August 12th Reviews: "Big Girls" and "Seven Secrets" Another week and another twofer review. Aren't you a lucky one. Maybe the big two publishers pumping out Metal and Empyre aren't enough for you. Indulge your inner hipster and step out of the mainstream into these two indies this week. Big Girls and Seven Secrets. Big Girls #1 First up from the largest of the indies, … [Read more...]
Wynd #1. Weirdbloods and the Wynd of Change.
Wynd #1 Review Wynd #1 from BOOM! Studios kind of just popped up on racks this week. Previewed as a trade scheduled to arrive later this year, BOOM! thought it was time to give comic readers some much needed solace from everything around the world and surprise us with a very good original new series. A kingdom ruled by a sick king. Its borders protected for ages against … [Read more...]
Alienated #1. Three Kids Called Sam
Alienated #1 Review Alienated #1 from BOOM! Studios is coming in hot right after highly acclaimed Once and Future and Something is Killing the Children. I've always found these indie reads refreshing, something Image has been doing for years while smaller publishers like BOOM! and Aftershock are really beginning to hit their stride. In Alienated #1 we find the three Sams: … [Read more...]
Something Is Killing The Children #1 Review.
Something Is Killing The Children #1 Review BOOM! Studios has been dishing out some great books as of late and the print sales show. Something Is Killing The Children #1 is already onto multiple printings as is the very hot book, Once & Future. They both coincidentally have one thing in common: monster hunting. Something Is Killing The Children is the story of … [Read more...]
Once & Future. More Like, Gran Helsing.
Once & Future #1 Review It's nice to see a Boom! Studios book on shelves getting some hype behind it. I don't get to review Boom! Studios books enough, and Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora's Once & Future is deserving of attention. Kieron Gillen is no stranger to hype. We're talking the co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine, Phonogram, and the latest hot book Die. So … [Read more...]
Rocko’s Modern Life in the Modern World
Rocko's Modern Life #1 Review 90's nostalgia is a thing now, I know it's hard to hear for some of us but yes, if I do my math correctly, it's been over 24 years since Rocko's Modern Life hit that beautiful channel with the bright orange couch. Twenty-Four years! Can you believe that? Boom! Studios with Ryan Ferrier and Ian McGinty thought that enough time had passed for them … [Read more...]
The Last Contract #1. Too Old For This Sh*t.
The Last Contract #1 review Boom Studios brings you a different type of hitman book courtesy of The Last Contract #1, a four part miniseries. A hitman who's been out of the game for over two decades is brought back in as a hit is put up for his own head. The players are different, but the games the same, and "the Man" is a veteran of this game. Ed Brisson write's one hell … [Read more...]