The horror genre comes in all shapes and sizes; vampires, zombies and werewolves may be classic monsters but of all the monsters that exist, it is the impact and imagination of the human mind that creates its own demons. Cullen Bun is no stranger to the variety of horror having covered plenty of examples for… Read More »
They say that nothing ventured is nothing gained. With this little idiom sitting in your head consider this, what would one of the best most consistent writers currently working at Marvel possibly do as their something ventured? Like many of those who have gone before, Kelly Thompson of Captain Marvel fame, is writing for Image… Read More »
If comics are a drug, I am completely addicted. Why else would I look to write reviews, and host podcasts? Addictions can affect your life, both personally and professional. I mean which comic book fan doesn’t know the “pleasure” of boring the pants off their respective partners, or had the Avengers theme as their ringtone?… Read More »
(This is one of the more evergreen articles I’ve written. I would change a few things about how I phrased stuff, but my point still stands. Between things like Knives Out and The Dark Harvest, I’ve seen my fair share of “original” media that hit all my points.) Just What Precisely Is Artistic Originality Anyway?… Read More »
The most consistent Marvel book of 2022 returns for 2023, mid-story and therefore mid-problem. What would you expect from the creative mid of Kelly Thompson. Carol and the Binary Rescue Gang. are enjoying a soiree with flirting and drinks. Everyone is looking good, having fun, if it wasn’t for that pesky little mind-worm that hints… Read More »
The School for Good and Evil Has Lots To Like In It The School for Good and Evil is a fun fantasy movie with a surprising amount of narrative depth while also being goofy, self-indulgent, and occasionally seriously questionable. I’ll spend some time ragging on it, mostly for its botched train wreck of an ending,… Read More »
With the Yoda series Cavan Scott and Nico Leon craft a beautiful, dynamic, interesting parable with one of fiction’s greatest characters at the center. This book feels like one of the best episodes of Clone Wars with the focus on a single Jedi taking on a challenge which seems simple but has complex stakes and… Read More »
For the uninitiated, comic books are all about superheroes, capes and cowls where the good guy always win. Of course, for those “in the know”, we are fully aware that comics come in all shapes, sizes and genre’s. With the recent influx of books like Gun Honey and Lovesick, sex has become more prevalent as… Read More »
Han Solo and Chewbacca continue to waste two of the best characters in comics. Issue 8 is even worse in that the main focus of the books seems to be shifting to Phaedra. Phaedra somehow gets to be as resourceful, creative and crafty as Han Solo is supposed to be. Han meantime seems to be… Read More »
The Luminous Dead Needs A Certain Type Of Reader To Work The Luminous Dead is perhaps one of the hardest reviews I’ve done in a long time. The nature of the work has clashed with my usual operations. To explain, I need to give a little context to my work as a critic. My subjective… Read More »