by | Nov 11, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Some facts: Marcel Petiot conned people desperate to flee Nazi-occupied Paris by fooling them into thinking he was a doctor sympathetic to the French Resistance. He lured in his victims with trust—trust with their safety, trust with their bodies,...
by | Nov 8, 2019 | 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: ‘Killadelphia’ #1, out...
by | Nov 8, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
Cover to ‘2000 AD’ prog 2157. Art: Cliff Robinson, Dylan Teague/’2000 AD’/Rebellion Publishing 2000 AD PROG 2157Written by John Wagner, Pat Mills, Dan Abnett, Kek-W, Guy Adams.Art by Colin MacNeil, Stewart Kenneth Moore, INJ Culbard, Jimmy...
by | Nov 7, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Brendan Hodgdon. This is RETROGRADING, where it’s still a strange world, and we’re all working to keep it that way. Cover to ‘Planetary: Book One’. Art: John Cassaday, Laura Martin/DC THE STORY: Planetary THE TEAM: Warren Ellis (writer), John Cassaday...
by | Nov 7, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY’ #1 CONTAINS SPOILERS. Cover to ‘Undiscovered Country’ #1. Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli/Image Comics by Clyde Hall. Imagine American isolationists enforcing their will for three decades, 1917 to 1947. Not just...
by | Oct 31, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
Required Reading is DoomRocket’s love chest, opened twice monthly to champion a book that we adore. This week Arpad recommends Eleanor Davis’ ‘The Hard Tomorrow’, out now from Drawn & Quarterly. Cover to ‘The Hard Tomorrow’. Art: Eleanor...
by | Oct 31, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Take from the über-rich, the capitalists-run-amok, the over-the-line authoritarians, and give, give, give to those held down by them all. Do it without leaving a trace. No killing. Be righteous. Be true. This is the credo of Quarter Killer, a...
by | Oct 31, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘BASKETFUL OF HEADS’ CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. Cover to ‘Basketful of Heads’ #1. Art: Reiko Murakami/Hill House Comics/DC by Brendan Hodgdon. These days, it may not be all that shocking to argue that even the most idyllic and cozy...
