Tag: graphic novels

  • Halo Graphic Novel Review

    Halo Graphic Novel Review

    2007, Marvel Writers: Lee Hammock, Jay Foerber, Brett Lewis Art: Simon Bisley, Andrew Robinson, Ed Lee, Moebius, Tsutomu Nihel Given that Halo recently earned itself a page in media history as the first console franchise to send Hollywood to its gout-swollen knees, the Master Chief’s transition from video game to comic book was inevitable. Sadly,…

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 vol. 1: The Long Way Home Review

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 vol. 1: The Long Way Home Review

    2007, Dark Horse Writer: Joss Whedon Pencils: Georges Jeanty Inks: Andy Owens Colour: Dave Stewart “Oh Buffy, how we’ve missed you. Maybe we didn’t appreciate you back in your heyday. Shucks, we were stupid, ignorant and ungrateful. But we’ve seen the error of our ways, Buff. This time you’ll get the respect you deserve.” The…

  • Captain America: Winter Soldier vol. 1 TPB Review

    Captain America: Winter Soldier vol. 1 TPB Review

    2006, Marvel Writer: Ed Brubaker Art: Steve Epting, Michael Lark, John Paul Leom, Tom Palmer Colours: Frank D’Armata Writing this review some two years after Ed Brubaker’s Captain America reboot debuted, it’s safe to say that the Winter Soldier’s identity is now common knowledge amongst the comic community. The defrosting of Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, now…

  • New Avengers vol. 2: Sentry TPB Review

    New Avengers vol. 2: Sentry TPB Review

    2006, Marvel Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: Steve McNiven Inks: Mark Morales, John Dell Colours: Morry Hollowell, Laura Martin Fans anticipating Marvel’s New Avengers were left strangely confused after the initial story arc failed to include two members pictured in the promotional material; the Sentry (Marvel’s Superman) and Ronin (at this point, identity undisclosed). Volume…

  • New Avengers vol. 3: Secrets & Lies TPB Review

    New Avengers vol. 3: Secrets & Lies TPB Review

    2006, Marvel Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: David Finch, Rick Mays, Frank Cho Inks: Danny Miki, Jason Martin Colours: Frank D’Armata, Rob Schwager, Jason Keith The New Avengers continues its rather slow set up; 17 issues later we have the official roster being publicly announced. Whereas volume two dealt with the Sentry’s inclusion into the…

  • Marvel Zombies TPB Review

    Marvel Zombies TPB Review

    Marvel, 2006 Writer: Robert Kirkman Art: Sean Phillips Colours: June Chung Covers: Arthur Suydam The two big ones do thrive on gimmicks. If it’s not the next Death of A Nobody, it’s the obligatory annual Big Event, the repercussions of which are never anything but minimal. Dragging its rotting corpse onto the back of the…

  • The Exterminators vol. 2: Insurgency TPB Review

    The Exterminators vol. 2: Insurgency TPB Review

    2006 DC/Vertigo Writer: Simon Oliver Pencils: Tony Moore, Chris Samnee Inks: Ande Parks, Sean Parsons, Tony Moore Colours: Brian Buccellato Essentially, Simon Oliver’s Exterminators is Repo Man set in a pest control institution. This is not to say that Exterminators is in any way derivative of Alex Cox’s cult classic, but that it presents a…

  • Whiteout TPB Review

    Whiteout TPB Review

    Originally published 1998, Oni Press Writer: Greg Rucka Art: Steve Lieber Whiteout: a weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow and diffuse lighting from overcast clouds. U.S. Marshall Carrie Stetko feels the same way about her current predicament; emotionally vacuous and struggling to lose her past, she is only given…