by Jarrod | Aug 1, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Stefania Rudd and Arpad Okay. Our Week In Review collects our thoughts on the comics that demand attention. Do you have a deep-rooted desire to know what we think about all your favorite books? Well. This is where you need to be. Archie #10 Archie Comics/$3.99...
by Jarrod | Jul 29, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Rebirth is upon us. And we’re on board for the change that’s to come. You know the score by now: brand-new debuts, all-new creative teams, and best of all? Competitive cover prices. At $2.99 a pop, DC Comics has all but rolled...
by Jarrod | Jul 29, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. It was a one-shot. Prestige format, hallucinatory narrative, adult-oriented material. A far cry from the Comics Code-approved superhero dustups from the era. It never should have had a place in the wider Batman mythos, and yet, somehow, its legacy...
by Jarrod | Jul 29, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
Required Reading is DoomRocket’s love chest, where each week one of our contributors goes crazy over a book they just can’t seem to get enough of. Intrigued to find something new? Seeking validation for your secret passions? Required Reading gets you. And now for...
by Jarrod | Jul 28, 2016 | LOAD FILE
By Aaron Amendola. Saddle up, kids, we’re gonna talk a little bit about a concept called “ludonarrative dissonance.” The concept is pretty straightforward: it’s the idea that what we do in video games directly contradict what cutscenes and other narrative...