Advance Review: `That Texas Blood’ #17 Delivers A Terrific Tale Of Humanity And Suspense
No capes. No superpowers. No problem. Midway through its third story arc, That Texas Blood continues to deliver a nuanced,
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Author: Tom Smithyman
Advance Review: Returning To Simpler Storytelling In `Time Before Time’ #16
Confusing a reader is a common storytelling technique. Multiple plot lines and characters with mysterious pasts that are slowly revealed
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Advance Review: Art Imitates Life In `The Ward’ #4
A highly infectious disease ravages the population. Hospitals are overwhelmed. Healthcare workers are at their breaking point. Meanwhile xenophobia runs
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An Interview With `Unbreakable Red Sonja’ Writer Jim Zub
Writer Jim Zub returns to his sword and sorcery roots in the upcoming Unbreakable Red Sonja, which will hit comic
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Advance Review: Revisiting Jean-Luc’s First Command In `Star Trek: Picard – Stargazer’ #1
For Jean-Luc Picard, before there was the USS Enterprise, there was the USS Stargazer. Picard’s first command, years before he
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Talking With Ryan Stegman About ‘Vanish,’ His New Creator-Owned Series With Donny Cates
After finding phenomenal success drawing Venom, artist Ryan Stegman re-teams with writer Donny Cates on a new creator-owned series Vanish.
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Advance Review: ‘The Walking Dead’ Meets ‘Dungeons And Dragons’ In `Dead Kingdom’ #1
The zombie apocalypse has invaded nearly every aspect of our culture, from video games to movies to television’s The Walking
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Advance Review: It All Starts And Stops With Benjamin Morse In `August: Purgatory Underground’ #2
There’s having creative control over a project, and then there’s Benjamin Morse. Morse is not only writing and drawing the
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Advance Review: Masterful Storytelling In `Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel To Be Kin’ #4
Changing direction in the middle of any narrative is a difficult task. In comic books, it typically results in an
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Advance Review: The Sins Of The Father Dominate `Public Domain’ #3
When adult children make serious mistakes with their lives, who is to blame? Is it the parents who may have
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Advance Review: Touched By An Angel In `Sins Of The Black Flamingo’ #3
What is a recently resurrected atheist to do when encountering an angel? Chances are, your first guess wasn’t to sleep
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Advance Review: Family Matters In `Stranger Things: Kamchatka’ #4
The bonds that connect family members some of the strongest, most emotional motivational devices in storytelling. When a story attempts
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Advance Review: D-Listers Save The Day In `Minor Threats’ #1
For every Joker and Thanos, there is a Condiment King and Stilt-Man. These D-list villains pose a minor threat to
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Advance Review: `Lower Your Sights’ Raises Money for Ukraine’s Children
A young Ukrainian refugee teaches her mother a lesson in faith. A letter carrier delivers devastating news from the battlefield,
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Advance Review: (Sort Of) Concluding `Star Trek: The Mirror War’ #8
When is an ending not an ending? After a year-long story composed of nine issues (including an issue #0) and
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Advance Review: Shifting The Nature Of Unreality In `Parasomnia: The Dreaming God’ #1
Dreams can morph in the most unexpected ways. Settings change in an instant. Characters appear and disappear. Suddenly you can
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Advance Review: Searching For The Truth In `Seven Sons’ #3
Fanatical religion and truth don’t always go hand in hand. But when a would-be messiah starts a search for the
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Advance Review: Dialing Up The Gore In `The Silver Coin’ #13
All comic book gore is not created equal. There’s the more ‘run-of-the-mill gore’ of seeing someone’s head cut off, or
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Advance Review: Death Haunts The Vampires In `Blood Stained Teeth #5
Death and vampires go together like politicians and corruption. But it’s usually the vampires doing the killing, not the dying.
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An Interview With `Shock Shop’ Writer Cullen Bunn
Cullen Bunn, known for writing such horror stories as Harrow County, The Last Book You’ll Ever Read and The Damned,
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Review: Tension Abounds In `There’s Something Wrong With Patrick Todd’ #2
Patrick Todd is not having a good day. His mom is sick, and he’s been using his mind control powers
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Advance Review: Getting Some Badly Needed Answers In `Astronaut Down’ #3
Writing a monthly comic book is an exercise in balance. Write too much action, and you run the risk confusing
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Advance Review: Artist Andres Ponce Delivers in `The Ward’ #3
Nothing like a cave-in to force a little exposition. That’s the situation in The Ward’s third installment, as protagonist Natalie
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Advance Review: `Time Before Time’ #15 Provides A Good Jumping-On Point
All comic books series run the risk of losing their audience after so many issues. For independent creator-owned books that
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Advance Review: The Monster To The Rescue In `Frankenstein: New World’ #1
When the world goes to pot, turn to Frankenstein. The venerable monster returns to the Mignolaverse, this time as its
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Advance Review: Struggles Bring Out The Best In `That Texas Blood’ #16
After more than a dozen issues of That Texas Blood, readers have had the opportunity to learn more about Ambrose
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Advance Review: Mom And Dad Are The Real Monsters In `The Closet’ #3
With nearly every new story and issue, James Tynion IV reminds his readers why has won the Eisner Award for
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Advance Review: `Survival Street’ #1 Is Brought To You By The Letters ‘F’ And ‘U’
It’s not exactly a sunny day on this street. And no, everything is not A-OK. You can almost hear the
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Advance Review: Closing Out The Initial Story Arc In `Little Monsters’ #6
How does forever end? It’s a relevant question when you’re a vampire. Even more so when you’re a teenaged one.
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Advance Review: Discovering The Real Monsters In `Something Is Killing The Children’ #25
If there’s one thing that Something is Killing the Children has demonstrated over 25 issues, it’s that as terrifying as
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Advance Review: Choosing Between Bad And Worse In `Rogue Sun’ #6
Talk about impossible choices. In the latest issue of Rogue Sun, 17-year-old Dylan, aka our hero, is forced to choose
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