Monthly Archives: April 2011

Lose #2- “It’s Chip.” Michael DeForge – – – Michael DeForge is probably the universal answer for everyone when they are asked “who’s the greatest cartoonist coming up today?”, which is probably a weirder fact than it seems. Because there … Continue reading →

Casanova: Gula #4 (backup story) “DIT DIT DIT DAH DAH DAH DIT DIT” Matt Fraction/Gabriel Ba/Cris Peter – – – Before we get down to specifics, it has to be said that this is the best comic Matt Fraction has … Continue reading →

The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD Dash Shaw – – – - -I finally picked this up after multiple vociferous recommendations from Matt Seneca, who came just short of saying that the book changed his life. Matt and … Continue reading →

X’ed Out Charles Burns – This is an awful piece of shit. Burroughs and Tintin. Hey, I love Burroughs and Tintin. You know what I hate? This. I hated Black Hole almost as much as I hate this. Coming of … Continue reading →

Uncanny X-Force #1-4 Rick Rememder/Jerome Opena/Dean White “The Apocalypse Solution” – – – The other great highlight of mainstream superhero comics art right now, outside of Marcos Martin, is Jerome Opena’s work on the opening arc of Uncanny X-Force. Sure, … Continue reading →

Amazing Spider-man #656 “No One Dies pt.2: Resolve” Dan Slott/Marcos Martin – – – - This was okay, while the previous issue was exemplary for letting Marcos Martin go to town on the kind of Spidey story that stopped being … Continue reading →