It’s here that the major flaw in switching a TV series to a comic series becomes evident; while I’ve greatly enjoyed the writing, art and story lines so far the second volume of the Angel series is a series of short reflections back to the night when Wolfram & Hart flung LA into Hell. It’s […]
Category: graphic novels
Angel: After the Fall #1
March 11, 2014Buffy took season eight to the pages of the comic book world and now Angel’s done the same. The pluses—well lets face it both Angel and Spike have faces made for being drawn. In the last televised episode of Angel the broody vampire with a soul managed to kill the inner circle of demons at […]
New Mutants Classic, volume 1
August 16, 2013It’s a bit dated (early 80s) and of course a bit cliché (being a comic book) but I found this graphic novel to still be a lot of fun. First, you have a very multicultural collection of mutants here; Kentucky-coal boy Sam (Cannonball), Native American shaman-in-training Danielle (Psyche), hot-blooded South American Roberto (Sunspot), weeping Irish […]
Runaways vol. 1: Pride & Joy
August 9, 2013Runaways takes the idea that parents are evil and makes it come true. This gang of six life long associates (not really friends since they only still hang out because of their parents’ yearly get together) accidentally discover their parents killing someone. Ooops. In the course of one night, when trying to find out exactly […]
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Predators and Prey
May 31, 2013This volume of BtVS season eight is for fans, not newcomers. It’s not really a book that pushes forward the drama of Twilight, the secret anti-Slayer group that’s trying to destroy every Slayer on the streets. This collection of comics serves as housekeeping, as well as character and world building asides. Perhaps channeling the modern […]
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Time of Your Life
May 24, 2013Despite the last three volumes having different writers they’ve all held deliciously true to the Buffy-verse while not letting the storyline becoming dull or repetitive. With this addition the story moves the focus back to Buffy and to the large story arc, Buffy vs the mysterious Twilight. Except it moves at this plot from a […]
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wolves at the Gate
May 17, 2013Likely my favorite volume of Buffy so far, Book Three starts off with Buffy finding out about the major plot from the last volume, the lingering number of Slayers who have escaped her tutelage and have become something other than the first line of defense against evil. But before Buffy and the gang have time […]
Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future for You
May 10, 2013If Buffy, the petite pop-modern vampire slayer wasn’t enough for you this second volume from Joss Whedon’s “Season Eight” of Buffy brings tortured, anti-heroine slayer Faith back into play in a role even more suited to her than vampire and demon slaying. Part of the draw of the Buffy-verse is the balance of darkness and […]
The Long Way Home doesn’t start exactly where the last television season of Buffy left off, instead it starts a little past that, after Buffy and her crew have restarted their lives. In some ways, things are very different, but in others, they’re exactly the same. Each character seems to have taken a level of […]
Review: Teen Titans #1: A Kid’s Game
March 15, 2013Written by Geoff Johns Illustrated by Mixe McKone, Marlo Alquiza, Tom Grummett, Nelson, Kevin Conrad I’m a huge fan of the cartoon series, as well as a huge fan of the superhero genre in general. I expected some changes, even major changes, between other series and this one and wasn’t disappointed. So let’s start there. […]