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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 10 February 2012 00:00
Los Bros Hernandez offer up a sci-fi epic overflowing with ideas and artwork soaked in retro cool.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 03 February 2012 06:46
Five artists team up to tell a chaotic but fun modern noir story.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 27 January 2012 00:00
Osamu "God of Manga" Tezuka offers up another volume of medical morality tales starring the infamous outlaw surgeon Black Jack.
Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 27 January 2012 00:00
Picking up exactly where the acclaimed Nickelodeon television series left off, new Fire Lord Zuko and Avatar Aang struggle to enforce the peace they’ve worked so hard to achieve. But tensions are rising everywhere as a fire-nation colony within the Earth Kingdom forces our young heroes into the most terrifying arena of all: politics.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 27 January 2012 00:00
David Lapham and Leonardo Manco run standard crime tropes through the ringer in this made-for-the-movies comic series.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 20 January 2012 00:00
The art is both the greatest glory and the biggest downfall of this years-in-the-making graphic novel from Craig Thompson (Blankets, Goodbye Chunky Rice).
Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 20 January 2012 00:00
Dark Horse presents a stunning compilation of art from renowned fantasy artist and Eisner- winner Charles Vess, an illustrator perhaps best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Stardust).
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 13 January 2012 00:00
Lewis Trondheim plays up his own foibles to masterful comedic effect in this latest volume of diary comics.
Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 16 December 2011 00:00
When a plane lands with everyone aboard dead, CDC Agent Dr. Ephraim Goodweather is summoned amid reports of a possible bio-terrorist threat with a strange, terrifying twist in this dark tale about an age-old threat resurfacing among modern humanity from the wicked minds of director Guillermo del Toro, novelist Chuck Hogan, and Eisner Award-winning writer David Lapham.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 02 December 2011 00:00
The latest collection of Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun's war comic strip places two ordinary British soldiers in the trenches with the man who would later lead the Third Reich.
Written by Jason Green Sunday, 20 November 2011 21:50
A look at Natsume Ono's one-volume take on melancholy and melodrama as part of this month's Manga Moveable Feast.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00
Saw's Darren Lynn Bousman wraps up his haunted house horror story in bloody, sequel-baiting fashion.
Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00
Eisner-winning duo Mike Mignola and Richard Corben reunite to create an original Hellboy graphic novel! Wracked with guilt after losing his luchador friend to vampires, Lucha Libre Hellboy has to fight a Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolfman, and vampires to save the life of a young girl.
Written by Justin Crouse Friday, 11 November 2011 10:53
The 100 Bullets team of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso trade crime for science fiction in their new series, with the inaugural issue bargain-priced at just one buck.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 11 November 2011 08:48
A primer for those whose knowledge of the legendary Indian political figure begins and ends with Ben Kingsley.
Written by Ryan Parker Friday, 28 October 2011 00:00
A story of a real life serial killer from an interesting new perspective: the son of the man who caught him.
Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 14 October 2011 06:11
Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis and Chicken With Plums, now brings readers a whimsical fairy tale about a young girl who uses her wits and tenacity to save her true love and restore the Kingdom of Sighs.
Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 07 October 2011 00:00
A man who shares his mental fantasy realm with the world, the kidnapped baby of up-and-coming socialites, a schoolgirl with a crush on two very different professors, and the stories of five crazy women. What do they have in common? They’re stories that offer a more intimate look into the everyday lives of the ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary, people who live in the fantastic world of Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder!
Written by Mick Martin Friday, 07 October 2011 00:00
Captain America's co-creator reminsces about helping birth comics' Golden Age.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 07 October 2011 00:00
Three more stellar adventure stories starring the female James Bond of the comic strip world.
Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Friday, 30 September 2011 00:00
Carla Speed McNeil’s luscious “aboriginal Sci-Fi” world returns with this tale of young Rachel’s struggle to find a "Finder," recover her stolen ring, and survive in the cutthroat spectacle of the Llaverac Clan Conformity competition. But finding a Finder is no easy task, and Rachel’s search might uncover some new truths along the way—including about herself.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 23 September 2011 05:37
If you're a sucker for historical action, life-or-death struggles, and lightning samurai action, you'll find much to like in this new miniseries from Owen Wiseman and Nam Kim.
Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 23 September 2011 00:00
Good news, everyone! The latest anthology from St. Louis' own Ink and Drink Comics dives into fantastical futurescapes, fearsome space battles, and every other flavor of science fiction.
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