasha will have a hard time watching her own back!
Review:
Mark Waid and Chris Samnee do it again! This time around we get to jump back a little from the action packed first issue and see some of the events that led up to Natasha’s daring escape from the Helicarrier. While S.H.I.E.L.D. bury...
Chris Samnee, Mark Waid
Art By
Chris Samnee
Colors By
Matthew Wilson
Letters By
Vc - Joe Caramagna
Cover By
Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson, Annie Wu, Bengal
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Cover Price:
$3.99
Release Date
Apr 6th, 2016
Synopsis:
It's S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Funeral
• As S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top brass gather to bury one of their own, they make an attractive target.
• Lucky for Maria Hill, the agency's persona non grata, Black Widow, is still watching over them.
• But that could mean Natasha will have a hard time watching her own back!
Review:
Mark Waid and Chris Samnee do it again! This time around we get to jump back a little from the action packed first issue and see some of the events that led up to Natasha’s daring escape from the Helicarrier. While S.H.I.E.L.D. bury...
- 4/8/2016
- by Jeremy Scully
- LRMonline.com
Black Widow #1
Story By
Chris Samnee, Mark Waid
Art By
Chris Samnee
Colors By
Matthew Wilson
Letters By
Joe Caramagna
Cover By
Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson, John Tyler Christopher, Stephanie Hans, Tula Lotay, Phil Noto, Kevin
Wada, Skottie Young
Publisher
Cover Price
$3.99 (Usd)
Release Date
Mar 2nd, 2016
Synopsis:
What do you do if you’re Black Widow and Shield thinks you’ve stolen from them? Run like hell and kick ass!
Review:
Right off the bat Mark Waid and Chris Samnee have Natasha Rominoff aka The Black Widow desperately attempting to escape her confines. Who is she running from? Her (now) former employers Shield. Why is she running? It seems she has stolen something of great value, and Mariah Hill (Director of Shield) is giving the order to get it back from Natasha by any means possible! That’s about the most information anyone is going to get from this issue,...
Story By
Chris Samnee, Mark Waid
Art By
Chris Samnee
Colors By
Matthew Wilson
Letters By
Joe Caramagna
Cover By
Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson, John Tyler Christopher, Stephanie Hans, Tula Lotay, Phil Noto, Kevin
Wada, Skottie Young
Publisher
Cover Price
$3.99 (Usd)
Release Date
Mar 2nd, 2016
Synopsis:
What do you do if you’re Black Widow and Shield thinks you’ve stolen from them? Run like hell and kick ass!
Review:
Right off the bat Mark Waid and Chris Samnee have Natasha Rominoff aka The Black Widow desperately attempting to escape her confines. Who is she running from? Her (now) former employers Shield. Why is she running? It seems she has stolen something of great value, and Mariah Hill (Director of Shield) is giving the order to get it back from Natasha by any means possible! That’s about the most information anyone is going to get from this issue,...
- 3/5/2016
- by Jeremy Scully
- LRMonline.com
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #6
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (with backup art by Tom Humberstone)
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Image Comics
It’s fitting that the end of Phonogram is about the end of things and features one final story with David Bowie as the backbone to it.
Though, strangely enough, the main story is about death, but about the other major pop star death of the decade and of part of Emily Aster herself.
The issue picks up with the end of Emily’s fight from the end of the previous issue. After speaking with the image of Lady Gaga as the ceiling above them bleeds out from Claire’s suicide. “She’s terribly melodramatic,” Emily says with some resignation to fate. Gaga asks her if she really wants to break the deal in a panel that mashes together some...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (with backup art by Tom Humberstone)
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Image Comics
It’s fitting that the end of Phonogram is about the end of things and features one final story with David Bowie as the backbone to it.
Though, strangely enough, the main story is about death, but about the other major pop star death of the decade and of part of Emily Aster herself.
The issue picks up with the end of Emily’s fight from the end of the previous issue. After speaking with the image of Lady Gaga as the ceiling above them bleeds out from Claire’s suicide. “She’s terribly melodramatic,” Emily says with some resignation to fate. Gaga asks her if she really wants to break the deal in a panel that mashes together some...
- 1/20/2016
- by Ashley Leckwold
- SoundOnSight
5. Paper Girls (Image)
Paper Girls #1-3
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Cliff Chiang
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Jared K. Fletcher
Only three issues in, Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang’s Paper Girls has already piqued intense fandom. Grounded in the recognizably familiar–1988 Midwestern suburbia–with its head in the clouds–aliens on dinosaurs, time travelers, mutant teenagers, Paper Girls engages both the heart and the mind. The four pre-teens on their paper route–Erin, Mack, Tiffany, and K.J.–are tough, mature, and can persevere through the toughest situations. They have to be, they’re paper girls. But they’re also only 12, so their innocence and relative naivety give them space to grow as characters. Littered with artifacts from the era, the comic is, in part, an authentic period piece, colored in the equivalent of retro sepia-tones for the late 80’s.
The characters speak in the parlance of the time,...
Paper Girls #1-3
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Cliff Chiang
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Jared K. Fletcher
Only three issues in, Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang’s Paper Girls has already piqued intense fandom. Grounded in the recognizably familiar–1988 Midwestern suburbia–with its head in the clouds–aliens on dinosaurs, time travelers, mutant teenagers, Paper Girls engages both the heart and the mind. The four pre-teens on their paper route–Erin, Mack, Tiffany, and K.J.–are tough, mature, and can persevere through the toughest situations. They have to be, they’re paper girls. But they’re also only 12, so their innocence and relative naivety give them space to grow as characters. Littered with artifacts from the era, the comic is, in part, an authentic period piece, colored in the equivalent of retro sepia-tones for the late 80’s.
The characters speak in the parlance of the time,...
- 12/21/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #5
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (with backup art by Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt)
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Image Comics
Well, it’s getting down to the wire for Emily Aster as Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl returns from its precious little intermission. This issue decides to take focus on David Kohl one last time and much like the previous issue, it becomes him learning how to grow up. Guess it’s a lesson applicable to any age.
