Comic Picks – Week of 08/01/2014
All-New Marvel Now! Point One By Various (w), (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: 2014! Exciting times! And what could be more thrilling than a book chock-full of previews of all-new titles for the…
All-New Marvel Now! Point One By Various (w), (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: 2014! Exciting times! And what could be more thrilling than a book chock-full of previews of all-new titles for the…
Locke & Key, Alpha #2 Joe Hill (w), Gabriel Rodriguez (a) IDW Liz says: I read an article this week discussing the modern-day phenomenon of forming an emotional, friendship-like attachment to the fictional…
Justice League #25 Geoff Johns (w), Doug Mahnke (a) DC Comics Liz says: Another great chapter in the Forever Evil story! The Justice League book is giving each Crime Syndicate member an origin…
Letter 44 #2 By Charles Soule (w), Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque (a) Oni Press Liz says: The setup is this: A new President enters the White House only to discover that the world is…
Afterlife with Archie #2 By Robert Aguirre-Sacasa (w), Francesco Francavilla (a) Archie Comics Liz says: I finally got around to reading both issues of Afterlife With Archie this week, and I absolutely love…
Wraith: Welcome To Christmasland By Joe Hill (w), CP Wilson III (a) IDW Liz says: It’s a nice bit of kismet that the same week I finally began reading Joe Hill’s third novel…
Alex + Ada #1 By Sarah Vaughn (w) Jonathan Luna (w,a) Image Comics Liz says: Jonathan Luna is back to monthly comics with this near-perfect first issue! Co-writing with Sarah Vaughn, this is…
All the Thor! By Various Marvel Comics Liz says: By Odin’s Beard, steel thyself! What wondrous news is this? In celebration of the cinematic release of Thor: The Dark World, we have ordered…
Velvet #1 Ed Brubaker (w), Steve Epting (a) Image Comics Liz says: Brubaker and Epting reunite to do what they do best: awesome spy stories set in the sixties/seventies! Much like this duo’s…
Batman Inc #4 by Grant Morrisson (a) and Chris Burnham (a) DC Comics Liz says: Grant Morrisson has a knack for taking lame vintage characters and reimagining them, influsing them with life and…