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Bergting Can WRITE by Mark Allen

The Portent: Duende Having reviewed issue one of this limited series months ago, I returned to it upon it's release as a trade paperback collection. I'm glad...

Getting to Know Serbia by Michael Vance

Regards From Serbia What can possibly recommend a crudely drawn, sometimes plodding, email laden, autobiographical account of the war in...

Hunter Killer Confusion by Michael Vance

Hunter Killer #11 I am so confused. I'd read the series synopsis on the interior front cover, and the "Previously" blurb outlining what had happened in earlier...

Young Morrison Examined press release

Grant Morrison: The Early Years, Sequart.org's first book, is here! Grant Morrison redefined comics in the late 1980s and early 1990s from his trailblazing...

June Comics Podcast by Mike Heronime
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The Comic Book Radio Novice by Mike Heronime
Last Thursday night I was interviewed by The Comic Book Novice crew during their radio broadcast in New York City. It was 30 minutes of me nervously cramming a...

Dark Spider-Knight by Mark Allen

Spider-Man: Reign The future is bleak. New York City has become a police state, the people’s rights have been stolen, the “news” is only what local government wants...

May Comics Podcast by Mike Heronime
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George Perez and Other Storytellers by Mark Allen

George Perez: Storyteller, George Perez. Mention that name to the average comics fan and you will, at the least, receive a respectful response. At the most, you could...

Stick 'Em Up You Alien Varmint by Mark Allen

Cowboys and Aliens. Being a fan of well-done western and science fiction comics, I immediately recognize that a combination of the two genres is not...

April Comics by Mike-oh

Fell, Runaways, All-Star Superman, Deathdealer, Madman. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week

The Amazing Stan the Man by Mark Allen

Stan Lee’s Amazing Marvel Universe. Surely, an adequate test of whether or not you’ve purchased a good book is a faint sadness at turning the last page. If so, then...

Darwyn Has a Bad Ass Attitude by Mike-oh

Darwyn Cooke. I once observed how artists tend to draw characters that look like them. Apparently Darwyn Cooke draws (and writes) characters that...

Frenchstyle Japanese Demon Hunter Manga by Michael Vance

Okko: The Cycle of Water. "Okko the ronin heads a small group of demon hunters, wandering the realms of Empire" reads a blurb promoting a new...

March Comics by Mike-oh

Captain America, Spider-Man, Superman, Dr. 13, BPRD. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week

February Comics by Mike-oh

Iron Fist, Elephantmen, Batman, Civil War. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

January Comics by Mike-oh

New Universal, 52, Superman, Civil War. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

December Comics by Mike-oh

New Universal, 52, The Spirit, X-Factor. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

Life Full of Joy and Crap, Not Just Crap by Michael Vance

Jack of Fables. Horrors! The original Aesop, Mother Goose and Grimm fairy tales we grew up reading have been redacted! Ad-mittedly, they were pretty...

Kubert Style Military Madness by Mark Allen

Grunts. published by Arcana Studio, 32 pages, $3.95. They say war is hell. You'd have to be crazy not to believe it. But, if you had to depend on the depiction of...

Too Many Ads by Mike-oh

Advertising in Comics. I just finished reading this month's Daredevil (issue 91) completely nauseated by the number of ads that were included in this...

November Comics by Mike-oh

The Escapists. Doctor Strange. Batman. Superman. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

Reach for the Sky, Robot! by Mark Allen

Iron West. Cowboys and indians? Robotic cowboys and indians? A giant train monster!? Sasquatch?!? What in the name of the wild, wild West is going on, here? Well, I'll tell ya...

Mighty Avengers With Mighty Boobies by Mike-oh

The Mighty Avengers. There are a number of big differences between Marvel and DC. One difference can be summed up in one word, "respect." DC totally...

Sequential Art Perfect for Bio-Graphic Novels by Mark Allen

Sadhu Sundar Singh. There just aren't enough bio-graphical comic books. As enjoyable as the medium of sequential art is, you would think that it would...

Dredd Spinoff Levitates Nuns by Mark Allen

Anderson Psi Division: Shamballa. Levitating nuns? Frogs hatching from meteorites? People attacked on the streets by wild, supernatural animals? What's happening...

Brad Meltzer Exposes Himself by Mike-oh

An interview with Brad Meltzer. Whether you count him as the first or among the first, Brad Meltzer's foray from the land of the credible author into the land of...

October Comics by Mike-oh

The Escapists. Doctor Strange. Elephantmen. X-Men Phoenix Warsong. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

Bring On Goliath! by Mark Allen

David: The Shepherd's Song. It would seem that more and more creators are figuring out how to produce Biblically-based comics that are fun to read and a blast to...