The issue opens with a hungover David Kohl receiving a call from Indie Dave informing him that Emily Aster, who sold her relationship with Indie Dave in the deal, went over to his place and offered him sex. If nothing else informed David of the fact Emily is now Claire, that was finally it.
The rest of the issue plays...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (with backup art by Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt)
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Image Comics
Well, it’s getting down to the wire for Emily Aster as Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl returns from its precious little intermission. This issue decides to take focus on David Kohl one last time and much like the previous issue, it becomes him learning how to grow up. Guess it’s a lesson applicable to any age.
The issue opens with a hungover David Kohl receiving a call from Indie Dave informing him that Emily Aster, who sold her relationship with Indie Dave in the deal, went over to his place and offered him sex. If nothing else informed David of the fact Emily is now Claire, that was finally it.
The rest of the issue plays...
- 12/16/2015
- by Ashley Leckwold
- SoundOnSight
Print sales for the debut issue of Paper Girls were 75,000. That’s impressive. This accomplishment is even more impressive when you realize this story includes no capes, superheroes or zombies and was not published by Marvel or DC. But the more you understand the discerning appetite of Geek Culture; the more it makes sense.
Although it’s one of the hottest comics right now, at first blush it’s an unlikely candidate for such strong sales. As a monthly comic that will soon be collected into a trade paperback, Paper Girls follows the exploits of four middle school girls in suburban Cleveland. Their part-time jobs are part of an old distribution model for an outdated form of mass media – delivery morning newspapers. The story is set in the wee hours after Halloween in 1988. But quickly it careens from the ordinary to a wildly intriguing thrill-ride.
Paper Girls is published by Image Comics,...
Although it’s one of the hottest comics right now, at first blush it’s an unlikely candidate for such strong sales. As a monthly comic that will soon be collected into a trade paperback, Paper Girls follows the exploits of four middle school girls in suburban Cleveland. Their part-time jobs are part of an old distribution model for an outdated form of mass media – delivery morning newspapers. The story is set in the wee hours after Halloween in 1988. But quickly it careens from the ordinary to a wildly intriguing thrill-ride.
Paper Girls is published by Image Comics,...
- 11/30/2015
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #4
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (with backup stories by Julia Scheele and Luis Sopelana)
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Image Comics
In an ongoing story about music and image, it feels only appropriate that the intermission in the story directly borrows from a comic about bands, growing up, and superpowered fights that are not out of the ordinary.
If you can guess from the cover and the title “(Let’s Make This) Precious Little Life,” the fourth issue of Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl is one big Scott Pilgrim send up.
And it works.
The issue is focused around Lloyd (aka Mr. Logos) and Laura (aka Laura Black fka Laura Heaven), two of the central characters in the previous Phonogram arc “The Singles Club”. It has been a year and some change since the night that arc took place,...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (with backup stories by Julia Scheele and Luis Sopelana)
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Image Comics
In an ongoing story about music and image, it feels only appropriate that the intermission in the story directly borrows from a comic about bands, growing up, and superpowered fights that are not out of the ordinary.
If you can guess from the cover and the title “(Let’s Make This) Precious Little Life,” the fourth issue of Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl is one big Scott Pilgrim send up.
And it works.
The issue is focused around Lloyd (aka Mr. Logos) and Laura (aka Laura Black fka Laura Heaven), two of the central characters in the previous Phonogram arc “The Singles Club”. It has been a year and some change since the night that arc took place,...
- 11/18/2015
- by Ashley Leckwold
- SoundOnSight
Paper Girls #2
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art and Cover by Cliff Chiang
Colors by Matt Wilson
Letters and Design by Jared K. Fletcher
Published by Image Comics on November 4, 2015
Paper Girls #2 picks up immediately after the close of issue #1. One of our mummy-ninja mystery men is making a mad dash with his bag of stolen devices. The issue then goes on to offer deepening characters and relationships, developing themes, and more than a few surprises. Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang maintain the excitement, intrigue, and childhood nostalgia established in the opening issue while giving their readers much more to munch on.
The issue’s opening page gives text in the mystery men’s language. Decoded it reads: Nostalgia Is Death. The language is a simple substitution cipher. For a decoder key, click here. This appears to be the title of the issue and certainly captures both plot and theme of the narrative.
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art and Cover by Cliff Chiang
Colors by Matt Wilson
Letters and Design by Jared K. Fletcher
Published by Image Comics on November 4, 2015
Paper Girls #2 picks up immediately after the close of issue #1. One of our mummy-ninja mystery men is making a mad dash with his bag of stolen devices. The issue then goes on to offer deepening characters and relationships, developing themes, and more than a few surprises. Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang maintain the excitement, intrigue, and childhood nostalgia established in the opening issue while giving their readers much more to munch on.
The issue’s opening page gives text in the mystery men’s language. Decoded it reads: Nostalgia Is Death. The language is a simple substitution cipher. For a decoder key, click here. This appears to be the title of the issue and certainly captures both plot and theme of the narrative.
- 11/5/2015
- by Erin Perry
- SoundOnSight
Here’s your first look at The Mighty Thor #1, the new ongoing series from blockbuster creators Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman. Now is your chance to jump on-board the popular storyline of the new Thor as it charges headlong into the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe!
Her identity has finally been revealed as Dr. Jane Foster. When she lifts the mystic hammer Mjolnir, she is transformed into the Goddess of Thunder, the Mighty Thor! Eight months have passed since the end of Secret Wars – her enemies are many, and they are everywhere. As Asgard descends further into chaos, war begins to spread throughout the Ten Realms. Yet her greatest battle will be against a more personal and deadly foe – the cancer that is killing her mortal form. Be there as her story begins anew this November in The Mighty Thor #1!
The Mighty Thor #1 (SEP150779)
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Russell Dauterman...
