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Comics Picks of The Week 29.01.2014
Posted by AJ
Not as busy a week as the last but fairly busy nonetheless. The new creative teams on various ongoing titles continue to go strong, particularly Justice League Dark and Witchblade while some of the newer titles like Black Science continue to be exception, so that’s one thing that I really liked about this past week. January in particular has been a really excellent month of comics what with Marvel’s full-on All-New Marvel NOW! launch and some really good issues for DC’s Forever Evil event.
Just one graphic novel again this week, the Lee/Buscema magnificence that is Silver Surfer: Judgement. I was meaning to read at least one more, but time wasn’t on my side and I missed out. Hopefully the new month gets off to a good start.
Anyway, here’s another edition of this new feature. Full reading list, as always, is available here and all my comics reviews are available here.
Posted in Comics Picks of the Week
Tags: Albion, Andres Mossa, Andrew Elder, Angelus, Ann Nocenti, Antonia Fabela, Aquaman, Aquaman #27, Ariel Olivetti, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, Barry Allen, Betsy Gonia, Black Science, Black Science #3, Blight, Brahm Revel, Brian Buccellato, Captain America, Carlos M. Mangual, Catwoman, Catwoman #27, Cliff Richards, Comicraft, Comics, Comics Picks of the Week, Conan, Conan and the People of the Black Circle, Conan and the People of the Black Circle #4, Constantine, Cosmic, Cristiane Peter, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Deadman, Dean White, Dynamite Entertainment, Evil, Fantasy, Firefly, Forever Evil, Forever Evil: Blight, Fred van Lente, Galactucs, Gawain the Green Knight, Georges Jeanty, Gothtopia, Guillermo Ortgo, Heroic Fantasy, Horror, Image Comics, Inhumanity, Inhumanity #2, Inhumans, J.M. DeMatteis, Jeff Parker, Jeromy Cox, Jim Zub, Joel Carroll, John Buscema, Justice League Dark, Justice League Dark #27, Karl Story, Kitty Pryde, Knights of Pendragon, Laura Braga, Laura Martin, Li'l Sonja, Li'l Sonja #1, Magdalena, Marvel Comics, Marvel Knights, Marvel Knights: X-Men, Marvel Knights: X-Men #3, Marvel Now, Marvel UK, Matt Fraction, Matt Hollingsworth, Matteo Scalera, Max Scheele, Mephisto, Michael Heisler, Mikel Janin, Mutants, Netho Diaz, New 52, Nick Bradshaw, Nova, Patrick Olliffe, Patrick Zircher, Paul Pelletier, Pete Wisdom, Phantom Stranger, Pulp SF, Queen Medusa, Red Sonja, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War: Knights of Pendragon #1, Richard Starkings, Rick Remender, Rob Leigh, Rob Williams, Rod Reis, Rogue, Ron Marz, Rus Wooton, Ruy Jose, Sara Pezzini, science fantasy, Science Fiction, Sean Parsons, Selina Kyle, Serenity, Serenity: Leaves On The Wind, Serenity: Leaves On The Wind #1, Silver Surfer, Silver Surfer: Judgement, Simon Bowland, Sonia Oback, Space Opera, Space Western, Stan Lee, Superheroes, Supernatural, Supervillains, Swamp Thing, Swords and Sorcery, The Darkness, The Flash, The Flash #27, Time Travel, Todd Nauck, Tom Nguyen, Top Cow, Travis Lanham, Union Jack, Urban SF, VC's Clayton Cowles, Veronica Gandini, Vicente Cifuentes, Warrior Women, Will Sliney, Witchblade, Witchblade #172, Wolverine, X-Men, Zack Whedon, Zatanna, Zombie Arthur
Comics Picks of The Week 18.12.2013
Posted by AJ
Looks like its going to be the month of busy weeks. The last two weeks I’ve read two graphic novels each along with all my regular monthlies and this past week proved to be no different. Both Detective Comics Volume 4 and The Flash Volume 4 proved to be exceedingly good and now I have two more series that I need to catch up on for the New 52. Tall order, but doable. And as regards the usual monthlies, there were comics across the board, in all sorts of ways: genres, publishers, characters, etc, etc. The year has slowly transformed over the months into a really solid year for comics overall.
I still haven’t made any dent in the pile of graphic novels I have to read, but I’m not too worried about any of it, to be honest. Already used to that phenomenon from my novel reading.
Anyway, here’s another edition of this new feature. Full reading list, as always, is available here and all my comics reviews are available here.
