Books of the Week – 01/30/19
1. Teen Titans Annual #1 (DC) ★★★★ Writer: Adam Gates / Art: Ryan Benjamin / Colors: Hi-Fi I enjoyed the Robin/Red Hood sequence. The Joystick character was a bit over the top though. I did enjoy the coda. The art by Ryan Benjamin was quite good throughout. 2. Heroes in Crisis #5 (DC) ★★★★ Writer: […]
Books of the Week – 01/23/19
1. Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Donny Cates / Art: Geoff Shaw / Colors: Marte Gracia A perfect book. Great art, an interesting story, big moments, and fun to read. Outstanding. 2. Immortal Hulk #12 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Al Ewing / Art: Joe Bennett & Eric Nguyen with Ruy Jose / Colors: […]
Books of the Week – 01/16/19
1. Asgardians of the Galaxy #5 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Cullen Bunn / Art: Matteo Lolli with Luca Maresca & Stephanie Hans / Colors: Federico Blee with Stephanie Hans Solid wrap up to our initial AotG story. Next up: War of the Realms. The art in this issue was aces. Simply wonderful. 2. The Batman Who […]
Books of the Week – 01/09/19
1. Batman #62 (DC) ★★★★★ Writer: Tom King / Art: Mitch Gerads / Colors: Mitch Gerads Fascinating book. The art by Mitch Gerads is gorgeous. 2.Miles Morales: Spider-Man #2 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Saladin Ahmed / Art: Javier Garron / Colors: David Curiel The art & writing continues to shine. Love the team-up with Rhino. Great […]
Best of 2018: Top 20 Comic Book Covers
Top 20 favorite comic book covers for 2018: 1. Marvel Two-In-One #8 Sep-18 (Marvel) Art: Jay Anceleto & Romulo Fajardo Jr 2. Amazing Spider-Man #796 Apr-18 (Marvel) Art: Alex Ross 3. Teen Titans #23 (Variant) Dec-18 (DC) Art: Alex Garner 4. Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #308 Oct-18 (Marvel) Art: Chris Bachalo 5. Exit Stage […]
Best of 2018: Top 10 Movies
Happy New Year! Here’s a list… My Top 10 Movies for 2018 1 – The Death of Stalin 2 – Avengers: Infinity War 3 – Isle of Dogs 4 – Blackkklansman 5 – Love, Simon 6 – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 7 – Crazy Rich Asians 8 – A Star Is Born 9 – Mary […]
Best of 2018: Top 10 TV Series
With News, Sports, and YouTube, I don’t watch a lot of episodic television. That said … My Favorite TV Series for 2018. 1 – Silicon Valley (HBO) 2 – The Good Place (NBC) 3 – Aggretsuko (Netflix) 4 – Will & Grace (NBC) 5 – Titans (DC Universe) 6 – The Kids Are Alright (ABC) […]
Books of the Week – 01/02/19
1. Conan the Barbarian #1 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Jason Aaron / Art: Mahmud Asrar / Colors: Matthew Wilson Excellent return for this classic character. Perfectly captures the feel of the old books. Frankly, I’m a bit shocked. 2. Immortal Hulk #11 (Marvel) ★★★★★ Writer: Al Ewing / Art: Joe Bennett & Ruy Jose / Colors: […]
Best of 2018: Top 10 Comic Series
1. Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel) Chip Zdarsky signed off from his run on this title with three excellent stories, “Amazing Fantasy”, “No More” and my Books of the Year, “Cracked Hourglass”. It all culminated in the Brilliant issue 310 “Finale”, written and illustrated by Zdarsky. Joe Quinones and Adam Kubert’s art in “Amazing […]
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