Her identity has finally been revealed as Dr. Jane Foster. When she lifts the mystic hammer Mjolnir, she is transformed into the Goddess of Thunder, the Mighty Thor! Eight months have passed since the end of Secret Wars – her enemies are many, and they are everywhere. As Asgard descends further into chaos, war begins to spread throughout the Ten Realms. Yet her greatest battle will be against a more personal and deadly foe – the cancer that is killing her mortal form. Be there as her story begins anew this November in The Mighty Thor #1!
The Mighty Thor #1 (SEP150779)
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Russell Dauterman...
- 10/21/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Paper Girls #1
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art and Cover by Cliff Chiang
Colors by Matt Wilson
Letters and Design by Jared K. Fletcher
Published by Image Comics on October 7, 2015
I am Erin (see byline and comparison photo). I was a preteen in 1988, sporting the same hair and stone washed jean jacket (though mine was pink). I was tough (especially in defending my friends) and responsible and Catholic. I had that pastel Sharp boombox, the jelly bracelets, the four-color pen, the love of The Far Side. I had Tiffany’s Reebok high-tops and Kj’s stirrup pants, turtle neck, and overlarge sweatshirt combo outfit. I had many pairs of those slouch socks. So the setting of Paper Girls is uncannily familiar. The juxtaposition of elements of my childhood stored deep in my memory and the creepy, sci-fi unknown has awakened an immediate, obsessive engagement in me.
Nov. 1, 1988. “Hell morning” for four 12-year-old paper girls.
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art and Cover by Cliff Chiang
Colors by Matt Wilson
Letters and Design by Jared K. Fletcher
Published by Image Comics on October 7, 2015
I am Erin (see byline and comparison photo). I was a preteen in 1988, sporting the same hair and stone washed jean jacket (though mine was pink). I was tough (especially in defending my friends) and responsible and Catholic. I had that pastel Sharp boombox, the jelly bracelets, the four-color pen, the love of The Far Side. I had Tiffany’s Reebok high-tops and Kj’s stirrup pants, turtle neck, and overlarge sweatshirt combo outfit. I had many pairs of those slouch socks. So the setting of Paper Girls is uncannily familiar. The juxtaposition of elements of my childhood stored deep in my memory and the creepy, sci-fi unknown has awakened an immediate, obsessive engagement in me.
Nov. 1, 1988. “Hell morning” for four 12-year-old paper girls.
- 10/10/2015
- by Erin Perry
- SoundOnSight
Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl #1
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (Backups by Sarah Gordon, Clayton Cowles)
Colors by Matthew Wilson (Backups by Sarah Gordon, Kelly Fitzpatrick)
Published by Image Comics
Opening with stark blue fuzz that bring back memories to the days before digital cable when you could watch music videos late at night, during breakfast, and really any time, Phonogram #1 shows that it and its characters are rooted in the past even as they decry all things retro. For those who haven’t read the previous two volumes (published in 2007 and 2009), the basic premise of the comic is that the characters (called phonomancers) in Phonogram can use music to make magic. Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie delve into a variety of genres, including pop, alternative, hip hop, and punk to show how our taste in music defines us as humans and can evolve (or not...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie (Backups by Sarah Gordon, Clayton Cowles)
Colors by Matthew Wilson (Backups by Sarah Gordon, Kelly Fitzpatrick)
Published by Image Comics
Opening with stark blue fuzz that bring back memories to the days before digital cable when you could watch music videos late at night, during breakfast, and really any time, Phonogram #1 shows that it and its characters are rooted in the past even as they decry all things retro. For those who haven’t read the previous two volumes (published in 2007 and 2009), the basic premise of the comic is that the characters (called phonomancers) in Phonogram can use music to make magic. Writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie delve into a variety of genres, including pop, alternative, hip hop, and punk to show how our taste in music defines us as humans and can evolve (or not...
- 8/12/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Following on from Secret Wars, Jane Foster will resume her tenture as the Goddess of Thunder, with writer Jason Aaron, artist Russell Dauterman and colourist Matt Wilson all returning as the creative team of The Mighty Thor. In an interview with IGN, Aaron explains that while the previous eight-issue series tackled the mystery of the woman beneath the helmet, this relaunched title addresses Jane's dual identity from the get-go. "We get to do the book and deal with Thor having a secret identity," he says. "Kind of the most refreshing part of this whole volume is bringing a different take on Thor. It kind of gets back to that original Lee/Kirby dynamic, when you had crippled doctor Donald Blake who would secretly transform into Thor. It's cool to write something like that. Jane's life is a big part of this new volume, and her struggle with cancer will continue...
- 8/6/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
From zombies to demons to superheroes and beyond, Image Comics will have something for everyone at this week's Comic-Con, and their full Sdcc schedule with complete details has now been revealed.
Press Release: "Image Comics (booth #2729) is pleased to be at San Diego Comic-Con this year from Wednesday, July 8 through Sunday, July 12.
Variants Sold At The Image Booth (booth #2729):
Chew #50 by John Layman & Rob Guillory, $10 Injection #3 by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey, $10 Mythic #2 by Phil Hester & John McCrea, cover art by Sean Gordon Murphy, $10 Shutter #13 by Joe Keatinge & Leila del Duca, cover art by Jonathan Hickman, $10 Starve #2 by Brian Wood & Danijel Zezelj, $10 Wytches by Scott Snyder & Jock, $35 They're Not Like Us, Vol. 1 by Eric Stephenson & Simon Gane, $20 Nowhere Men, Vol. 1 by Eric Stephenson & Nate Bellegarde, $9.99 Nowhere Men, Vol.1 Tp (Red) by Eric Stephenson & Nate Bellegarde, $9.99 Nowhere Men Shirt Teal, W/M Xs-xxl, $20 Nowhere Men Shirt Red, W/M Xs-xxl,...
Press Release: "Image Comics (booth #2729) is pleased to be at San Diego Comic-Con this year from Wednesday, July 8 through Sunday, July 12.
