by Jarrod | Oct 15, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. One of the great pleasures (and surprises!) of running a low-key comics site like DoomRocket is that I’m allowed to ask questions of fascinating creators. There are some artists and writers I speak with more than others, and some I’ve yet...
by Jarrod | Oct 1, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH’ #1 CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. Cover to ‘Department of Truth’ #1. Art: Martin Simmonds, Dylan Todd/Image Comics by Mickey Rivera. Men in Black was alright, but it’s kids stuff. The X-Files was entertaining, but...
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 | Feb 10, 2020 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
by Jarrod Jones. Grafity’s Wall is a rhapsody, of youth, of art, of movement. A story that captures a single moment of social despair: Neighborhood tenement gets torn down, its inhabitants scattered to whatever ends they can find. Life goes on, as it must,...
by Jarrod | Oct 11, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘THESE SAVAGE SHORES’ #5 IS SPOILER-FREE. Cover to ‘These Savage Shores’ #5. Art: Sumit Kumar, Vittorio Astone/Vault Comics by Sara Mitchell. “Tell me, Bishan, how were you made?” A tear rolls down my cheek as I sit here,...