Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #11 Nears Its Endgame, And Not A Moment Too Soon
Eleven issues into the first “season” of Exquisite Corpses and we’re finally down to the last two killers battling it
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Advance Review – Not Enough Battle Or Beast In ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #7
Battle Beast is back. More or less. After a hiatus of several months, one of the best-drawn series
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Advance Review: Storytelling Takes Center Stage In ‘Blood & Thunder’ #11
There is a Hopi proverb that says: “Those who tell stories rule the world.” While science and engineering
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Advance Review: ‘’The Twilight Zone’ #5 Has Something To Say (If You Listen)
Struggling to be heard is one of the most frustrating tasks that we can encounter in life. That’s equally true
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Advance Review: Sloppy Visuals Shatter The Illusion Of ‘Malevolent’ #2
Ultimately, art is about escapism — transporting us somewhere we are not to inform, persuade, or influence us.
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Advance Review — The Story Catches Up To The Visuals In ‘Skinbreaker’ #6
In a series where the visuals dominate the story, the script becomes more important than ever. Such is the case
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #10 Finally Reaches A Manageable Character Count
The good news is that Exquisite Corpses is finally down to four killers. The bad news is that the number
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Advance Review — Finally A Fitting Ending In ‘Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming’ #5
After 25 years, the characters in Star Trek: Voyager finally gets the ending they deserved. Voyager ended in
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #10 Continues Its Bizarre Pacing
You know you have a storytelling problem when your creative team has to rely on the readers’ letter page to
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Review: Taking A Dive Into ‘The Twilight Zone’ #4
There’s one in every family, isn’t there? The loser. The screw-up. The sister or cousin or uncle who just can’t
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Advance Review — Demons Comes To Earth In ‘Malevolent’ #1
The creative team behind the comic book series Spread are back together with a twist on a demon-hunting story. Malevolent,
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Advance Review — It’s The Past Versus The Future In ‘Skinbreaker’ #5
By all rights, this review should really be about how Skinbreaker #5 shows the struggle between honoring the past while
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Advance Review: The Rules Are Changing In ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #9
Poet Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” Whether
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #4 Takes A Breather
Some of the best episodes from the various Star Trek series have little to do with science fiction but instead
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #9 Is A Bloodbath From Start To Finish
Most ongoing comic book series are told in arcs — usually four or five-issue segments that fill readers in on
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Advance Review: An Epic Space Battle In ‘Star Trek: Voyager — Homecoming’ #4
Star Trek has always been about exploration and bettering humanity — all while exploring the human condition. If you’re looking
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Advance Review — Artificial Intelligence Takes Over In ‘Cyberarchy’ #2
Few, if any, topics have captured the public’s imagination and trepidation in recent years than artificial intelligence. Whether you think
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Advance Review: ‘Skinbreaker’ #4 Showcases Its Creative Team’s Talents
To paraphrase Peter Graves’ character from Airplane!: “Do you like comic books about gladiators?” If so, Skinbreaker #4 is for
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Advance Review: ‘No Man’s Land’ #4 Unsatisfyingly Reveals The Killer
Every hero needs a worthy adversary. That antagonist must be a true threat to the good guy, or the conflict
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Advance Review: Memories Of The Past Pervade ‘Everything Dead & Dying’ #4
Memories are funny things. Be they happy remembrances or rueful ones – or both simultaneously – these memories can
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Advance Review – Secondary Characters Take Center Stage In ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #8
Being a secondary character in a horror story is usually a tough job. With a lifespan often measured in minutes,
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Advance Review – James T. Kirk Comes To The Rescue *Again* In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #3
When Klingons are involved, it’s always best to call upon Captain James T. Kirk. As depicted in Star
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #8 Has Some Significant Structural Issues
Stories — whether they be in comic books, movies, or television — have standard structures. In comics, it typically following
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts’ #5 Gives Readers A Twist But It’s Too Late
When you start reading a limited series titled Star Trek: Red Shirts, it’s a pretty safe bet that there won’t
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Advance Review – ‘Skinbreaker’ #3 Shows No Quit In It
Knowing when to call it quits – whether it be a relationship or a career – is one of the
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Advance Review – Vanishing Men Conclude ‘Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man’ #4
Maybe it should be called The Invisible Men. The excellent Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man series wraps up its limited
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Advance Review – ‘Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming’ #3 Is Like A Supercharged Television Episode
While Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise-D may have discovered the terrifying Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the
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Review: Emotions Ratchet Up In ‘Everything Dead & Dying’ #3
Being a parent is one of the most joyful and fulfilling jobs imaginable. But it comes at a high cost.
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #7 Parties Through A Transitional Issue
Ahhh the Halloween bonfire party! It’s a rite of passage for many a teen who is too cool for trick
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Advance Review – The Mystery Deepens Deliciously In ‘No Man’s Land’ #3
Like peeling an onion, the mystery in No Man’s Land is revealing itself to be layers upon layers. What started
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Advance Review — ‘The Twilight Zone’ #2 Crams A Lot Into A Single Issue
An ancient Chinese curse supposedly warns, “may all your dreams come true.” While the curse’s origins are apocryphal, in The
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