Variants Sold At The Image Booth (booth #2729):
Chew #50 by John Layman & Rob Guillory, $10 Injection #3 by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey, $10 Mythic #2 by Phil Hester & John McCrea, cover art by Sean Gordon Murphy, $10 Shutter #13 by Joe Keatinge & Leila del Duca, cover art by Jonathan Hickman, $10 Starve #2 by Brian Wood & Danijel Zezelj, $10 Wytches by Scott Snyder & Jock, $35 They're Not Like Us, Vol. 1 by Eric Stephenson & Simon Gane, $20 Nowhere Men, Vol. 1 by Eric Stephenson & Nate Bellegarde, $9.99 Nowhere Men, Vol.1 Tp (Red) by Eric Stephenson & Nate Bellegarde, $9.99 Nowhere Men Shirt Teal, W/M Xs-xxl, $20 Nowhere Men Shirt Red, W/M Xs-xxl,...
- 7/8/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
5. Southern Bastards (Image)
Southern Bastards #7-8
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jason Latour
From masterminds Jason Aaron and Jason Latour comes Southern Bastards, a tale about a man, living with regret, battling the demons from his past, and facing them in his hometown. The writing is so good that Bastards has the feel of a great novel that’s rooted deep in American soil – in a place where the hero’s morality, regardless of the laws of country and state, is the last hope for a positive change. Set in the fictional Craw County, Alabama, the first story arc features a man on a mission to clean up his town with nothing but a stick locking horns with a crime boss who happens to be the local high-school football coach. The second story arc shifts perspectives and shows how the worst football player rose to power, and the sacrifices he made along the way.
Southern Bastards #7-8
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Jason Latour
From masterminds Jason Aaron and Jason Latour comes Southern Bastards, a tale about a man, living with regret, battling the demons from his past, and facing them in his hometown. The writing is so good that Bastards has the feel of a great novel that’s rooted deep in American soil – in a place where the hero’s morality, regardless of the laws of country and state, is the last hope for a positive change. Set in the fictional Craw County, Alabama, the first story arc features a man on a mission to clean up his town with nothing but a stick locking horns with a crime boss who happens to be the local high-school football coach. The second story arc shifts perspectives and shows how the worst football player rose to power, and the sacrifices he made along the way.
- 6/1/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Comic books are continuing their attempt to take over television. And this time, it’s something truly fresh: Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson’s Eisner Award-nominated series The Wicked + The Divine has been picked up as a potential TV series by Universal Television in the Us.First published last June, the book’s story follows a disparate group of individuals who are given supernatural powers after merging with deities and forming a group known as The Pantheon. It’s part of a cycle of the gods being reincarnated every 90 years and performing miracles while attaining celebrity fame.“The idea of playing superheroes as celebrity isn't exactly new,” said Gillen at the time of the launch. “However, it's always played cynical. The celebrity characters are always the debased bad guys, or at least the cautionary tale and wandering from the road of truth. It's always implicitly arguing that these...
- 5/31/2015
- EmpireOnline
I recently bought the first volume of "The Wicked + The Divine" comic series, and I'm enjoying it immensely. One of my first thoughts while reading it is how it would make a great HBO or Netflix TV show. Well, I guess I'm not that much of a visionary, as Deadline reports Universal Television is interested in producing a TV show based on the series by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, and Matt Wilson. amz asin="1632150190" size="small"The Eisner nominated series follows the exploits of a group of young people who are possessed with the spirits of deities who become reincarnated every 90 years. Becoming instant celebrities, these gods will only exist in this form for two years before dying. This description, in my opinion, doesn't do it justice. It's a beautifully written and drawn book that has the potential to transcend and become a phenomenon much like "The Walking Dead." "The...
- 5/31/2015
- by Charles Dean
- Rope of Silicon
Universal Television has optioned the rights to Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson's comic "The Wicked + The Divine" with plans to turn it into a TV series.
The story centers on a group of people with superhuman powers known as “The Pantheon” who receive said powers after merging with deities - a process that also greatly reduces their life expectancy.
Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick will produce. The comic recently scored three Eisner Award nominations including best new series.
Source: Deadline...
The story centers on a group of people with superhuman powers known as “The Pantheon” who receive said powers after merging with deities - a process that also greatly reduces their life expectancy.
Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick will produce. The comic recently scored three Eisner Award nominations including best new series.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/30/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson’s comic The Wicked + The Divine is the latest to be picked for the TV treatment…
You might remember, from February, the news that much-praised comic book writing duo Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick had signed a deal with Universal to produce TV shows based on comics.
At the time, Fraction’s Eisner-winning series Sex Criminals was the first order of business. Now, they’ve added another Eisner-winning Image comic to their slate – The Wicked + The Divine.
The Wicked + The Divine is a relatively new comic series (so far consisting of ten issues and a trade paperback, believed to last 30 or 60 issues overall) from Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson. As you might expect from that creative team (see: Young Avengers, Phonogram), The Wicked + The Divine has a sharp, trendy visual style and a heap of music references, too.
The crux...
You might remember, from February, the news that much-praised comic book writing duo Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick had signed a deal with Universal to produce TV shows based on comics.
At the time, Fraction’s Eisner-winning series Sex Criminals was the first order of business. Now, they’ve added another Eisner-winning Image comic to their slate – The Wicked + The Divine.
The Wicked + The Divine is a relatively new comic series (so far consisting of ten issues and a trade paperback, believed to last 30 or 60 issues overall) from Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson. As you might expect from that creative team (see: Young Avengers, Phonogram), The Wicked + The Divine has a sharp, trendy visual style and a heap of music references, too.
The crux...
- 5/30/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Now I feel dumb about not yet making time to read comic book series The Wicked + The Divine from Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson, because I can’t give you the inside line on why this might be great news. The Eisner-nominated series has been a favorite of many friends and colleagues since it debuted last summer, based on the creators’ […]
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- 5/30/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
On the heels of The Wicked + The Divine comic by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson landing three Eisner Award nominations, including best new series, the breakout books are headed to TV. Universal Television has optioned the rights to the property for Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Milkfed Criminal Masterminds; they will produce the project through the pod deal they recently inked with the studio. In addition to adapting their own comics and…...
