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Why You Should Watch the New Lucifer TV Show

February 3, 2016

With so many TV shows being made based on Comic-book characters it is hard to watch or keep up with all of them at once, but let me tell you why Lucifer is going to stand-out from all the rest and why you shoul... Read More...

Doubtful About A Faithful Preacher TV Show

Shane Boyar

February 1, 2016

I was twenty years old party when a girl with green eyes and a ring through her nose handed me a beat up trade paperback that collected Preacher issues 1-6, and that was it. I was in love. With the comics, n... Read More...

Back to the Bayou – Returning to Alan Moore’s ‘Saga of the Swamp Thing’

C. J. Thomson

January 17, 2016

Now noted as one of the classics of the comic book form, Alan Moore's formidable run on Saga of the Swamp Thing is something of an oddity. Filled with mythic language, psychedelic fever dreams and allusions to ... Read More...

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Sheriff of Babylon #2 Review

Adam Keith

January 10, 2016

Sheriff of Babylon #2 Creator & Writer – Tom King Cover Artist - John Paul Leon Artist & Colorist – Mitch Gerads Letterer – Nick Napalitano Review by Adam Keith What we have in this issue is a ... Read More...

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American Vampire: A Bite of Gothic Americana

C. J. Thomson

January 6, 2016

On the rare occasion that I am ever asked to recommend a new comic series or book to another friend, there is usually one book over the past five years that comes to mind. Skinner Sweet and Travis Kidd face... Read More...

Last Gang in Town #1 Review

Caelin Gunther

December 26, 2015

Last Gang in Town #1 Writer: Simon Oliver Artist: Rufus Dayglo Cover: Rob Davis Published by Vertigo Last Gang in Town is a gritty crime comic that takes place in the late 70s, is drawn by Tank Girl arti... Read More...

Unfollow #1 Review

Steve Seigh

November 4, 2015

Unfollow #1 Written by Rob Williams Art by Mike Dowling Colors by Quinton Winter Letters by Clem Robins Review by Steve Seigh Larry Ferrell, the billionaire inventor of Chirper – a social medi... Read More...

Effigy #1 Review

Nikki Alfaro

January 30, 2015

Cover Art by W. Scott Forbes Written by Tim Seeley Art by Marley Zarcone Coloured by Ryan Hill Lettered by Jared K. Fletcher Cover art by W. Scott Forbes Edited by Rowena Yow and Shelly Bond ... Read More...

Wolf Moon #1 Review

Joey Braccino

December 5, 2014

Wolf Moon #1 Cullen Bunn: writer Jeremy Haun: artist Lee Loughridge: color Travis Lanham: letterer Review by Joey Braccino If anyone stands a change of ever stopping the Wolf, they can’t try t... Read More...

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Fox Commits to Pilot for Lucifer Adaptation

Courtney Key

September 16, 2014

by Courtney Key Fox is giving the devil his due. Fox looks to be contemplating a dalliance with the damned. The network has made a put pilot commitment for a television version of DC Comics and Vertig... Read More...