by Jarrod | Jan 11, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Stefania Rudd and Jarrod Jones. 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. Paper Girls #4 Image/$2.99...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Tom Platt. As it is with every adventure story built on a verbal retelling, the blanks get filled in with embellished detail. But if the adventure is enrapturing enough, no matter whose version you hear, the core of that story will always remain true. So...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Brandy Dykhuizen. And we’re back with Trine Hampstead, the all-knowing, adequately powerful, cool-as-a-cucumber street detective, chilling to the sounds of other people’s thoughts on the tube like they were her main jams on her favorite iTunes mix. Trine’s been...
by Jarrod | Jan 8, 2016 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. Cultural appropriation and Japanese horror have been cozy bedfellows for years, with films like Ringu and Ju On: The Grudge inspiring uninspired (or altogether lousy) American remakes. Though jump scares and creepy ghost-girls are firmly entrenched...
by Jarrod | Jan 7, 2016 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Scott Southard. This year I had that gift unwrapping experience. You know, the one infused with nostalgia, harkening back to the childlike giddiness many American suburbanite youths felt on Christmas mornings past (search “Nintendo 64 Christmas” on YouTube if...
