by Jarrod | Oct 2, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Andrew Stevens. In Fatale, Sleeper, and Incognito, Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips dipped inside the fantastical: we got super-powers, immortal beings, and indestructible protagonists. In The Fade Out this creative team produces a direct mimesis of the Hollywood...
by Jarrod | Oct 2, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Gavin Rehfeldt. Guns and Grayson make for an interesting combination, being that he is the disciple of the House of Wayne, which strictly forbids gunplay. Grayson #3 presents a direct narrative while also exploring the larger idea of guns, guns and fun, and guns as...
by Jarrod | Oct 1, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer. I used to define myself as a DC Comics fan (inasmuch as we nerds tend to classify ourselves by these things we love and obsess over). Which certainly isn’t to say I hate everything DC currently publishes. It simply became very clear to me in...
by Jarrod | Oct 1, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Let’s be honest with each other: there was never anything wholly original about Lobo. Created by Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer in 1983 as a response to Marvel anti-heroes like The Punisher and Wolverine, Lobo was very much a heightened...
by Jarrod | Sep 30, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Andrew Stevens. At the close of issue five of The Chicago Organized Workers League (C.O.W.L.) we emerge from a labyrinth of plot and character setup, only to turn around and see the vista Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel, and Rod Reis have created. Below us stands the...
