Tag: Image Comics

Injection, Vols. 1 & 2

March 14, 2017 by Drew

The Short Version: What exactly did they do, those five brilliant minds given reign to imagine the future and how they could make it arrive more swiftly? What, exactly, is causing things like ghosts and transhuman zombies and leafy spirits of Olde England to appear in our world? And can any of it be stopped? The Review: I’m a wide-ranging fan of Warren Ellis’s particular take on the specifically-very-English blend of technology, history, and magic (however you define it). Even […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Sci-Fi • Tags: AI, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Declan Shalvey, Fantasy, Image Comics, Injection, Jordie Bellaire, Magic, review, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Speculative Fiction, Technology, Warren Ellis

Commercial Suicide (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3)

February 22, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: The world is still shaking after Ragnarock and the sudden deaths that twisted the entire plot of the series into knots. No one knows who to trust or even, really, what’s going on… and so it’s fitting to bring in some guest illustrators for one-shots and dive into individuals for a moment. The Review: The title of this arc, “Commercial Suicide”, nearly applies to the actual choices made by the comic team too. Coming off of two high-octane arcs […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Literature, Mystery • Tags: Brandon Graham, Clayton Cowles, comic book, Comic Books, Commercial Suicide, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novels, Grimes, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kate Brown, Kieron Gillen, Leila Del Duca, Literature, Mat Lopes, Matthew Wilson, Music, Pantheon, Rock, Rock and Roll, Stephanie Hans, The Wicked + the Divine, The Wicked + the Divine Vol. 3, Tula Lotay, WicDiv

Fandemonium (The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 2)

August 7, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: In the wake of Lucifer’s death, the gods continue on but Laura is trying to find out what happened. Who were the attempted assassins, what part does Ananke play in all of this, and is she actually special too? But as the gods launch their big festival – called Ragnarock – the stage is set for revelations nobody is expecting. The Review: Holy shit. (FYI there are gonna be some light SPOILERS, by necessity.) Talk about leaving people […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fandemonium, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Music, Mystery, Ragnarock, Reviews, Rock and Roll, The Wicked + the Divine

Big Hard Sex Criminals, Vol. One

July 22, 2015 by Drew

So I pretty quickly picked up the hardcover omnibus of Sex Criminals Vol. 1 & 2 after reading part one… and writing a whole review for it… so this is now a big ol’ double-post, reviewing both halves essentially. Of this monster of a hilarious-looking book: Big Hard Sex Criminals, Volume One I mean, right? So, without further ado… Issues #1-5, collected as One Weird Trick: The Short Version: Suzie is a pretty normal girl – except her orgasms can stop […]

Categories: Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Big Hard Sex Criminals, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Chip Zdarsky, Comic Books, Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Matt Fraction, One Weird Trick, Reviews, Sex Criminals, Speculative Fiction

The Faust Act (The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1)

July 6, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Every 90 years, the gods return and take over the lives of ordinary people. And for two years, they will be heroes, celebrities, rock stars – and then they die. But not everybody loves having the gods among us… The Review: The opening pages of the first issue of The Wicked + the Divine is one of the coolest, most up-my-alley hooks I’ve seen in a long time. It’s the 1920s, a house somewhere, and there are some… interesting characters […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Gods, Graphic Novel, Image Comics, Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, Music, Mystery, Reviews, Rock and Roll, The Faust Act, The Wicked + the Divine

Raging Biblio-holism

The overwhelming urge to collect, consume, and consider books