Filed under: Features | Tags: Bestof2013, Jason Aaron, Simone Bianchi, Thanos Rising
A post-credits appearance in the Avengers movie may have got Thanos his big screen debut but earlier this year we got a glimpse of his early days in this 5-parter.
Filed under: Features | Tags: Bestof2013, Black Hearted Press, John Farman, John Howard, Royal Descent
Taking on “the establishment” in comic books has always been fair game for indie comics but Black Hearted Press raised the bar with this release earlier this year.
Filed under: Features | Tags: Bestof2013, Drowntown, Jim Murray, Robbie Morrison
A fairly recent read for me was volume one of Drown Town by Robbie Morrison & Jim Murray…..but it joins the highlights with ease.
Filed under: Features | Tags: Bestof2013, Hit-Girl, John Romita JR, Kick-Ass 3, Mark Millar
Mark Millar & John Romita Jr. started the third and final chapter of Kick-Ass, their creator-owned comic book series that brought superhero’s into the real world with a strong emphasis on the word “reaI”.
Filed under: Features | Tags: Ben Templesmith, Bestof2013, J. Michael Straczynski, Ten Grand
Another Image comic’s release that had me pre-ordering like a mad man was Ten Grand by a creative team that had me hyped.
IDW Publishing seem to have developed a knack for licensing just the right titles for release…..and this among an already impressive line-up but the stand-out one for me has been X-Files Season 10.
In recent times, the “events” from the big two have been mainly a big disappointment……..ending up pointless or not really rocking the comic universe as billed…..but DC’s Trinity War was going to change that…..right??
Jeff Lemire is a fairly new writer/artist to me but after loving some of his previous work I jumped at pre-ordering this latest release from Vertigo.
We saw this hit cinema’s back in April based on a (yet-to-be seen) Graphic Novel from Radical Studios, written & directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Steve Niles hits us with another winner with his 3-part arc Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem through Dark horse Comics (reviewed here).