Saturday, April 18, 2015

Ms. Marvel, Vol.2: Generation Why

Although the first book "No Normal" of the new Ms. Marvel comic was very innovative and full of interesting ideas, i have to say that by this second book, it was starting to remind me of why I drifted away from the superhero genre in general, and when I realized they were featuring Wolverine in the comic (and not in an ironic way, but in a real “Isn’t this cool that Wolverine is in this comic” kind of way), I realized I was probably not the demographic Ms. Marvel was going for...

Saturday, April 11, 2015

The Tale Of One Bad Rat #1-4 (Complete Run)

I originally picked up the series THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT on a trip to Maui and I remember just reading the entire four issue miniseries of a young English Beatrix Potter-loving girl who flees her home to escape from a sexually abusive household, in the motel room one afternoon, just being blown away by the powerful story and incredible art.
At the time my friend had recommended it to me because Bryan Talbot had drawn stuff for Sandman, but from that moment on, Talbot would always be on my radar ass the person who created this wonderful strip.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

FreakAngels, Vol.1-6

I originally read FreakAngels as an online comic which you'd read two or three pages every week but besides the maddening wait of reading a comic  in such small increments over such a long stretch, I never got the handle of viewing a comic page on the computer, and always ended up scrolling around and around to "see" the whole page.
When they'd amassed a books' worth of chapters, they'd release them into beautiful trade paperbacks, and it was these that I really loved reading. And at the end of the whole series, they even offered up a FreakAngels slipcase to house all 6 books, an time I picked up for myself!
Well, the series had its ups and downs, and though the conclusion to the series was kind of subdued, the futuristic story of 12 children born at the same time with strange powers who "break" the world as teens and spend the rest of their lives trying to fix it, is full of so much good stuff, great characters, wonderful, witty dialog, and absolutely nail-biting situations that I 'll read this one again and again!

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Love And Rockets, Vol.7

Time to catch up on Maggie, Hopey and all the rest of the wonderful characters in the Los Bros Hernandez universe!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

The Fuse, Vol.1: The Russia Shift

Saw this Trade paperback at the comicstore the other day (the New Other Realms in Iwilei), and after reading a little bit about it online,  decided to pick it up! So far a really great story of two Detectives working a futuristic Space Station, gonna be picking this one up from now on!

All-New X-Factor, Vol.1-2



Saturday, February 7, 2015

They're Not Like Us #1-2


Just began reading one of the most exciting and beautifully drawn new series, "They're Not Like Us", the story of a girl who wants to kill herself because she can hear everyone's thoughts and is drowning in the barrage of dialog crashing in her head.
She is saved by a peculiar man who spirits her away to live with others like her: teens who are coping with their own mutant powers while hiding away in a peaceful suburban neighborhood. But are these people she is with good or bad? What are their plans for the future? and why is everything they do so heavily shrouded in mystery?
I first grabbed this comic off the rack because of the beautiful art, and was immediately pulled in by the intriguing story. So far it's one of my new favorites!!!!

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Saga #25

Whoooohooo, ring the alarms, SAGA is back from hiatus at last (having to wait the three-four months between arcs is soooo hard as this series rocks so much) and it's as damn freaking GREAT as ever!!!!
Mmmm, think I'm gonna re-read the entire series from issue #1 all over again!

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol.1: The Faust Act

While running to my local comic book store to see if SAGA had yet come out of their hiatus, I ran into my friend Shirley in the parking lot and when I told her I was on my way to the comic store, she told me her favorite series as one called THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, a story about the gods and their time on earth. "Like Mount Olympus kind of Gods?" I asked, but Shirl said that it was more like SANDMAN where these humans took the embodiment of the beings like Love, Death, etc. and interacted for a short time among the living til they perished.
 All I had to hear was the reference to Sandman, and I was TOTALLY on board, and HAD to see if the comic store had it! When I got there, I was thrilled to find that Wicked and Divine had just released its first trade paperback a few months ago and IMMEDIATELY snatched it up! When I took it home and read it, I was so blown away by how awesome it was, I not only made plans to sart collecting the individual issues from that point on, but went on ebay to buy each individual issue included in the TPB (the covers were so damn beautiful, each one featuring one member of the Gods) PS: It was a good thing they had  that Wicked and Divine trade when I went in, because I was to find out that SAGA would not be coming back for one more week!!! So lucky to find this to immerse myself in as I wait!

Thursday, January 15, 2015

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1

Just wanted something fun to read today and heard so much good things about this wacky new series based on a C-list Steve Dtiko hero brought up to date with a razor sharp wit and a cute squirrel side-kick!

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Y The Last Man (Complete Series)

One of the greatest comic cook series of all time, Y: The Last Man tells the tale of Yorick, the supposed "last man" on earth and the trials and tribulations he and his pet monkey through. The series that introduced me to the fantastic art of Pia Guerra and the insanely awesome writing of Brian K  Vaughan!