by Jarrod | 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 Jarrod | Oct 11, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘THE BATMAN’S GRAVE’ #1 CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. Cover to ‘The Batman’s Grave’ #1. Art: Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, Alex Sinclair/DC by Brendan Hodgdon. How does the mind of The Batman work? What sort of toll do those...
by Jarrod | Mar 29, 2019 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘DETECTIVE COMICS’ #1000 CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. Cover to ‘Detective Comics’ #1000. Art: Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair/DC by Brendan Hodgdon. The Dark Knight Detective. The Caped Crusader. Scion of a family of...
by Jarrod | Sep 4, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
THIS REVIEW OF ‘CEMETERY BEACH’ #1 CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS. by Brendan F. Hodgdon. Here in 2018, it is easy to argue that Image Comics sets the standard for the breadth and depth of style, tone, and genre of which comics are capable. But back in the 1990s,...
by Jarrod | Mar 10, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where we can never just stop. THE FILM: The Proposition THE TIME: 2005 featured a number of unique takes on the Western, such as Serenity, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Brokeback Mountain. But it was John...