by Jarrod | Jan 22, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Courtney Ryan. Just like soccer and hazelnuts, bandes dessinées (or Franco-Belgian comics) never really enjoyed the opportunity to dominate in America because they’ve always been just a little too European for us. It certainly wasn’t due to a lack of great art or...
by Jarrod | Jan 9, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Courtney Ryan. Maybe it’s merely a time-honored tradition, or perhaps it really is the sensible way to go, but more often than not, when a budding comic reader asks for book recommendations, the go-to suggestions are often of the slice-of-life variety. I guess it...
by Jarrod | Dec 4, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Courtney Ryan. I must begin this review by admitting that I was never a fan or reader of the original Witchblade series. I had heard of the comic and knew it was popular enough to inspire a television series here in the US and an anime and manga franchise in Japan....
by Jarrod | Nov 15, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Molly Jane Kremer. I’m always puzzled by comic book fans who say they “follow writers” when explaining their reading tastes. Taking for granted the collaboration between artist and writer at the heart of most comic books seems almost disrespectful, and always makes...
by Jarrod | Oct 23, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Courtney Ryan. A satisfying conclusion to a trilogy is a challenge to pull off. For every Return of the King there are at least a dozen Alien 3s. Yet, when a trilogy manages to stick the landing, the risks involved are completely worth it. Of course, some of the...
