by Jarrod | Nov 7, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming. RETROGRADING is my attempt to parse the films of yesteryear, just to see if they hold their ground. Short Circuit (1986). When I began this series, I evoked Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, themes of which were adapted in a number of ‘80s films. From...
by Jarrod | Nov 6, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer. DC Comics has been sending forth quite the deluge of new titles our way, and orchestrating major re-hauls of a few others also worthy of our attention. Gotham Academy #2 is, as you can guess, one of the former, and as a second issue of...
by Jarrod | Nov 6, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Making the Bat-books fun would seem to be a thankless task. Strip the bone-crushing gravity and bleak world-view from Bruce Wayne’s world, and all we’d have left is a billionaire crime-smasher with amazing gadgets and really cool,...
by Jarrod | Nov 5, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Andrew P. Stevens. Image Comics’ Velvet launches issue #8 immediately after last month’s cliffhanger, and moves us deeper inside the dark mirrored corridor that is this espionage story. Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, and Elizabeth Breitweiser further display...
by Jarrod | Nov 3, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Molly Jane Kremer. As the final chapter in one of the New52’s most well-received series, Brian Azzarello’s and Cliff Chiang’s Wonder Woman ends this week with issue #35. Both men have worked on the book since the series (and the entire DC Universe) relaunched in...
by Jarrod | Oct 30, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Donna Bourgois. Everyone loves the classic American Dream story. The American Dream isn’t so far back that we can’t dig through years of #thestruggle to find our roots. I’m sure we aren’t so completely jaded as a society, that we can’t remember stories of our...