Trudging Through the Stench of War by Michael Vance

Bill Mauldin's Army. Funny books aren't always funny. They are capable of fully exploring the human condition, including the heights of selfless love and the...

September Comics by Mike-oh

Annihilation. The Escapists. 52. Planet Hulk. X-Men Phoenix Warsong. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

Fast Cars and Fast Comics by Mark Allen

The Hire . Need to get from point A to point B as fast and as safely as possible? Need a read that jacks up your adrenaline level with adventure, humor and...

Some Bones Are Best Left Buried by Michael Vance

Our Gang. If you love the Our Gang films and the comic strip Pogo, then you'll love Walt Kelly's Our Gang, right? Sometimes, logic fails...

Not Your Average Cute Little Anthropomorphic Comic Book
by Michael Vance

Elephantmen. Well, there's this elephant named Ebony wearing a huge overcoat who walks and talks like a man, and this cute little girl with a bunny rabbit backpack...

Stick Figures Put the Story First by Michael Vance

Ironhide Tom. It can't get much less than this and still be called a comic book. "Why not?" you might question in your ignorance. Certainly, a price...

Bryan Hitch's Next Big Book by Mike-oh

An Interview with Bryan Hitch. I had the opportunity to talk with Bryan Hitch recently while he was in Dallas, attending the Cape! comic book fair (during Free...

August Comics by Mike-oh

Annihilation. The Escapists. 52. Batman. Civil War. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

Mountains of Comics by Mike-oh

Comic Book Stores in Colorado. Not all comic book stores are created (or managed) equal. I've had the good fortune to have visited comic book stores in...

July Comics by Mike-oh

Daredevil. 52. Batman. Nextwave. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

Batman, Still Kickin' After All These Years by Mike-oh

Batman Year 100. This might be one of the best Batman stories of all time. Paul Pope has woven together a tale of conspiracy, secrets, and international terrorism...

The Coolest Character in Comics by Mike-oh

Dick Grayson is by far, the coolest guy around. And by that statement, I mean cooler than any character in the Mavel U, the DC U, Image, or even...

June Comics by Mike-oh

Daredevil. Civil War. Wonder Woman. Planet Hulk. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

Please, Mr. Brubaker, Unleash the Hounds by Mike-oh

An Open Letter to Daredevil Writer, Ed Brubaker. Dear Mr. Brubaker, thank you for the marvelous story you are weaving around the misfortunes of...

Bradstreet and Gandolfini: Separated at Birth by Mike-oh

Interview with Tim Bradstreet, cover artist. I'm always interested to see what comic book artists look like in person. Many of the ones I have met look exactly like...

Waiting on Chaykin by Mike-oh

A Brief Interview With Howard Chaykin. I’m standing in a line behind about twenty-five other comic book fans. The line is in the foyer of the Dallas Comic Con, which...

Comic Shop Retailer Spotlight: Comics Plus by Afro Thunder

Comics Plus, 5425 S. Padre Island Dr. #145, Corpus Christi, TX. Jesse Mendoza is the owner and operator of Comics Plus, Corpus Christi's comic book oasis. Jesse was brave enough to be the first comic book retailer to be put...

May Comics by Mike-oh

52. Civil War. Superman. All-Star Batman and Robin. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated each week.

The Comic Collector's Primer by Mike-oh

Everything you need to know about collecting comics but were too afraid of sounding like a geek to ask. Why anybody would choose to become a comic...

April's Comics by Mike-oh

Marvel Zombies . Annhilation. Infinite Crisis. Teen Titans. A lot more. Here's a quick review of the comics I'm reading this month. Updated weekly.

Letters of Discontent by Disgruntled Dan

Letter Of Discontent #3: Spidey's new costume! Hi true believers. It’s me, disgruntled Dan, a.k.a. Bosco, a.k.a. Dan man, a.k.a. guy with a lot of alias. Any way...

March's Comics by Mike-oh

Infinite Crisis. One Year Later. Ultimates 2. Batman Year 100. A lot more. Here's a quick review of the comics I read last month. Updated weekly.

Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely: Supermen by Mike-oh

All-Star Superman. I used to read Superman comics when I was a kid in the sixties and seventies. The next time I picked up a Superman comic...

Doc Samson Is Depressing Me by Mike-oh

Doc Samson. I've made my share of mistakes. Like buying every issue of Epic's Crimson Dynamo and Ben Dunn's the Agents. I even thought Straczinski's...

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