I would bet that if you asked a random person off the street to name a member of the X-men, Wolverine would be the first on the list. He has always been the most popular of that superhero group because he fits that tough, Marlboro Man image that we all […]
Spy movies have always been a bit of a conundrum for me. On the one hand, it’s hard to go wrong with explosions, sex and violence. But, and I know what I’m about to say will be considered sacrilegious by many, I have never been a Bond fan. I know […]
Since I was disappointed with the modernized pantheon of Wonder Woman last week, I figured I’d try the deities theme again and review The Wicked and the Divine this week. The Wicked and the Divine is a very new modern fantasy series written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Jamie […]
As a woman who loves both video games and comic books, I have a history of being irritated by the lack of female characters that I can feel excited about. Both have an unfortunate tendency to focus on female characters’ sex appeal to the detriment of them having interesting personalities […]
Science fiction is often hit or miss for me. I just don’t have the brain for hard science so the kind of science fiction that I enjoy tends to be more on the soft side of the genre. Due to my introduction to the card game Android: Netrunner, I’ve recently […]
When you’ve been reading a series for a long time, having the final volume in your hands always feels like such a bittersweet moment. You desperately want to know how it’s all going to end and yet, if it’s a good one, you just as desperately want it to never […]
This week I’ll be reviewing the four issue what-if series Pax Romana, which is written and illustrated by Jonathan Hickman. I’ve always loved reading about history. Getting to see the ways in which people lived and thought about their own lives and those they interacted with, and how that compares […]
This week I’m making a return to the Lovecraftian with a review of Locke and Key, the horror series written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez. This is the first of Joe Hill’s works that I’ve ever read and I have to say that I’m seriously impressed. Locke […]
I’ve always been a sucker for fairy tales, especially when they involve Death (as a character, I’m not that morbid). This week I’ll be reviewing the stunning western/mythic/fairy-tale amalgamation that is Pretty Deadly. So far there are only five issues which have been collected into a single trade paperback volume […]
This week I’ll be reviewing a brand new dystopian series: Lazarus, which is written by Greg Rucka with art by Michael Lark. What has always drawn me to science fiction, and dystopian fiction in general, is the way it can take current events and concepts and stretch them just far enough to be […]