Posted in Comics Picks of the Week, Comics Reviews, Review Central
Tags: Adventure, Amanda Conner, Andy Suriano, Animated Tie-In, Barry Kitson, Batman, Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey v1 Volume 5, Black Canary, Black Science, Black Science #2, Brian Buccellato, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Wood, Cartoon Network, Chad Hardin, Comics, Comics Picks of the Week, Comics Review, Cyclops, DC Comics, Derlis Santacruz, Dimensional Travel, Dynamite Entertainment, Ed Benes, Emma Frost, Espionage, Evil, Fantasy, Female Superheroes, Forever Evil, Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion, Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #3, Gail Simone, Gotham, Harleen Quinzel, Harley Quinn, Harley Quinn #1, He-Man, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, He-Man and The Masters of The Universe Volume 1, Heatwave, Heroic Fantasy, Hordak, Horror, Huntress, IDW Publishing, Illegitimates, Illegitimates #1, Image Comics, Inhumanity, Inhumans, Jean Grey, Jim Zub, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justice League of America, Justice League of America's Vibe #10, Keith Giffen, Kitty Pryde, Kris Anka, Lady Deathstrike, Laura Braga, Man-at-Arms, Man-Bat, Marc Andreyko, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Now, Matteo Scalero, Mirror Master, Mutants, New 52, Oracle, Poison Ivy, Pop Mhan, Prince Adam, Princess Adora, Pulp SF, Red Sonja, Red Sonja v2 #6, Review, Review Central, Rick Remender, Rogue, Rogues Rebellion, Ron Marz, Samurai Jack, Samurai Jack #3, Science Fiction, Scott Hepburn, Sterling Gates, Storm, Superheroes, Supernatural, Supervillains, Swords and Sorcery, Taran Killam, Teela, Terry Dodson, The Joker, The Rogues, Top Cow, Typhoid Mary, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #15, Urban Fantasy, Vibe, Vixen, Walter Geovani, Warrior Women, Witchblade, Witchblade #171, X-Men, X-Men v4 #8
Comics Picks of The Week 27.11.2013
Posted by AJ
This was a really busy comics reading week, primarily because I read two graphic novels this time around, both of them for Marvel no less. I have finally dipped my toes in full in Dan Slott’s Superior Spider-Man and the first taste has been quite interesting and fun. On the flip side, the somewhat older Immortal Iron Fist proved to be a bit of a mediocre book, but no less intriguing for that fact and I’m quite interested in the character now. Other than, a lot of the DC comics this week were really good and this is quite pleasing in fact. And Zero Year tie-ins are finally over so I look forward to a month of no such tie-ins.
I still have a big backlog of graphic novels to burn through, so I have that to keep me busy further I suppose. More on that as it happens.
In the meantime, here’s another edition of this new feature. Full reading list, as always, is available here and all my comics reviews are available here.
Posted in Comics Picks of the Week, Comics Reviews, Review Central
Tags: A Voice In The Dark, Adventure, Agent Orange, Amanda Waller, Andy Kubert, Aphrodite IX, Aphrodite IX #6, Aquaman, Aquaman #25, ARGUS, Arthur Curry, Atlantis, Barry Allen, Batman, Black Science, Black Science #1, Blight, Brian Buccellato, Catwoman, Catwoman #25, Comics, Conan, Conan and the People of the Black Circle, Conan and the People of the Black Circle #2, Conan the Barbarian, Crime, Cyclops, Damian Wayne, Damian: Son of Batman, Damian: Son of Batman #2, Dan Slott, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Deathstroke, Dimensional Travel, Earth 3, Ed Brubaker, Evil, Fantasy, Forever Evil, Forever Evil: ARGUS, Forever Evil: ARGUS #2, Forever Evil: Blight, Francis Manapul, Fred van Lente, Genetic Engineering, Geoff Johns, Gotham, Heroic Fantasy, Image Comics, Immortal Iron Fist, Infinity, Iris West, Iron Fist, J.M. DeMatteis, Jason Aaron, John Layman, Justice League Dark, Justice League Dark #25, Justice League of America, Justice League of America's Vibe #9, Keith Giffen, Kung-Fu, Larfleeze, Larfleeze #5, Larime Taylor, Marvel Comics, Marvel Now, Matt Fraction, Matt Hawkins, New 52, Nightmare Nurse, Orange Lantern, Otto Octavius, Phantom Stranger, Pulp SF, Rick Remender, Scarlet Speedster, Science Fiction, Sea-King, Selina Kyle, Sentinels, SHIELD, Space Opera, Spider-Man, Sterling Gates, Steve Trevor, Superior Spider-Man Volume 1, Swamp Thing, Swords and Sorcery, The Flash, The Flash #25, The Immortal Iron Fist Volume 1, Vibe, Wolverine, Wolverine and The X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men #38, Wolverine and the X-Men Annual #1, X-Men, Zero Year