NCBD August 5th Reviews: Fire Power & Alien: The Original Screenplay Oof, it's been a while since our last review hasn't it? There's been some great titles week in and week out like That Texas Blood, DC Death Metal, and even Empyre was a surprise. But nothing was really hopping off the shelves and popping me in the mouth until this week. So as it goes, you get treated with … [Read more...]
Fight Club 3 #1. Hello, My Name Is Balthazar.
Fight Club 3 #1 Review Chuck Palahniuk brings back his politically charged story telling for another round in Fight Club 3 courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. This time, Tyler is calling himself Balthazar. An out of work lower to middle class schmo on the road looking for his next career opportunity. Weak and vulnerable, just how Tyler likes them. Fight Club 3 #1 is a lot to … [Read more...]
Dual Review: Black Hammer #1 and Captain Kid #1
Dueling Review If you caught the little nuance between the link and the actual post title you'll see how I cleverly disguised the nature of this review, it's both a review of Dark Horse's Black Hammer #1 and the freshman Aftershock's Captain Kid #1 while also having them clash in some epic battle of indie publishers, if you can even really call Dark Horse indie … [Read more...]
The Paybacks #1. Final Notice.
The Paybacks #1 review *Doing your best commercial/infomercial voice* SUPERHEROES! Do you have an unquenchable desire to do good? Do you have super powers that are going to waste? Are you wasting your life away at a dead end job because you just don't have the financial means to fight crime? Well look no further, Mr Pierce is here for YOU! I imagined that infomercial … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk About Fight Club 2
Fight Club 2 review The first rule of Fight Club 2 is: We talk about Fight Club 2. Second rule of Fight Club 2: We talk about Fight Club 2. I wondered a few times how many other authors wrote that same beginning to their Fight Club 2 review. I'd assume many but I'm too lazy to verify, so here, I guess we and the world will never know the true answer. The twisted story of … [Read more...]
Harrow County #1. Witches Debt.
Harrow County #1 review There are many types of horror, each depicted in many different ways. I can use movies for the best examples since they're typically more prevalent in pop culture than comic books, and because I can't really think of any other than Tales from the Crypt and even that one was featured on television. But what I'm talking about is there's a very large gap … [Read more...]
Veil #1. Spitting telepathic rhymes.
Veil #1 Review Veil #1 from Dark Horse Comics is coming to you from the wonderful writer Greg Rucka (classic Batwoman fame) and artist Toni Fejzula. Veil is an unusual story, with Veil #1 actually leaving more questions than answers. An unnamed woman wakes up in some rat infested subway, rhymes her way to the street, and is clothed by an honest gentlemen who's probably … [Read more...]