Embrace Nerdom
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: A great man has fallen. His legend lives on. Many of us comic fans have grieved over Stan Lee's recent passing. Lee revolutionized the genre of superhero comics by shying away from a number of preexisting conventions and establishing new approaches that had a lasting... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: For my next comic review, I decided to focus on a single issue from an independent publisher. I chose to review Tezla #1 from Heroes: Ignited, another comic imprint of Short Fuse Media Group, similar to the comic I covered in my last post. Tezla focuses on Tessa... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: After writing an earlier post on a comic from an independent publisher, I found that my interest in indie comics had elevated. As such, after a referral by Brant Fowler (a founder of Last Ember Press), I looked into Short Fuse Media Group, a publisher that... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: For Halloween, I figured that it would be appropriate for my next review to be on Batman, a hero who operates during the dead of the night, and Deadman, a hero who saves the day now that he is dead. Specifically, I am reviewing Batman/Deadman: Death and... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: Returning to DC Comics, my next comic review is on Teen Titans Vol 1 #50-52 (1977). These three issues from the original comic series encompass a three-issue, multi-part story that introduces Titans West, a splinter group of the Titans stationed on the West Coast, as opposed... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: As indicated in the title, this comic book review is on The Last Ember #0, published by Last Ember Press. The issue is the first of an ongoing title that is the flagship series of the publisher. The book is co-plotted by Brant Fowler and John... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: For this post, I am writing a review on the first trade paperback for Invincible from the publisher Image Comics. The first trade, Invincible Vol. 1: Family Matters, contains the first four issues of the title. I went into reading this comic for this review without any... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: In juxtaposition to my previous blog post about a multipart story, this post focuses on a singular issue: New Teen Titans Vol 1 #18, published in 1982 by DC Comics. This issue, written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by George Pérez, features the New Teen Titans... Continue Reading →
(This review may contain spoilers for the story content.) Introduction: For my first review, I wanted to cover a comic that means a lot to me. I love the entire era of New Teen Titans/New Titans era of Titans titles (1980-1996) from DC Comics, so I wanted to choose a comic story from that era. I... Continue Reading →
