Savage the Wild Published by: Valiant ComicsWritten by: Max BemisIllustrated by: Nathan StockmanISBN: 9781682153840Ages: 13+ When I was younger (in 1992) a movie came out called Encino Man. In it, two teens from Southern California find a caveman in their backyard, whom they then teach all about living in the 80s. It’s a fun comedy…
Graphic Novel Review: Van Helsing vs The League of Monsters
Van Helsing vs The League of Monsters Published by: Zenescope ComicsWritten by: VariousIllustrated by: VariousISBN: 9781951087227Ages: 14+ With Dracula now resurrected and standing with his daughter Charlotte, the next thing to do is consolidate their power base. They can do that by recruiting a team of monsters to stand against the forces of good. For…
Graphic Novel Review: Van Helsing vs Dracula’s Daughter
Van Helsing vs Dracula’s Daughter Published by: Zenescope ComicsWritten by: Raven GregoryIllustrated by: Allan OteroISBN: 9781951087104Ages: 14+ A staple of the Zenescope Comics line, the character of Liesel Van Helsing, daughter of the famous Abraham Van Helsing (of Dracula fame) has companions from the lore she originates from as well as the character base of…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Home Sick Pilots, Volume 1: Teenage Haunts
Home Sick Pilots Volume 1 Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Dan Watters Illustrated by: Caspar WijngaardISBN: 9781534318922Ages: Teen Home Sick Pilots, Volume 1: Teenage Haunts collects issues 1-5 of Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard’s fantastic foray into 1990’s teenage angst, possession, and haunted objects. Set in California in 1994 against the backdrop of a tumultuous and everchanging…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Kane and Able
Kane & Able Published by: Image ComicsWritten by: Shaky KaneIllustrated by: Krent AbleISBN: 9781534320161Ages: Adult Just the look of Shaky Kane and Krent Able’s Kane & Able will catapult some readers back to the past; maybe to small, crowded comic book stores or perhaps to a random spiny magazine rack located in a family-owned drug store. Either…
Graphic Novel Reviews: We Live, Volume 1
We Live Published by: Aftershock ComicsWritten by: Inaki Miranda and Roy MirandaIllustrated by: Inaki MirandaISBN: 9781949028607Ages: Teen In We Live, Vol. 1 the Miranda Brothers deliver a story of hope from an Earth that has been wracked with disasters, natural and human-made. Their post-apocalyptical world is terrifyingly beautiful and desperately sad. The Earth is on the eve…
Graphic Novel Reviews: X-O Manowar (2020)
X-O Manowar Book 1 Written by: Dennis “Hopeless” HallumIllustrated by: Emilio LaisoPublisher: Valiant Entertainment, LLCGenre: Science Fiction, SuperheroISBN: 9781682153680Ages: 13+ Valiant Entertainment delights us with another installment of X-O Manowar, penned by Dennis Hopeless (Spider-Woman) and illustrated by Emilio Laiso (Spider-Man: Velocity)! Aric of Dacia is a 5th-century European prince who acquires his superhero abilities…
Graphic Novel Reviews: Embodied (An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology)
Embodied : An Intersectional Feminist Comics Poetry Anthology Written by: Various AuthorsIllustrated by: Various CreatorsPublisher: A Wave Blue WorldGenre: Anthology, PoetryISBN: 9781949518139Ages: 16+ Embodied: An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology, published by A Wave Blue World, collects poetry written and illustrated by cis-female, trans, and non-binary people who share their works in hopes that the reader…
Steve Ditko Stands Revealed in Hermes Press’ Biography
https://youtu.be/8HmxdyEX0iE Hermes Press Publisher Dan Herman presents Ditko Shrugged The first in depth biography of comics legend Steve Ditko, in his own words, is now available in Hermes Press’ Eisner Award-nominated Ditko Shrugged: The Uncompromising Life of the Artist Behind Spider-Man and the Rise of Marvel Comics (JUN201163F, $49.99), open for reorders now. Taken from…
Frank Forte and Jason Paulos Talk EEEK!
JASON PAULOS exploded onto the Australian comics scene in 1989 with the first self published issue of ‘Hairbutt The Hippo’, the story of a hard boiled anthropomorphic private eye roaming the seedy underbelly of a future city. Over the years Jason has regularly contributed to Australian MAD magazine (over 100 pages of Hairbutt strips), DC comics…