- 5/29/2015
- Deadline TV
Die Hard: Year One #1-4 Written by Howard Chaykin Art by Stephen Thompson Colors by Matthew Wilson Published by Boom! Studios Die Hard: Year One is an eight issue miniseries published by Boom! Studios in 2009-2010. Made up of two volumes of four issues each, the series begins with John McClane as a rookie beat cop learning the ropes and following orders from his superiors. Volume 1 finds McClane working the beat during the Bicentennial Celebration in 1976 New York. Partnered with a complaining, lacklustre overweight superior, McClane comes up against a plot involving a boat hijacking, a small group of terrorists, and corrupt cops. By story’s end, John has earned his badge, his reputation of being in the ‘wrong place at the wrong time’, and been promoted to Detective leading into volume 2 and eventually the movie continuity. The idea of prequels is nothing new and have been a...
- 5/19/2015
- by Brendan Bergmanski
- SoundOnSight
The Wicked + the Divine #10
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
In The Wicked + the Divine #10, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie explore the fallout of Cassandra becoming the final Pantheon member while also giving readers their first glimpse of Ragnarock, which makes Coachella look like your set at the middle school talent show. Gillen, McKelvie, and colorist Matthew Wilson lay on the tragedy while also looking into the lighter, more wondrous side of godhood. This issue is a big turning point in Laura’s personal arc as she gets to reflect and act upon the fact that she’s left out of the Pantheon, and McKelvie does little things with her facial expressions and character acting to show her feelings towards the various gods and fans. These all happen while Gillen starts to wrap up the first arc’s murder mystery,...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
In The Wicked + the Divine #10, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie explore the fallout of Cassandra becoming the final Pantheon member while also giving readers their first glimpse of Ragnarock, which makes Coachella look like your set at the middle school talent show. Gillen, McKelvie, and colorist Matthew Wilson lay on the tragedy while also looking into the lighter, more wondrous side of godhood. This issue is a big turning point in Laura’s personal arc as she gets to reflect and act upon the fact that she’s left out of the Pantheon, and McKelvie does little things with her facial expressions and character acting to show her feelings towards the various gods and fans. These all happen while Gillen starts to wrap up the first arc’s murder mystery,...
- 5/5/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
The Wicked + the Divine #9
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
So, The Wicked + the Divine is a very strange series. It’s not one that’s easy to review as the series often eye drops information to the reader though off hand bits of dialogue. The story so far follows a pantheon of various deities all whom reincarnate every nine decades in the form of super inspirational icons. In the 21st century, the pantheon find themselves as pop stars bearing blatant parallels to the likes of Daft Punk, Kanye West, and Prince. All of this is perceived (mostly) from the view point of Laura, a super fan whom is out to solve the framing of Lucifer for murder.
This issue takes a side tour however, as Laura barely appears and focus is shifted to Cassandra, a reporter out to prove the Pantheon as fake.
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
So, The Wicked + the Divine is a very strange series. It’s not one that’s easy to review as the series often eye drops information to the reader though off hand bits of dialogue. The story so far follows a pantheon of various deities all whom reincarnate every nine decades in the form of super inspirational icons. In the 21st century, the pantheon find themselves as pop stars bearing blatant parallels to the likes of Daft Punk, Kanye West, and Prince. All of this is perceived (mostly) from the view point of Laura, a super fan whom is out to solve the framing of Lucifer for murder.
This issue takes a side tour however, as Laura barely appears and focus is shifted to Cassandra, a reporter out to prove the Pantheon as fake.
- 3/25/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Preview Marvel Comics' Thor #6 - Will Heimdall disclsoe the identity of the new, female Thor to the Odinson? As he runs down possibilities, the Prince of Asgard names Brunhilde, Sif and Angela as potential candiates. Written by Jason Aaron Art by Russell Dauterman Covers by Russell Dauterman, Matthew Wilson, Ladronn, Stephanie Hans Release date - March 11, 2015 Publisher - Marvel Comics Who Is Thor? • That’s the question on everyone’s lips. Most especially Prince Odinson of Asgard. This issue, he starts to narrow down the list of suspects. • Meanwhile, tensions continue to flare between the All-Mother and All-Father, Malekith forges his most dangerous pact yet, and Thor prepares to face her greatest challenge!
- 3/8/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
The Wicked + the Divine #8
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
The Wicked + the Divine #7 concluded with a Day-Glo full page splash of the newest god to join the Pantheon: Dionysus, everyone’s favorite deity dedicated to wine, merry-making, and with a dark side. (His followers literally ripped the best human singer to pieces.) Dionysus takes center stage in WicDiv #8, which is the first issue to take place almost entirely at one of the Pantheon’s “gigs”. With his mythological background in the chthonic (“underground”) rituals of Asia Minor and then becoming a subsequent part of the Olympians, Dionysus is the bridge for the “sky” gods, like Baal, Amaterasu, and Inanna and the underground gods Morrigan and Baphomet. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie write and draw this issue as one big party while adding some insights into each deity and Laura too.
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
The Wicked + the Divine #7 concluded with a Day-Glo full page splash of the newest god to join the Pantheon: Dionysus, everyone’s favorite deity dedicated to wine, merry-making, and with a dark side. (His followers literally ripped the best human singer to pieces.) Dionysus takes center stage in WicDiv #8, which is the first issue to take place almost entirely at one of the Pantheon’s “gigs”. With his mythological background in the chthonic (“underground”) rituals of Asia Minor and then becoming a subsequent part of the Olympians, Dionysus is the bridge for the “sky” gods, like Baal, Amaterasu, and Inanna and the underground gods Morrigan and Baphomet. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie write and draw this issue as one big party while adding some insights into each deity and Laura too.
