Category: Comic Book Reviews
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Skullkickers #1 Comic Book Review
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$2.99, Image Story: Jim Zubkavich Art: Edwin Huang, Misty Coats, Chris Stevens (cover) I’ve always felt that the swords and sorcery genre (if anyone still calls it that) benefits from a healthy dose of humour. It’s the reason why Army of Darkness, with its tongue planted firmly in cheek, is still entertaining as ever, while…
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Sean Dietrich’s Catalepsy Comic Review
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2007, 215 Ink Written and Illustrated by: Sean Dietrich From the skewed mind of Sean Dietrich (Industriacide, Fervor) comes Catalepsy, a short but sweet tale of aeroplanes, alcoholism and afterlife. To divulge much of its plot, or indeed compare it to Adrian Lyne’s classic 90s psychological thriller with which it share its central concept, would…
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Morning Glories #1 Comic Book Review
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$3.99, Image Story: Nick Spencer Art: Joe Eisner Colours: Alex Sollazzo Nick Spencer’s hit new series Morning Glories is further proof that everybody loves good mystery. While the series (presumably) borrows elements from Susperia, The Faculty and a thousand other high school dramas, Spencer (Existence 2.0, Forgetless) has smartly abstained from revealing precisely what his…
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Massive Awesome #1 Comic Book Review
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$2.99, 215 Ink Story: Stephen Lindsay Art: Rolf Lejdegård, Daniel Thollin I went into Massive Awesome with no clue as to what it was about. 215 Ink should be commended on this first issue’s standard edition cover, which depicts a group of monstrous ninjas, for not revealing the series’ two, er, unique protagonists. You see,…
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New Indie Releases: Deadly Seconds, Fuddle, Everybody Dies in the End & Omnitarium
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Well, it’s finally happened… When I first set up shelfabuse.com, I vowed to extensively review every new indie comic or book sent my way; it didn’t then occur to me that there’d actually be a point where I’d have to start turning books down. Well, that time is now, and with the site presently receiving…
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Scarlet #1 Comic Book Review
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Icon, $3.95 Story: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Alex Maleev With the Bendis brand slapped across so many Marvel titles these days, most readers have probably become accustomed to his schizophrenic output. For every Secret Invasion there’s an Alias, for every reader who balked at the very idea of an Ultimate Spider-man there’s a Powers. You…
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The Royal Historian of Oz #1 Review
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Slave Labor Graphics, $1.00 Story: Tommy Kovac Art: Andy Hirsch The perpetual regurgitation of public domain properties is something you either reluctantly enjoy or thoroughly despise. For every Wicked or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen there’s a dozen Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. With SLG’s The Royal Historian of Oz, Tommy Kovac and Andy Hirsch take…
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Batman Beyond #1 Comic Book Review
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DC, $2.99 Writer: Adam Beechen Pencils: Ryan Benjamin Inks: John Stanisci Colours: David Baron From the first page of ‘Hush Beyond,’ the comic revival of the futuristic Timm/Dini take on Batman, it’s clear that this ain’t your daddy’s/younger self’s Batman Beyond. Kicking off with the aftermath of an inmate escape from Cadmus Labs and the…