by Jarrod | May 15, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Brendan F. Hodgdon. Tone is a remarkable thing. It can make two stories with the same plots into massively different things (just ask Austin Powers: Goldmember and Spectre). Comics, in particular, are a medium that allows for really exciting approaches to tone. The...
by Jarrod | May 15, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Brandy Dykhuizen. Our Week In Review sums up our weekly comic book coverage while taking time for a new review or two before it’s all over. This week: ‘Proxima Centauri’ #1 and ‘Hungry Ghosts’ #4. Proxima Centauri #1 Image Comics/$3.99 Written and...
by Jarrod | May 11, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. As a character, Deadpool can be a lot to take. His brand of outrageously over-the-top humor works for some, but others can find his excessive goofiness a bit much. That works incredibly well in the space of a two-hour movie, but it can be somewhat more...
by Jarrod | May 11, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
Are you looking forward to a new comic book but it’s impossible for you to wait for its release before you know what we thought about it? That’s why there’s DoomRocket’s Advanced Reviews — now we assess books you can’t even buy yet. This week: ‘Stellar’ #1, out June...
by Jarrod | May 10, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Arpad Okay. I came for the stunning character design. The costumes that Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl have developed, heck, the world they occupy, they are pure fantasy delights. People have compared Isola to Miyazaki, and while for me it feels way more like...
by Jarrod | May 4, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. Last September, in an effort to forestall declining sales, Marvel Comics unleashed its latest relaunch, named Marvel Legacy. For the most part, it failed to connect with readers, having intimated a back-to-basics approach, and yet in many ways seemed to...
