Posted by Ken Zeider, on August 30th, 2011
Greetings friends and Comic Impact followers! It’s Tuesday, so once again we’re gonna have us a little sit down and discuss another wonderful trade for Trade Tuesday! This week we’re going to be looking at Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War from the creative team of Brian Clevenger and Scott Wegener. A few months ago I did a feature of the first volume, so I thought, why not get into the second volume of this amazing series?
This second volume follows Atomic Robo’s exploits during the Second World War as...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on August 16th, 2011
Tuesday has come again my friends! How’s your week going so far? Well, if things aren’t going so great at least you got Trade Tuesday to bring a little bit of happiness into your life. This week we’re going to be taking a look at Spider-Man: Blue from the amazing team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. As I’m sure you’re already aware, these were the guys that did the outstanding Daredevil: Yellow and Hulk: Gray. At least you should be aware because I have already done Trade Tuesday features on both of those...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on August 9th, 2011
Hey Comic Impact friends! It’s Tuesday and it’s time for this week’s Trade Tuesday! Sorry we missed the last couple of weeks, but you know how things get when there’s that San Diego Comic Con. It sure was a lot of fun and I was able to pick up a lot of trades to review for the next few weeks. One trade that I was very happy to get my grubby little mitts on was Screamland. If you’ve been paying attention, you probably noticed that we’ve mentioned the new ongoing series once or twice on the Podcast....
Posted by Ken Zeider, on July 19th, 2011
It’s the week of San Diego Comic Con! For comic book fans, it’s like Christmas and Columbus Day combined! But today is only Tuesday, so we’ll have to put our excitement on hold while we enjoy this week’s edition of Trade Tuesday. This week we’re going to take a look at Power Girl: Bomb Squad from Judd Winick and Sami Basri. This book collects issues 13-18 of the most recent Power Girl ongoing series. With taking over a book from the team of Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Amanda Conner; Winick...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on July 12th, 2011
Happy Tuesday, my Comic Impact friends! Sorry to say that I missed last week’s Trade Tuesday. It was the 4th of July. Can’t I take a week off? One week! Come on, give me a break! I understand that it must have been hard for you, but don’t you fret because I’m back and this week I’ve got a pretty interesting book for you. The Unwritten by writer, Mike Carey (X-Men Legacy, Hellblazer) and artist, Peter Gross (Lucifer). So, let’s get down to business!
This series follows a character named Tom...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on June 28th, 2011
Is there anything better than a Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale team-up? Probably, but you might have trouble naming fifty things that are better than a Loeb/Sale collaboration. One of my all time favorite stories from them is a 6-issue miniseries called Hulk Gray. The hardcover of this trade has been available for quite a while, but just recently became available as a paperback again, so I thought it might be appropriate to be the feature for this week’s Trade Tuesday.
First off, I love the way this story is told. It actually takes...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on June 21st, 2011
I hope you all had a good Father’s Day, but today is not Father’s Day, it’s Tuesday and at this point I’m sure you all know what that means. For this week’s Trade Tuesday I decided to go with Jonah Hex: No Way Back which was written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Tony DeZuniga. Gray and Palmiotti have been writing Jonah Hex since 2006 and DeZuniga was the original artist and co-creator of the character.
This story was published specifically as an original graphic novel and initially...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on June 14th, 2011
Today is Tuesday and of course, just like last Tuesday and the Tuesday before that, and so on and so forth, it’s time for a brand new Trade Tuesday! This thing comes out like clockwork! So, what book am I going to share with all of you wonderful people this week? How does Y: The Last Man Volume 1: Unmanned sound? This is one of those series that people have been telling me for years that I need to read. Is this comic book worth all the hype? Let’s find out.
As the title would suggest Y: The Last Man is a story about...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on June 7th, 2011
Did you guys check out that new Kirby: Genesis #0 book that came out a couple weeks ago? Doesn’t really look too much like Jack Kirby to me, but you know what does? Image Comics’ Godland from Joe Casey and Tom Scioli. If any book was created as a tribute to the work of Jack Kirby, it’s this book. Back in November of last year, I did a Trade Tuesday that featured the first volume of this series and, while going through my books, I came across the second volume and thought it would be a fun book to go over for...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on May 31st, 2011
If you’ve been listening to the Pick of the Week Podcasts lately, you’ve probably noticed that Simon and I have really been enjoying the Hell out of Hellblazer (pun intended). John Constantine is one of those characters that I’ve always liked, but I never read the comics. Despite its many flaws, I even liked the movie Constantine, I’d be willing to see a sequel. But for the past couple of weeks I’ve been picking up a lot of the Trades. The latest, being the most recent trade from Si Spencer and Sean...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on May 24th, 2011
Did you guys check out Ian’s article on the 20th anniversary of the release of the movie adaptation of Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer? If not, check it out. Anyway, if you couldn’t tell, Ian is a big fan of the Rocketeer and he was nice enough to loan me his copy of The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures so that I could feature it on this week’s edition of Trade Tuesday. That’s right, IDW was able to get the rights and release the whole collection in one book.
