by Jarrod | Sep 30, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. From the stars he came to us, lost, seeking, at a moment when we had problems of our own. From the Black Hammer universe created by Jeff Lemire comes an origin story of one of his most beloved and elusive characters: Barbalien, the strange Martian...
by Jarrod | Sep 28, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. It’s another day in our modern world. Civil unrest grips nations, emotionally-stunted tech billionaires want to play with rockets. Tying up traffic with would-be alien invasions, squashing mysterious robots, and fixing banged-up cars with...
by Jarrod | Sep 22, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. When the action in a Valiant script turns on a dime—and it always, always will—you need an art team primed and ready to make moves. Andrew Dalhouse is the kind of colorist who is always at the ready. When I ask Dalhouse about how he operates with the...
by Jarrod | Aug 31, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. I’m not sure if people still go “channel surfing” through the hellscape offerings of modern cable, but if you ever braved the dial during the mid-Aughties odds are you’re already well-acquainted with the lead characters of Dead...
by Jarrod | Aug 19, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Shadows are often the province of spies, who drape themselves in darkness as they fasten silencers to pistols with a smoldering pout on their faces. In a story like Shadow Service, it’s quite possible they’re sharing that space with—cue...
by Jarrod | Aug 17, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. David Pepose is the king of high-concept mash-ups. His province? The gray areas that exist between the known and the unknown. Take Spencer & Locke. A comic series featuring a hard-boiled detective and his imaginary stuffed panther. Calvin &...
