Comic Review: Deep Cuts #1 (Image Comics)
Alan Spinney In 1917 New Orleans, a young black man is looking for a gig. He’s a clarinet player. And he’s lucky this time around: he’s landed an audition in a club…
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Comic Review: Hitomi #5 (Image Comics)
In the final issue of the Hitomi miniseries from Image Comics, Yasuke the warrior is looking ahead, trying to pave a safe passage for the young Hitomi. But he’s a…
Comic Review: DC Silent Tales #1 (DC Comics)
It’s time again already for a silent night. DC Comics has released Silent Tales, a one-shot comic featuring six silent stories written, illustrated, and coloured by Gustavo Duarte of Brazil.…
Comic Review: All Eight Eyes #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
It’s New York City in 2003, and Vin, a young guy, is pounding on the apartment door of a crummy building. Nope, he is not being let in, though, the…
Comic Review: The Mighty Barbarians #1 (ABLAZE)
Looters and plunderers they may be, but the Mighty Barbarians have teamed up to fight a common foe. It’s issue one of Ablaze’s The Mighty Barbarians, of course! Writer Michael…
Comic Review: Dr. Atomic: The Pipe and Dope Book #1 (Image Comics)
This year, in a nod and tip of the ol’ doobie to marijuana smokers, Image Comics is rereleasing a decades-old “dopers how-to” comic for the occasion. It’s the 1976 Dr.…
Comic Review: Kroma #4 (Image Comics)
Issue four of Kroma, from Image, concludes the tale of Kroma, the mysterious girl who lives in a world of colourful monsters, outside the gates of a black-and-white kingdom. It…
Comic Review: The Great British Bump Off #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
A frothy and well-blended recipe for fun and drama, The Great British Bump-Off #1 from Dark Horse hits our palette with bursts of flavour. Writer John Allison has the recipe…
Comic Review: The Seasons Have Teeth #1 (BOOM! Studios)
Dan Watters writes of a spring that is magical, yes, but sinister. Mister Watters runs deep in issue one of The Seasons Have Teeth, from BOOM! Studios. As we drop…
Comic Review: The Nasty #1 (Vault Comics)
The Nasty, a tough new comic title from Vault Comics, involves a young fella, obsessed with slasher films. He just loves the things, can’t get enough. So much, in fact,…