- 2/24/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
The Wicked + the Divine #7
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
The Wicked + the Divine #7 is all about the world-building. In the “Faust Act” arc, the focus was predominantly on Luci and Laura, but in “Fandemonium”, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie slow down the pace (slightly in this issue) and start to explore the other gods. Inana got fleshed out last issue, and it’s Woden’s party this time around. Gillen shows his incredibly creepy relationship with the Valkyries and also reveals why he doesn’t show his face. This is all set at the London Fantheon where Laura is continuing to find Luci’s killer (who Inanna thinks is a fan) while simultaneously coming to grips with her own fame after a “Near God Experience”. Gillen and McKelvie use the con setting to continue to explore the nature of...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
The Wicked + the Divine #7 is all about the world-building. In the “Faust Act” arc, the focus was predominantly on Luci and Laura, but in “Fandemonium”, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie slow down the pace (slightly in this issue) and start to explore the other gods. Inana got fleshed out last issue, and it’s Woden’s party this time around. Gillen shows his incredibly creepy relationship with the Valkyries and also reveals why he doesn’t show his face. This is all set at the London Fantheon where Laura is continuing to find Luci’s killer (who Inanna thinks is a fan) while simultaneously coming to grips with her own fame after a “Near God Experience”. Gillen and McKelvie use the con setting to continue to explore the nature of...
- 1/20/2015
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
5. The Empty Man (Boom!)
The Empty Man #1-6
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Vanessa R. Del Rey
Colorist: Michael Garland
Cullen Bunn is unique. If nothing else can be said about him, he is certainly unique. The Empty Man shows the full extent of Bunn’s ability. The series focuses on two detectives as they struggle to sort out the mystery surrounding a series of suspicious deaths and murders. The deaths are connected by the strange hallucinations experienced by the perpetrators, as well as their last words “The Empty Man made me do it”. The Empty Man is unpredictable because it follows so very few tropes. Nothing like this series has been seen before, and readers will be asking themselves the same question over and over: Who is the Empty Man? (Or “What the F*ck?”).
Bunn’s series is still in its infancy, so can be said without spoiling the twisting,...
The Empty Man #1-6
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Vanessa R. Del Rey
Colorist: Michael Garland
Cullen Bunn is unique. If nothing else can be said about him, he is certainly unique. The Empty Man shows the full extent of Bunn’s ability. The series focuses on two detectives as they struggle to sort out the mystery surrounding a series of suspicious deaths and murders. The deaths are connected by the strange hallucinations experienced by the perpetrators, as well as their last words “The Empty Man made me do it”. The Empty Man is unpredictable because it follows so very few tropes. Nothing like this series has been seen before, and readers will be asking themselves the same question over and over: Who is the Empty Man? (Or “What the F*ck?”).
Bunn’s series is still in its infancy, so can be said without spoiling the twisting,...
- 12/21/2014
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
The Wicked + the Divine #6
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
If there is one word to describe The Wicked + the Divine #6 (WicDiv from now on) it would be: somber. The book begins in dreary Brockley, South London, and Matthew Wilson’s bright, gaudy palette has been muted except for the slight shimmer of Laura’s Inanna t-shirt. WicDiv #6 starts to explore Laura’s character in depth while also introducing readers to the never before seen (and cover subject) Inanna. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie show Laura struggling to activate her powers bestowed by Luci while also digging into why she is such an obsessed fan of the god-like pop stars. WicDiv #6 is truly Gillen and McKelvie’s love letter to fandom of all sorts from the hilariously tacky “Lucifer died for our sins” shirts to another diagram spread of Laura’s messy fangirl infused bedroom,...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Image Comics
If there is one word to describe The Wicked + the Divine #6 (WicDiv from now on) it would be: somber. The book begins in dreary Brockley, South London, and Matthew Wilson’s bright, gaudy palette has been muted except for the slight shimmer of Laura’s Inanna t-shirt. WicDiv #6 starts to explore Laura’s character in depth while also introducing readers to the never before seen (and cover subject) Inanna. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie show Laura struggling to activate her powers bestowed by Luci while also digging into why she is such an obsessed fan of the god-like pop stars. WicDiv #6 is truly Gillen and McKelvie’s love letter to fandom of all sorts from the hilariously tacky “Lucifer died for our sins” shirts to another diagram spread of Laura’s messy fangirl infused bedroom,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Thor #1
Written by Jason Aaron
Drawn by Russell Dauterman
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Marvel Comics
Thor #1 has a cinematic feel to its writing and art that will ease new (and lapsed) fans into the status quo as well as shutting up people, who said “female Thor” was a gimmick. (They’ll probably still complain.) Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman open up the issue with a mythology-tinged mystery before going directly into the power struggle on Asgardia between Odin and Freyja. During all this physical and verbal action, Thor is still striving to lift Mjolnir and as such, “worthiness” is a major theme of Thor #1. Does one’s gender, royal blood, or ability to wield a magical weapon make one worthy? This debate might seem antiquated, but even in democratic republics like the United States, “background” things like gender, social class, beliefs, and ethnicity. Why has there never been a female president?...
Written by Jason Aaron
Drawn by Russell Dauterman
Colors by Matthew Wilson
Published by Marvel Comics
Thor #1 has a cinematic feel to its writing and art that will ease new (and lapsed) fans into the status quo as well as shutting up people, who said “female Thor” was a gimmick. (They’ll probably still complain.) Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman open up the issue with a mythology-tinged mystery before going directly into the power struggle on Asgardia between Odin and Freyja. During all this physical and verbal action, Thor is still striving to lift Mjolnir and as such, “worthiness” is a major theme of Thor #1. Does one’s gender, royal blood, or ability to wield a magical weapon make one worthy? This debate might seem antiquated, but even in democratic republics like the United States, “background” things like gender, social class, beliefs, and ethnicity. Why has there never been a female president?...
- 10/2/2014
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
The Wicked + the Divine #2
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matt Wilson
Published by Image Comics
In The Wicked + the Divine #2, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie get down to business and start to explore the ideas of divinities as pop stars through the lens of their biggest fan Laura, the protagonist of the series and their biggest detractor, the aptly named Cassandra, a reporter and former comparative mythology student. Through Laura’s voice-over captions, Gillen draws some interesting parallels between celebrity and deity worship. McKelvie continues to be the master of comics layouts handling the more intimate “talking heads” scenes between Luci and Laura as well as Luci’s fiery two page spread origins with equal aplomb. The aforementioned captions add extra meat to the quieter scenes, like Laura walking to Luci’s prison. The Wicked + the Divine #2 takes its time with the series’ master plot,...
