C’est la Guerre Review: Knights of the Skull
Knights of the Skull: Barbarossa. Cover by Wayne Vansant. Wayne Vansant’s Knights of the Skull volumes 1 (Blitzkrieg) & 2 (Barbarossa) are young adult graphic histories tracing the development of the...
C’est la Guerre: Johnny Canuck!
Johnny Canuck: Compendium, 1942-1946. art by Leo Bachle. Undoubtedly, one of the most famous images in comic book history is the cover for Captain America Comics #1 where Cap marks his premiere by...
C’est la Guerre Review: The Death of Stalin
The Death of Stalin is a brilliant, darkly funny portrait of the machinations of the powerful, and a deeply moving study of the people who are both the victims of - and victors over - their rulers. In short,...
9Out of 10
Review: DARK DAYS: THE FORGE #1
Review: Dark Days: The Forge #1 "If Dark Days: The Forge #1 is any indication of what’s to come in Dark Nights: Metal, it’s clear that DC’s Rebirth era has firm grasp of what makes for a big, bold,...
10Out of 10
Review: HAWKEYE #7
Review: Hawkeye #7 "Hawkeye #7 demonstrates once again that the creative team has a keen grasp of who their characters are and where they want those characters to move narratively, while never forgetting...
C’est la Guerre Review – Berlin: The Seven Dwarves
Marvano’s juxtaposition of the sun-drenched fields of England and the explosion-ripped pitch of the nights above Berlin is beautiful and terrible, and his portrayal of loss and love in a world gone savage...
9Out of 10
Review: JEM: THE MISFITS #5
Review: Jem: The Misfits #5 "Jem: The Misfits #5 is a gorgeous concoction of the sweet and the salty, just like we like our Misfits, and the creative team could not have let the rockers belt out a more...
Finster’s Depraved Origin Is Highlighted in MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS 2017 Annual
Since Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ earliest days, the mad sculptor Finster has been a mainstay of the mythology of the television series and, later, the comics. While the TV show portrayed him as...
Ethics & Anthropology in STAR TREK: WAYPOINT #5’s “Come Away, Child”
Despite having a Prime Directive of “no interference,” Star Trek’s United Federation of Planets—specifically, its individual members—has a tendency to do a good deal of interfering and meddling...
Loneliness & Belonging in WONDER WOMAN Annual #1’s “The Last Kaiju”
This week, DC Comics, Warner Bros., and, really, much of the world is celebrating Princess Diana of Themyscira, the hero known as Wonder Woman, all in honor of both her 75th anniversary and her...