I think at this point, we all know the...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on May 17th, 2011
If you’re a fan of Hellboy, you will love Atomic Robo. Remember a couple of months ago, I did a Trade Tuesday on Killer of Demons? Did you end up reading it? You should have because it was awesome. Anyway, after I read that book, I decided that I really wanted to check out Atomic Robo because both books have art from Scott Wegener. So, I just finished reading the first volume entitled, Atomic Robo and the Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne. How awesome is that title?
Have you ever heard of Nikola Tesla? If you haven’t,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on May 10th, 2011
After 70 issues of Invincible, Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley have finally gotten to the story they’ve been building up since the series started, The Viltrumite War. This is one of the few trade paperbacks I’ve purchased where I actually own and have read the individual issues as well. The only time I ever do this is for stories that I really enjoyed and plan on reading over and over again. Also, I thought volume 14 would be a good book to feature for Trade Tuesday.
So, we all know that Invincible and his father,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on April 26th, 2011
Rick Remender has been doing some awesome stuff recently; Uncanny X-Force, and Punisher: In the Blood just to name a couple. Remender also has a fairly long history in horror and horror related books, one of which I’ve decided to feature on this week’s edition of Trade Tuesday. Doll and Creature was a book written by him with art by John Heebink that was published by Image Comics in 2005. It may not be the greatest thing that Remender has done, but it’s certainly one of the more interesting projects he’s...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on April 19th, 2011
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I hope your week is going well, I know mine is because I’ve picked up the latest volume of American Dad!, but that’s not why we’re here. With every Tuesday comes a new edition of Trade Tuesday here at Comic Impact. This week features the very much unappreciated, Elephantmen from writer Richard Starkings and art mostly from Moritat, but there’s a number of other artists that contribute to this book. If you’ve ever read a comic book in your life, you’ve probably seen...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on April 12th, 2011
It only takes one good idea and Axe Cop may be the greatest idea to ever come to fruition. Axe Cop started out as a web series comic drawn by Ethan Nicolle and written by his (at the time it started) five year old brother, Malachai Nicolle. That’s right, this amazing comic is written by a five year old boy. Over the last year and a half this comic has gone from a fun little web comic to a full-length three issue miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics. ComicImpact founder, Simon gave me the first issue of the new mini-series...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on April 5th, 2011
For this latest edition of Trade Tuesday, I’ve decided to focus on a book that I’ve wanted to do for quite some time. Mostly because it’s an Ed Brubaker book and everything he writes is pure awesome, especially this book. In case you couldn’t figure it out from the headline, the book I’m referring to is, Criminal Vol. 1: Coward. The art is done by Sean Phillips, who has done all the Criminal books and also does Incognito with Mr. Brubaker.
If you haven’t read any of the Criminal books, you...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on March 29th, 2011
I don’t know about the rest of you, but one of the movies I’m really looking forward to this summer is Cowboys and Aliens. I just don’t want to wait for July 29th, it’s so far away! Fortunately for me, this movie happens to be based on a graphic novel also called Cowboys and Aliens. The book has been out of print for quite a while now, but the good folks at Platinum Studios have just re-released it so that we could all have the chance to read it before the movie comes out. So, let’s take this opportunity...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on March 22nd, 2011
A lot of people are starting to freak out because of that whole Mayan 2012, the whole world is gonna end. Blah blah blah. The question is, what could possibly cause the world to end in 2012? Well, in this week’s edition of Trade Tuesday, we’re going to take a look at a book that shows a pretty nasty end of the world scenario. It really shouldn’t be a surprise that the most likely people involved in destroying the human race would be the Nazis. That’s right boys and girls, this week we’re going to...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on March 15th, 2011
Have you ever worried that you might be going insane at your job? You ever think that your boss is a demon from Hell? Is there a small angel that follows you around and tells you to kill people? Well then, I have the perfect book for you. Killer of Demons written by Chirstopher Yost, who you may remember from X-Force and New X-Men. It also features from pretty darn good artwork from Scott Wegener, who you may know from Atomic Robo. So, let’s take a look at this book on this brand new edition of Trade Tuesday.
