Welcome to another installment of Comic Picks of the Week. It seems nothing of interest to me comes out one or two or three weeks each month, piling my purchases into two or three Thursdays a month. Not enough interests me, especially from the big two. Even Dark Horse hasn’t offered much since Resident Alien, …
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Mar 26 2013
Comics Picks of the Week of 27 March 2013
My impoverished ass doesn’t buy many comics these days. In fact it has a small folder bursting (well–not bursting as much as mildly swelling) with comics from the past few weeks at the comic book store because I am poor for I am a river to my people–my people being the student loan bastards and …
Feb 20 2013
Mark! and the Manatee: Sea Cow Power!
During my latest travels over the wintry break from brain-washing the young adults of America’s community college classrooms, I visited warm, sunny, taco truck-laden Florida and didn’t want to leave. And I wanted to try my hand at fore- shortening, one of my visual arts goals of late. Needs work, right? I had photo reference …
Dec 09 2012
¡Run, Carly, Run!: Reading ElECTRONiC Issues 1-3
I’m hooked. My friend Bullseye Joe is concocting his first foray into comics writing and was loaned the first three issues ElECTRONiC by writer and creator Joe Corallo, a local patron of Collectors Kingdom. I plan to purchase these three comics from Corallo in support of the work he and his art team are creating. …
Oct 22 2012
When Restaurants Have Paper Table Coverings…
Which was then totally stolen by my mom’s oldest friend… ‘Nuff said.
Oct 17 2012
Prismacolor Markers and Fleshtones Practice
Richmond Zine Fest itself, specifically talking with talented folks such as Cody Pickrodt, energized me into getting back into making comics. I realize this is one of the few ways I’ll be able to create the worlds I would like to see. What I can express is limited only by my abilities or lack thereof. …
Sep 12 2012
Brief Reviews: Godzilla Legends 3
If you’re a fan of Godzilla, Godzilla Legends (2011) 3 is probably pretty damn cool. Writer Raicht makes the protagonist a likable kid, even if there isn’t too much time to develop him as a character, who I imagine appears in some ongoing series from publisher IDW. The art time provides some attractive art, especially …
Sep 11 2012
An Evening with Dean Haspiel
On Thursday 4 October 2012, the Cinema Arts Centre of Huntington, New York will host An Evening with Dean Haspiel. I’ve only read two works to which “Dino” has contributed artwork to and have enjoyed them both, The Alcoholic with author Jonathan Ames, and some American Splendor stories with the late infamous curmudgeon Harvey Pekar. …
Aug 22 2012
Spider-Man–Menace! or Reading Jackpot (2010) Issue 2
While I’ve probably enjoyed some of Guggenheim’s writing on Amazing Spider-Man, and I cannot say for sure due to the rotating team of writers on the title and me being two years behind in my reading, I would not have sought out Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot. Issues 2 and 3 were a part of a …
Aug 20 2012
Buy This Comic Now: Debris #1
I won’t try to sell you on how some #1 Image Comics have become hot, high $$$ potatoes these past few years, oh no, though I’d like to believe this may become one of them because I enjoyed it so damn much. Welcome to Debris, a sweet sci-fi action comic. Why this comic book rocks!: …
Aug 11 2012
Kiss My Chaos!
I remember that I bought Kissing Chaos at MoCCA Art Fest 2007 but don’t recall why. It might have been browser’s guilt, that I’d been looking at what was available on the tables, possibly trying to avoid eye contact with creators (something I dislike as a tabler) so I wouldn’t feel obligated to buy something …
Jul 12 2012
Buy This Comic Now: Resident Alien 0-2
I cannot praise this comic book enough and I want you to buy it and support these creators, but only if you love or even only like murder mysteries and stories about benign aliens who have fallen to earth and are await rescue while having a deep impact on the people around them, a la …
Jun 27 2012
The Theatre Bizarre: A Mixed Bag Horror Film Anthology
Anthologies are always a crap shoot, even low-budget indie film anthologies in which the directors have free reign to create the characters and worlds they want. This one is no different. There are a range of films, some lame, some decent, and one I would actually recommend to people, maybe two. There is a framing …
Jun 15 2012
Coming Soon: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild may be one of those indie films somehow missed by the mass public. I will do my best to not let that happen. This film looks magical and full of hope and emotional resonance and beautiful cinematography and storytelling. Only time will tell, but I will now tell you I …
Jun 13 2012
I want to know if his first name is Herman: A Mermin #4 Review
I dig this cover. What I dig is the whale. The sperm whale. I think it’s a sperm whale and no, it’s not just because it has the word “sperm” in it. There’s something about the shape of it’s big round head (I’m seriously not trying to be perverted here) and it’s baleen-filled mouth (see, …
Jun 08 2012
Fire from the Gods: My Initial Impressions of Prometheus: Part I: Promotion
“They went looking for our beginning. What they found could be our end,” states the film’s tagline. I first discovered Prometheus last fall as a giant cardboard stand-up with a sort of 3-D effect in the lobby of a movie theatre. A monolith, I studied it and learned its purpose, promotion, as I’d remained oblivious …
Jun 07 2012
Galaxy of Terror: Because Nothing Say Roger Corman Like a 1-Ton Rape Maggot
Yeah, that first scene with the zombie guy and spaceship battle isn’t even in this movie. The feminist in me should be screaming about this movie and not with any kind of praise. Roger Corman <3′s rape scenes. Rape scenes in which it seems only women are raped, usually highly attractive women, by Western cultural …
Jun 02 2012
Sweet Graffiti and Our Lady of Sweet Revenge: An Indie Comic Review
Synopsis: Reluctantly married to a royal envoy, a princess fights off marauding hags and gives her new marriage a chance. Review: This comic approaches viewers with an interesting presentation that doesn’t indicate what the interior is like. It may create some mystery, but the splotched on red paint is somewhat difficult to read and whatever …
Jun 01 2012
Ria: Cyber-Smasher: There’s Potential
Alex Avery’s Ria: Cyber-Smasher “Episode Zero” introduces readers to a young girl who loves kung-fu movies, but whose asshole father moved her and her mother to Qwellton because it’s “one of the most peaceful places around”, apparently so peaceful that she might be ostracized for enjoying martial arts. This makes me think this comic was …
May 31 2012
Monster Mash on the Monster Isle: A Minicomic Review
If you like Godzilla, Power Rangers (whichever version), Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad, or Gammorah, this comic might be one you’ll enjoy. Monster Isle: Big Monster Stuff is an all-ages comic for fans of the “human in costume” playing giant-monster or monster fighter movies and TV shows. It’s not terribly profound or deep, but does cutely …
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