Zeb Larson reviews The Fade Out #9… NEW STORY ARC. Act Three begins as the mystery heats up! NOMINATED FOR THE EISNER AWARD FOR BEST NEW SERIES! Charlie and Gil are going to have it out this time around. Like the narrator reminds us, these two know each other well enough that they really know […]
Comic Book Review – The Fade Out #8
Zeb Larson reviews The Fade Out #8… STORY ARC CONCLUSION BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ best-selling series so far concludes its second act, as every answer Charlie and Gil find brings them into more and more danger. And remember, every issue of THE FADE OUT is packed with essays and art that are only in the monthly […]
Comic Book Review – The Fade Out #7
Zeb Larson reviews The Fade Out #7… Charlie is falling for the replacement blonde…but is he working her for information, or is she playing him for her own ends? This issue is a first for Fade Out: it didn’t really grab me. This has always been a slow burn kind of series and it has […]
Comic Book Review – The Fade Out #6
Zeb Larson reviews The Fade Out #6… BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS’ best-selling series ever just keeps hitting! Charlie and his blacklisted friend Gil hunt Hollywood’s back alleys for answers to Valeria Sommer’s murder and cover-up, but the one man who might know something, ex-child star “Flapjack” Jones, has gone into hiding…unless he’s dead in a ditch […]
Comic Book Review – The Fade Out #5
Zeb Larson reviews The Fade Out #5… The second act of BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS’ biggest hit ever begins with a bang! Someone knows who killed Valeria Sommers, but can our “heroes” find them without exposing themselves? And will their search lead them to answers they don’t want to find? A perfect jumping-on point for new […]
Zeb’s Top Ten Comic Books of the Year (and a couple of honorable mentions)
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 […]