2017

Scales & Scoundrels #1 Sebastian Girner (w), Galaad (a) Image Comics Liz says: Scales & Scoundrels is a magical all-ages book in the vein of Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona, wherein a spunky young treasure-hunter…

Comic Picks – Week of 23/08/2017

Sif: Journey Into Mystery Complete Collection Kathryn Immonen & Kelly Sue DeConnick (w), Valerie Schiti, Ryan Stegman, Pepe Larraz (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: Though it was always meant to be a finite…

COMIC PICKS – WEEK OF 02/08/2017

Henry & Glenn Forever + Ever HC Tom Neely, Various (w/a) IWDY Comics Liz says: Tom Neely’s Henry & Glenn series imagines the two eponymous punk icons (Black Flag’s Henry Rollins and Glenn…

Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming

A modern hero blockbuster with a Brat Pack blueprint, Spider-Man: Homecoming scales back the bombast to tell a humbler story that’s as much about the hardships of high school as the perils of being a…

Comic Picks – Week of 12/07/2017

Shade The Changing Girl Volume 1: Earth Girl Made Easy Cecil Castellucci (w) Marley Zarcone (a), Kelly Fitzpatrick (c) DC Comics Liz says: Loma Shade of the planet Meta is restless and looking…

Reading Lists – Spider-Man Part 1

Based on the number of customers we have on a weekly basis asking us, “Where’s the best place to start with [insert character here]?” – we’ve started a series of reading lists, recommending…

Review – Wonder Woman

Holy Rotten Tomatoes, Batman! The DC Extended Universe is in trouble! Their freshness scores are plummeting to critical levels: 55% and dropping! 27%… 25%… Things aren’t looking good! This looks like a job…

Comic Picks – Week of 14/06/2017

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection vol. 3 Various (w,a) Marvel Comics Liz says: Brand New Day got a lot of hate in the beginning for wiping Peter and Mary Jane’s marriage from…

Comic Picks – Week of 07/06/2017

Iceman #1 Sina Grace (w), Alessandro Vitti (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: In 2015, writer Brian Michael Bendis outed original X-man Bobby Drake (AKA Iceman) as gay. This week, as part of ResurreXion…

Comic Picks – Week of 22/03/2017

Deadly Class Volume 5 Rick Remender (w), Wes Craig (a) Image Comics Liz says: Wow! ‘Worth the wait’ is a massive understatement. After the mind-blowing, heart-shattering fourth volume of this series, I decided…