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Comic Book Review – Pretty Deadly Vol. 1: The Shrike

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Michelle Herbert reviews Pretty Deadly Vol. 1: The Shrike… KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and EMMA RÍOS (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death’s daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke […]

Marvel dominates comic book sales in 2014

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Diamond Comic Distributors has releasing their annual end-of-year sales rankings for the comic book industry, which continued its upward trend in 2014 as sales increased 4.39% over the previous twelve months. The year was dominated by Marvel, who led the charts in terms of both dollar and unit market share (34.38% and 36.78% respectively), as […]

Comic Book Review – Roche Limit #4

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Zeb Larson reviews Roche Limit #4… Alex and Sonya take a dangerous trip to the anomaly while all hell breaks loose on the colony. Michael Moreci and Vic Malhotra effectively state their guiding philosophy for Roche Limit in this issue, and we get some answers as to just what the hell is going on. After […]

Comic Book Review – Fade Out #4

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Zeb Larson reviews Fade Out #4… Sex and violence in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Charlie’s flashbacks to the war affect his work, and his secret mission to solve a covered up murder. And remember, like all BRUBAKER/PHILLIPS comics, the back pages of THE FADE OUT are filled with extra art and articles you can […]

Comic Book Review – Nailbiter #9

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Zeb Larson reviews Nailbiter #9… Are the children of Buckaroo, Oregon all going to grow up to be serial killers? This is a middling issue of Nailbiter. Not a bad issue by any means, but not an interesting issue either. It’s a placeholder while we wait for the plot to unfold, which must inevitably come […]

Comic Book Review – Graveyard Shift #1

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Andrew Newton reviews Graveyard Shift #1… Graveyard Shift is the new comic book series from writer Jay Faerber (creator of Image Comics’ Near Death and Noble Causes series).  Those lovers of horror and particularly vampire horror stories will be intrigued by this storyline which sees police officer Liam start his night with what appears to be a normal […]

Zeb’s Top Ten Comic Books of the Year (and a couple of honorable mentions)

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Zeb Larson’s Top Ten Comics of 2014 (and a couple of honorable mentions)… Every top ten list is colored by the reviewer’s preferences, and my list is no exception. I’m most interested in comics that try and deal with some part of the human experience, whether it’s war, crime, violence, home, race, or sex. Most […]

Comic Book Review – C.O.W.L. #7

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Zeb Larson reviews C.O.W.L. #7… The times they are a changin. After the shocking murder of a C.O.W.L. hero, members of the organization must put aside their differences in order to find the killer…before Detective Evelyn Frost and the Chicago Police do. After last issue’s almost light-hearted story, C.O.W.L. is back in regular form with […]

Image announces Nailbiter/Hack/Slash one-shot crossover

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Image Comics has announced that bestselling writers Joshua Williamson and Tim Seeley team up with artists Mike Henderson and Emilio Laiso for a crossover one-shot event of killer proportions in Nailbiter/Hack/Slash, which is due out in March 2015. In NAILBITER/HACK/SLASH, the infamous serial killers of Buckaroo, Oregon meet the ultimate serial killer hunter, Cassie Hack… […]