Dave Sloan...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on March 8th, 2011
So, everyone loves Brian Michael Bendis, right? It’s probably because everything he does is so freaking awesome! On a personal note, I am ashamed to admit that I had never read Powers, until Simon bought me the first volume for my birthday the other week. Thanks Simon! It started off a little rocky for me, but as I kept reading I got really into it. So, let’s take a look at this first story line for this week’s Trade Tuesday!
This book introduces us to homicide detective, Christian Walker as he is doing some...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on March 1st, 2011
I thought that after last week’s Trade Tuesday, which featured Daytripper, it might be appropriate to feature a book that’s a little bit more lighthearted. What better book than everyone’s favorite book based on an animated television show about life in the year 3000, or so? I’m talking about Futurama, of course. That’s right, Bongo Comics doesn’t just do The Simpsons, it’s also been doing the Futurama comic book since before the show was canceled. Written by Ian Boothby, with pencils...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on February 22nd, 2011
This week, we have a very special Trade Tuesday for you. You might be asking yourself, “What makes this so special?” Well hold your horses, if you would just give me a second, I’ll get to that! This week, we’re going to be looking at Vertigo’s Daytripper, by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. While this ten issue series was coming out I kept hearing people talk about how good it was, Simon even made it his pick for one of the POW podcasts. So when this trade finally hit the stands a couple of weeks ago,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on February 15th, 2011
Another Tuesday has come up out of nowhere, which means we have a brand spanking new edition of Trade Tuesday! This week we’ll be taking a look at The Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues. If you remember, we had a Trade Tuesday a couple of weeks ago that focused on The Flash: Rebirth, and as I said in that review, it just wasn’t what I expected it to be. Does this new series meet my expectations and accomplish what I would like it to do? Well let’s find out!
So, Barry Allen is back in Century City and...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on February 8th, 2011
So this week for Trade Tuesday I really wanted to review a Spider-Man book. Why? Because Spider-Man is awesome, so I went through my books and found Spider-Man Reign. I bought this book a while ago and for some reason I never read it. Probably because I was trying to catch up on Invincible and Walking Dead. I can’t believe how long I let this book just sit because it is amazing, one of the best Spider-Man stories I have ever read. If you you’ve never heard of this story it’s about our pal, Peter Parker set about...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on February 1st, 2011
I don’t have a whole lot of experience with The Goon, I’ve only read the first issue and the one-shot Dethklok Vs The Goon. I like what I’ve read, but I never really picked up on the series. Recently I saw Volume 10 of the series entitled: Death’s Greedy Comeuppance, and because I’m always looking for new stuff to read I thought why not? From what I’ve heard from other people you can pretty much pick up any issue of The Goon and read it. After reading this book, I’m not so sure about...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 25th, 2011
The fourth and final trade of The Astounding Wolf-Man which collects issues 19 through 25 of the series has finally hit shelves after months of me waiting impatiently for it. I’m really disappointed that this book has ended, Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard have done an astounding (pun intended) job on this book and twenty-five issues just isn’t enough for me. I partially blame myself for this book ending because I only read it in trades, but I can’t change the past… yet.
At this point Wolf-Man has escaped...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 18th, 2011
Hey Comic Impact buddies! How are you on this fine Tuesday?I hope you’re doing well, I know I am. There’s a lot of good stuff going on in Comic Impact land. Changes to the website, new videos, and hey, did you check out that interview with Matt Fraction? How awesome was that?! Well that got me thinking about The Immortal Iron Fist: The Last Iron Fist Story, that first Iron Fist trade written by Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker. So I thought I’d pick it up off the bookshelf and give it a nice read again, and oh...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 11th, 2011
Okay so I’m definitely not the biggest fan of Lobo, in fact my only experience with the character was that one episode of the Superman Animated Series where he comes in as a bounty hunter and causes trouble for Superman. It was a good episode, he was voiced by the brother in Everybody Loves Raymond (on a side note, I don’t love Raymond). Granted I think I was about twelve or thirteen when I last saw that episode, but he was funny. Looking back on the character now he makes me think he was one of those lame 80’s...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on January 4th, 2011
Whenever you think of super heroes or comic books in general there’s always the same characters that initially come to mind: Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, The Hulk, etc. While he may not be in the top five superheroes of all time, he definitely belongs in the top ten, of course I am referring to The Flash. He’s just as iconic as any of the other super heroes I mentioned, but he just doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. There’s been talk for years about making a Flash movie, but it never seems to happen,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 28th, 2010
For any of you guys out there who aren’t aware, Marvel has this whole series of books referred to as “Marvel Noir.” Most of these books (if not all) take place in the 1930’s and feature some of our favorite Marvel superheroes if they were around in that time. I was avoiding most of these books for a while. I didn’t care for X-Men Noir, and haven’t read Wolverine Noir or the first Spider-Man Noir. I did read Punisher Noir and Iron Man Noir and I enjoyed both of those. I do like how Spider-Man...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 21st, 2010
Happy Trade Tuesday, it’s only a few more days until Christmas my Comic Impact friends! Still having trouble figuring out what to get someone? Why not a nice Trade or graphic novel? Why not The Amazing Joy Buzzards from Image Comics? It’s pretty good, which is why I chose it for this week’s Trade Tuesday. So let’s get down to business.