Written by Kieron Gillen
Art by Jamie McKelvie
Colors by Matt Wilson
Published by Image Comics
In The Wicked + the Divine #2, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie get down to business and start to explore the ideas of divinities as pop stars through the lens of their biggest fan Laura, the protagonist of the series and their biggest detractor, the aptly named Cassandra, a reporter and former comparative mythology student. Through Laura’s voice-over captions, Gillen draws some interesting parallels between celebrity and deity worship. McKelvie continues to be the master of comics layouts handling the more intimate “talking heads” scenes between Luci and Laura as well as Luci’s fiery two page spread origins with equal aplomb. The aforementioned captions add extra meat to the quieter scenes, like Laura walking to Luci’s prison. The Wicked + the Divine #2 takes its time with the series’ master plot,...
- 7/16/2014
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Todd Nauck
Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg
Letterer: Vc’s Cory Petit
Standard Cover by Chris Samnee with Matthew Wilson
Published by Marvel Comics
Nightcrawler #1 sees the return to the X-Men Universe of both Nightcrawler, the teleporting fuzzy elf who first debuted in Giant Size X-Men #1 back in 1975, and Chris Claremont, the writer responsible for putting the X-Men on the map during his fifteen plus years writing Uncanny X-Men from the late seventies into the early nineties. Neither has fared well of late: Nightcrawler was killed off during 2007′s “Second Coming” story, offered up as that storyline’s requisite bit of event fodder before being recently resurrected in the opening arc of Jason Aaron’s Amazing X-Men spinoff title. Chris Claremont’ latest significant return to the X-Men, X-Men Forever was met with both mediocre sales and fan reaction. It’s hard to call this issue a triumphant return for both,...
Artist: Todd Nauck
Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg
Letterer: Vc’s Cory Petit
Standard Cover by Chris Samnee with Matthew Wilson
Published by Marvel Comics
Nightcrawler #1 sees the return to the X-Men Universe of both Nightcrawler, the teleporting fuzzy elf who first debuted in Giant Size X-Men #1 back in 1975, and Chris Claremont, the writer responsible for putting the X-Men on the map during his fifteen plus years writing Uncanny X-Men from the late seventies into the early nineties. Neither has fared well of late: Nightcrawler was killed off during 2007′s “Second Coming” story, offered up as that storyline’s requisite bit of event fodder before being recently resurrected in the opening arc of Jason Aaron’s Amazing X-Men spinoff title. Chris Claremont’ latest significant return to the X-Men, X-Men Forever was met with both mediocre sales and fan reaction. It’s hard to call this issue a triumphant return for both,...
- 4/12/2014
- by Austin Gorton
- SoundOnSight
Birdland Jazz Club announces its February 2014 schedule, featuring 4 Generations of Miles with Jimmy Cobb, Mike Stern, Buster Williams amp Sonny Fortune Reflections of Monk with Tom Harrell, Greg Osby, Melissa Aldana, Aaron Goldberg, Ben Allison amp Matt Wilson Quest with Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Ron McClure amp Billy Hart Joey DeFrancesco Organ Trio Cyrille Aimee Barbara Carroll Christina Bianco's Birthday Bash Jay Leonhart Duo Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne Anne Tofflemire Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more...
- 2/1/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Birdland Jazz Club announces its February 2014 schedule, featuring 4 Generations of Miles with Jimmy Cobb, Mike Stern, Buster Williams amp Sonny Fortune Reflections of Monk with Tom Harrell, Greg Osby, Melissa Aldana, Aaron Goldberg, Ben Allison amp Matt Wilson Quest with Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Ron McClure amp Billy Hart Joey DeFrancesco Organ Trio Cyrille Aimee Barbara Carroll Christina Bianco's Birthday Bash Jay Leonhart Duo Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne Anne Tofflemire Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more...
- 1/15/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #1
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Art: Pete Woods
Colours: Matthew Wilson
Lettering: Nate Piekos of Blambot
Cover: Pete Woods w/ Matthew Wilson
Publisher: Mike Richardson for Dark Horse Comics
Purchase: http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/24-235/Terminator-Salvation-The-Final-Battle-1-Pete-Woods-cover
The Terminator franchise has been wildly successful for 29 years. While the movie series may have one or two clunkers– you know which ones they are, the franchise as a whole has withstood the test of time. Thanks to a rabid fan base, an endless well of material to pool from and a message that hits closer and closer to home with every iOS update, its pretty easy to see why. But something very interesting is happening over at Dark Horse Comics.
Since Hollywood seems to be sitting on the Terminator franchise for a bit, more than likely heading towards an unnecessary reboot, Dark Horse has taken...
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Art: Pete Woods
Colours: Matthew Wilson
Lettering: Nate Piekos of Blambot
Cover: Pete Woods w/ Matthew Wilson
Publisher: Mike Richardson for Dark Horse Comics
Purchase: http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/24-235/Terminator-Salvation-The-Final-Battle-1-Pete-Woods-cover
The Terminator franchise has been wildly successful for 29 years. While the movie series may have one or two clunkers– you know which ones they are, the franchise as a whole has withstood the test of time. Thanks to a rabid fan base, an endless well of material to pool from and a message that hits closer and closer to home with every iOS update, its pretty easy to see why. But something very interesting is happening over at Dark Horse Comics.
Since Hollywood seems to be sitting on the Terminator franchise for a bit, more than likely heading towards an unnecessary reboot, Dark Horse has taken...
- 12/4/2013
- by Sean Tonelli
- SoundOnSight
Well, it’s upon us once again, and not a moment too soon: the superlative annual comic convention Thought Bubble is back as part of both the Leeds International Film Festival and Comic Art Festival, with a signing tour currently wending its way across Britain and the main events happening this weekend at the Royal Armouries.
And, boy, is there a lot going on.
