by Jarrod | Apr 29, 2022 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
by Clyde Hall and Jarrod Jones. Undercover is where DoomRocket takes a moment to gaze upon gorgeous works from magnificent artists. From Jenny Frison’s Alice Ever After #1 to Jim Terry’s West of Sundown #1, these are our picks for...
by Jarrod | Apr 29, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR
by Arpad Okay. This is RETROGRADING, where we know better than to mess with monks when martial arts are involved. THE FILM: A Touch of Zen THE YEAR: 1971. King Hu had left Shaw Brothers and Hong Kong for the creative freedom of his own Taiwanese production company,...
by Jarrod | Apr 29, 2022 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
THIS ADVANCE DOOMROCKET REVIEW OF BONE ORCHARD: PASSAGEWAY IS SPOILER-FREE. by Kate Kowalski. When you think of a lighthouse, what do you see? Maybe you picture a cheery postcard, painting, or a sweet ceramic knick-knack in your aunt’s glass cabinet. Or maybe you...
by Jarrod | Apr 27, 2022 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
Required Reading is DoomRocket’s love chest, opened once a month to champion a book that we adore and you should read. The latest: Junkwraith, available now from Top Shelf Productions. by Arpad Okay. Give me a book with a loser and I will give it a chance. A...
by Jarrod | Apr 27, 2022 | ANTI-MONITOR
THIS ANTI-MONITOR REVIEW OF ‘THE NORTHMAN’ CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Jarrod Jones. And now for something completely insane: a 137-minute long Viking revenge saga from auteur filmmaker Robert Eggers, he of The Witch and The Lighthouse, a surreal...
by Jarrod | Apr 27, 2022 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
THIS REVIEW OF COUNT CROWLEY: AMATEUR MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER #1 CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Clyde Hall. We had no costumed horror movie host in the rural area where I grew up. Any late night monster show was slapped onto the air without preamble, prop spiders,...
by Jarrod | Apr 13, 2022 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Tyler Crook has spent the last decade or so exploring the darker paths with fellow travelers. With The Lonesome Hunters, Crook makes this journey alone. This latest creator-owned series from Dark Horse Comics marks Crook’s first solo credit...