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Showing posts with label Publisher: Image. Show all posts
A friend of mine, Jenny, has uploaded a video review of her first time reading a comic - Powers volume 1: Who Killed Retro Girl? Powers is a crime comic set in a world where everyone has superpowers.
Watch her review here:
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Mike Avon Oeming
Colour art: Pat Garrahy
Separation Assists: Ojo Calhente Studios
Letters: Pat Garrahy and Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher: Image Comics
Powers has been on my list of things to review for a while, but I haven't got round to it. Thankfully, this is a review by an actual new reader so may well work better for all of you :D
There's added bonus discussion of Yakitate Japan which is a battle manga about bread. And there's a very cute springer (?) spaniel rumbling about too.
Today's review comes to you courtesy of Phil May - AHA @ReadItDaddy. Phil is a technical wizard mashing coder by day, drawing fantastic characters and creatures by night and also reviewing children's books with his daughter over at http://readitdaddy.blogspot.com and grown up stuff at http://daddyafterdark.blogspot.com.
Writer: Brian K Vaughan Art: Fiona Staples Publisher: Image Comics
What's it about?
Space operas don’t come any weirder than Saga, and just when you feel that you’re comfortable that science fiction comics are mined out and the mighty reign of the superhero comic is unshakeable, Saga spins your head around and embroils you in a graphic universe that is sprawling, chaotic and (sometimes) darkly funny.
Saga kicks off slap bang in the middle of its narrator’s birth, setting the tone for the series stock-in-trade method of shock followed by quick explanation. This is set against a backgroundof a huge intergalactic plot involving space war, marginalization, bounty hunting and sheer unadulterated bizarreness.
On
this here blog we usually talk about trades – those books that collect
between 4 and 8 issues of a monthly comic. We do this because we
believe it is an easier way in for readers, but as big changes are afoot
at DC comics I think it’s about time to talk about the monthly issues
and where to find them. We have briefly talked about the different publishing houses here, so this post shall serve as a bit of a reminder.
Art: Ron Salas and Joe Eisma
Colorist: Frank Bravo
Letters: Johnny Lowe
Publisher: Image
Today's review is a guest post brought to you by Mothee. Mothee is a
comics fan, just graduated from film school and would like to be a
writer. You can find Mothee at the following places:
Existence 2.0/3.0 is a collection
of 2 mini series, written by Nick Spencer for Shadowline comics. It’s a mind bending
modern day sci-fi rom.
Sylvester Baladine is a scientist
with no moral compass who (on the first page of the story) finds himself on the
wrong side of a sword (for those of you at home who aren’t sure, that means
that the pointy end made him go ouchy), before he has a chance to die however,
Sylvester gets to test his new invention. With the push of a button Sylvester’s
consciousness swaps with his killer’s consciousness… or did it?
Sylvester (now
in Marko’s body) is on a quest to find who hired Marko to kill himself. It’s an intense thrill ride. I don’t want to ruin the midway twist but
3.0’s protagonist is a female hero that wouldn’t be out of place in Spencer's other book, Morning Glories.
Come walk with us into the halls of Morning Glory Academy. We join six new students about to start at this impressive private school for the rich and talented. However things seem a little odd. The book’s opening chapter begins with a booby trapped exploding blackboard and ends the scene with a mysterious transparent hand feeding off a student’s head…
Oh yeah, Morning Glory is not your usual school. The teachers have an agenda, the other students seem to be in on the plot and the six new attendees are soon fighting for their lives.
