This coming March sees Eric Powell, Eisner award-winning creator of The Goon, teaming up with Tim Wiesch for the all-new crime series Big Man Plans, which is described as “a brutal crime drama steeped in mystery.” “This project was born out of drunken conversations Tim Wiesch and I had while I was a vagabond living […]
Comic Book Review – Bitch Planet #1
Zeb Larson reviews Bitch Planet #1… 2014 Best Writer Eisner Award nominee KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) team up for the very third time to bring you the premiere issue of BITCH PLANET, their highly-anticipated womenin- prison sci-fi exploitation riff. Think Margaret Atwood meets Inglourious Basterds. Bitch Planet […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #2
Chris Cooper reviews the second issue of the TMNT and Ghostbusters crossover… “The Turtles are stuck in the Ghostbusters dimension… along with a brand-new, all-powerful, all-crazy ghost from centuries past! The two teams will have to act fast to save the day, but what happens when Casey Jones becomes possessed?” Now we’ve got the initial […]
Comic Book Review – The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #2
Zeb Larson reviews The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw #2… After the shattering disaster last issue, the Great Champion of ancient legend is reawakened. And things get worse. Plus! A special variant cover by ALEX ROSS, painting more animal-people at once than he ever has before! I’m really starting to like where this series is headed. […]
Comic Book Review – Nailbiter #8
Zeb Larson reviews Nailbiter #8… “BEES!” Since the beginning, the Nailbiter’s home town has been plagued with bees. Are they responsible for creating the serial killers? Nailbiter #8 is back on a regular plot track. The focus is on Finch and Crane in this issue, who have resumed their investigation of the Buckaroo Butcher amid […]
IDW announces Jem and the Holograms ongoing series
With a live-action feature film in the works, IDW has announced that Habsro’s Jem and the Holograms is set for its first ever ongoing comic book series, from the creative team of Kelly Thompson (Storykiller, The Girl Who Would Be King) and artist Ross Campbell (Glory, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). “As a kid I was […]
Comic Book Review – Zenith: Phase Two
Villordsutch reviews Zenith: Phase Two… The all-time classic is back – and available in North American AND UK editions! Zenith is the only superhuman popstar. He’s saved the world, had a number one record – but his only interests are women, drugs, alchohol and fame. But Peter St. John and the unexpected reappearance of Ruby […]
Interview with Michael Moreci, writer of Roche Limit
Zeb Larson chats with comic book writer Michael Moreci… Zeb Larson: When you first thought of this story, did you imagine it as a Sci-Fi story or a crime story? Is it both, or is it something else? Michael Moreci: It’s hard to say, because what I took form both is the existential underpinnings that […]
Frank Miller and Scott Snyder to collaborate on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns threequel
According to a report from Bleeding Cool, Frank Miller is set to team with current Batman writer Scott Snyder to pen a threequel to Miller’s seminal comic book The Dark Knight Returns and its less-seminal sequel The Dark Knight Strikes Again. According to the site, the story “would concern Carrie Kelley, the Robin of Dark […]
Comic Book Review – 2000AD Prog 1910
Oliver Davis reviews 2000AD Prog 1910… Borag Thung, Earthlets! After John Wagner’s wonderful 10-parter concluded last week, Judge Dredd returns in Alec Worley’s entertaining one-shot. A masked vigilante named Salvotre Whiskers (disguised as a popular Mega City One kid’s comic book character) is killing rich folk, the next target being his alias’ original creator, Kurt […]