Mark Allen reviews Giant Days #16… Daisy has to draw on new reserves of inner strength after she loses control of a party of prospective students on an open day, while the ‘lonely, unlovable spinster’ Susan tries dating again with disastrous results. Giant Days is a rare treat these days: a low-stakes teen comic about three […]
Comic Book Review – East of West #27
Mark Allen reviews East of West #27… “FINDING BABYLON” Death gets closer to finally reuniting with his son. East of West has had pacing issues for a while now, and issue #27 exemplifies them perfectly. Many of the lead characters are missing (contrary to the synopsis above, Death doesn’t actually feature in this issue whatsoever) and […]
Comic Book Review – Throwaways #1
Mark Allen reviews Throwaways #1… THROWAWAY (n.) 1. A disposable asset, used for a single mission; 2. A disavowed assassin, meant to die alongside their target. Abby Palmer and Dean Logan are two broken people—Abby a vet with severe PTSD and Dean a burnout trying to escape the shadow of his infamous father—when they are […]
Comic Book Review – Cry Havoc #6
Mark Allen reviews Cry Havoc #6… A climactic battle for the folked-up future with fang-gnashing throat-ripping bulletstorm insanity. Cry Havoc is a book of willful contradictions. The final page of issue #6 – the last in its first arc – uses a caption to tell us that this is “the beginning”. Add to that Lou […]
