by Jarrod | Jul 13, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Arpad Okay. The American Way is the hard fall that comes when superheroes are tools. The organizations that put these heroes together decades ago — and went on to exploit them — have since disbanded. And yet the New American, Ole Miss, and Amber Waves...
by Jarrod | Jul 12, 2017 | CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is Casual Wednesdays With DoomRocket, where each week we discuss our feelings concerning the comics that mean the most to us, and the industry news that affects us all. This week, MJ & Jarrod...
by Jarrod | Jul 11, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Jarrod Jones. Calexit is a buzz word. It’s a state of turmoil. A statement of intent. A state of mind. Black Mask Studios’ latest marquee title is less speculative fiction than it is suppositional. Suppose the United States elected an aspiring autocrat...
by Jarrod | Jul 7, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Arpad Okay. One of the greatest things a horror story can do is craft a likable monster. Show us the murders, the rampant egocentrism, the congregation gathered ‘round the table eating their neighbors alive with total nonchalance, but make them charming. Make their...
by Jarrod | Jul 7, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Justin Sawyer. Giant Days centers on the challenges and triumphs of university friends Daisy, Susan, and Esther. In this issue, Daisy and Esther believe that someone has been breaking into the garage attached to their rental house, a sitcom premise that’s...
by Jarrod | Jul 6, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Jarrod Jones. It has been more than a year since DC Comics kicked off its highly successful Rebirth initiative — and with it, an era of optimism, hope, and legacy. If there’s one character who’s benefited the most from Rebirth it’s certainly...