
I was more than a little surprised by the appearance of a new The Tick #1 on the shelves of my local shop. Picking it up and reading a little I noted two things: the art work is really lovely and this wasn't just a holiday one-off, it's the first in a new bimonthly ongoing comic...

My on-again, off-again relationship with the Blackest Night crossover event in the DC Universe is, well, off again. Number 5 saw the biggest names yet making their appearance and yet it left me completely cold...

One final gift suggestion, and this one is both the priciest and the least likely to fit in anyone's stocking: Rising Stars Compendium. This hardcover collects all 24 issues of J...

I shudder to think how many people reading this weren't yet born in 1980, but maybe you/they can view that as a sign of retro street cred. Looking for something for the highly literate, pop-culture-obsessed, sarcastic, politically-minded certain someone on your list this year...

Every now and then the wide net I cast with my Google Reader feeds turns up a genuine surprise. Yesterday it was this: A southern California megachurch pastor has teamed up with popular comic book artist Rob Liefeld to create a graphic novel series on the end times...

Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon have been lauded for their older work, and the prerelease excitement for their newest creation, Vertigo's Daytripper, has been no exception. And When you read their original story, this sibling collaboration shows that it's well worth the praise. ...

Greg Rucka, possibly my favorite comics writer at the moment for his work on Detective Comics, has debuted his new series Stumptown: a hard-boiled book full of suspense, strong characterization and detective story tropes...

Alright, alright, technically it's Thursday, but sometimes you have one of those weeks, ya know? Here's some highlights of what is in stores this week if you too haven't had a chance to get to your local comic shop...

When I read The Authority: Relentless, the first trade paperback collection of Warren Ellis' sequel to StormWatch and stronger than that title in every way, I was left practically breathless...

A friend sent this to me today. His email consisted of only these words: "Dude, so this is about the most awesome thing I've ever seen". Honestly, I think he might be right, as rarely have I encountered anything as cool as the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co...

Comics have a strange standing on the gift-giving spectrum; The field touches upon every imaginable genre, yet your lucky gift recipient will likely fail to appreciate the gesture if they approach the book with the biases that most people hold about illustrated books...

I must shamefully admit that up until I read Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love #1, I had never ventured into Vertigo's Fables mythology. With a series into its eightieth-plus issue, there's this irrational but arresting fear of the extensive continuity that may be required...

You guys may recall I was a bit cranky about Northstar and his lack of lovin' about a year and a half ago. In fact, at the time, I issued a challenge to Marvel to get him a kiss by June 2009 or I would declare him not really gay. I have not forgotten about this...




