So I thought I’d put together a brief guide to my picks of the panels and events being put on over the weekend. This is by no means exhaustive, but hopefully (if your tastes are anything like mine) it’ll at least steer you in the right direction. If you’re at all disappointed by where I send you, I can be found yelling at Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie for quitting Young Avengers…
Saturday 23rd
The morning of the first day has a couple of neat-sounding panels,...
And, boy, is there a lot going on.
So I thought I’d put together a brief guide to my picks of the panels and events being put on over the weekend. This is by no means exhaustive, but hopefully (if your tastes are anything like mine) it’ll at least steer you in the right direction. If you’re at all disappointed by where I send you, I can be found yelling at Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie for quitting Young Avengers…
Saturday 23rd
The morning of the first day has a couple of neat-sounding panels,...
- 11/22/2013
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
A-listers J. Michael Straczynski and Pete Woods unite for the biggest Terminator story ever! Hopping between the future and the past, this sweeping, twelve-issue epic counts down the end of the Machine War—but not the one fans expect! Everything’s at stake, and the fates of Skynet and John Connor will be told!
Terminator: Salvation #1
Story by: J. Michael Straczynski
Art: Pete Woods
Colors by: Matthew Wilson
Cover by: Pete Woods
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: Wed, December 4th, 2013
via [Cbr]...
Terminator: Salvation #1
Story by: J. Michael Straczynski
Art: Pete Woods
Colors by: Matthew Wilson
Cover by: Pete Woods
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: Wed, December 4th, 2013
via [Cbr]...
- 11/21/2013
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
When the son of the Scarlet Witch wants to make his boyfriend happy, things like reality and death don’t get in the way. In Young Avengers V1: Style > Substance, Teddy (a.k.a. Hulkling,) a half blooded alien shape changer is struggling through a world without a mother, without a superhero boyfriend at his side and without a team or more exactly a group of friends who are going through the same things that he is. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie take Allan Heinberg and Jimmy Cheung’s Avengers-wannabe team and kick them out of their young teenage angst and thrust them into the verge of adulthood, where the world is never quite as cool or as altogether as it seems like it should be.
Gillen and McKelvie turn the “parents just don’t understand” cliche on its head as Billy (a.k.a. Wiccan) tries to pluck...
Gillen and McKelvie turn the “parents just don’t understand” cliche on its head as Billy (a.k.a. Wiccan) tries to pluck...
- 10/8/2013
- by Scott Cederlund
- SoundOnSight
Check out the fourth poster for Stuart Blumberg's Thanks for Sharing, starring Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit and Alecia "Pink" Moore. This is a sharply comic and deeply moving look at a new kind of modern family, as a group of friends in recovery learns to face life together with heart, humor and humility. Blumberg directs and also wrote the script with Matt Wilson, for the Lionsgate release which opens in theaters on September 20th, 2013.
- 9/18/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch fresh clips from Thanks for Sharing, starring Mark Ruffalo and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Lionsgate romantic comedy opens in theaters on September 20th, 2013, and also stars Josh Gad, Alecia Moore and Tim Robbins. Stuart Blumberg directs from a script he wrote with Matt Wilson, this the comic and deeply moving look at a new kind of modern family, as a group of friends in recovery learns to face life together with heart, humor and humility. Gary Gilbert, William Migliore and David Koplan produce.
- 9/15/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Swamp Thing’s rebirth was a journey of beauty and hot fire. Yanick Paquette’s panels were a smash-up of wondrous green visuals juxtaposed with the mutilated world of the rot. It made me look at Swamp Thing a whole new way. This is a hero that sits outside of the typical pantheon of DC Comics characters; you’ll rarely – if ever – find him off on a cosmic quest with Justice League heroes, facing intergalactic threats. But that’s what makes the return, and resurrection of Dr. Alec Holland so much more appealing. It’s a vibrant Woodstock journey of Earth Day allegories and green initiatives that falls on the shoulders of one very reluctant hero.
The first Swamp Thing graphic novel brought back Dr. Alec Holland from the dead. We learned that the real Holland died and the last Swamp Thing was a “fake” created by the Parliament of Trees.
The first Swamp Thing graphic novel brought back Dr. Alec Holland from the dead. We learned that the real Holland died and the last Swamp Thing was a “fake” created by the Parliament of Trees.
- 5/9/2013
- by Bags Hooper
- BuzzFocus.com
Graveyard of Empires Vol. 1 Tp
Story: Mark Sable
Art: Paul Azaceta
Colours: Matthew Wilson
Letterer/Desginer: Thomas Mauer
Publisher: Image Comics
War has been a tough sell in Hollywood over the last decade, with a number of high profile films barely making a dent in the box-office. With the exception of Zero Dark Thirty, it seems that the general populace have all but had it with the genre and the same can be said about comic books. The war-genre, once a staple of comic shelves, hasn’t seen a successful comic-line in quite some time. While many characters are locked in battle, even giant galactic wars for years, when it comes down to it, there are few books focusing on the war at home. This is what makes Mark Sables and Paul Azaceta’s Graveyard of Empires both refreshing and ultimately disappointing.
Graveyard of Empires is an unflinching look at the hell-on-earth that is war.
Story: Mark Sable
Art: Paul Azaceta
Colours: Matthew Wilson
Letterer/Desginer: Thomas Mauer
Publisher: Image Comics
War has been a tough sell in Hollywood over the last decade, with a number of high profile films barely making a dent in the box-office. With the exception of Zero Dark Thirty, it seems that the general populace have all but had it with the genre and the same can be said about comic books. The war-genre, once a staple of comic shelves, hasn’t seen a successful comic-line in quite some time. While many characters are locked in battle, even giant galactic wars for years, when it comes down to it, there are few books focusing on the war at home. This is what makes Mark Sables and Paul Azaceta’s Graveyard of Empires both refreshing and ultimately disappointing.
Graveyard of Empires is an unflinching look at the hell-on-earth that is war.
- 5/1/2013
- by Sean Tonelli
- SoundOnSight
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