The Amazing Joy Buzzards is about a rock n’ roll band of the same name consisting of Biff Ashby the guitar player/vocalist/ladies man, Stevo Vargas the bass player...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 14th, 2010
Here we are, another Tuesday. Time goes by so fast doesn’t it? Enough of that, Tuesdays are good because I get to share the most recent Trade I’ve read with you lovely Comic Impact friends, and I thank you for it. And what did I read today, you ask? Well you should know already because it’s in the title of the article. Moving on, my pal and fellow Comic Impact writer, Ian loaned me a bunch of his trades and the one that looked the most interesting to me was The Alcoholic, a graphic novel written by Jonathan...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on December 7th, 2010
Remember like a month or two ago there was that Direct-to-DVD release of Superman/Batman Apocalypse? Well you should because there was a Comic Impact review of it and everything! What are you doing with your time?! Anyway, just so you know it was based on a comic book. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. Well I finally got around to reading the trade that contains the issues of this story so as it’s the most recent thing I’ve read, it’s the focus of this week’s Trade Tuesday. It is Tuesday right?
So...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 30th, 2010
Believe it or not I read a Superman book. I know, it’s like seeing Al Gore drive a hummer. Now I don’t necessarily have anything against the Man of Steel, it’s more of a “I never really got into Superman” kind of thing. The only comics I have with Superman in the title are the Superman/Batman books, so I don’t really have any knowledge of the character. Well what do ya know?! J. Michael Straczynski went and wrote this new Superman graphic novel called Superman Earth One. Now what’s cool...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 23rd, 2010
Seth Green: actor, comedian, co-creator of Robot Chicken and also a comic book called Freshmen. If you missed out on this comic five years ago, there’s no need to fret because you can still pick this up as a Trade Paperback. And since it is a Trade Paperback and I just read it for the first time (thanks to fellow Comic Impact contributor, Ian (Candydish) Candish I thought I would use it as the feature book for this week’s Trade Tuesday!
Freshmen oddly enough is about a group of freshmen who are forced to spend their...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 16th, 2010
Do you ever think to yourself, “I wish Jack Kirby was still alive and making those amazing comic books.” I wake up every morning with that thought, followed by, “I want a burrito.” That second thought really has nothing to do with anything. Sadly Jack Kirby never seems to come back to life to make mine better, but we got the next best thing, Godland. I’ve never read this book before, but at the Long Beach Comic-Con a couple weeks ago Simon showed me one of the books at the Image booth, I was hooked...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 9th, 2010
Hey Comic Impact pals! It’s Tuesday and you know what that means right? Of course you do! It’s time for this week’s edition of Trade Tuesday, and this fine Tuesday we’ll be taking a look at Green Arrow: Year One written by Andy Diggle with art by Jock. If you’re familiar with Batman:Year One it’ll be easy to tell that this book is a re-telling of the origin of Green Arrow.
This book starts with rich playboy, Oliver Queen out in the frozen wilderness with his bodyguard and best friend, Hackett....
Posted by Ken Zeider, on November 2nd, 2010
If you missed AMC’s new TV series The Walking Dead fear not because there is a way to catch up for next week’s episode, The DVR! Oh… you didn’t record it and you missed it? Well you’re out of luck. Oh wait I forgot the TV show The Walking Dead is based on the comic book series, The Walking Dead. Well you are in luck because it’s Tuesday which means it’s time for Comic Impact’s Trade Tuesday! And in honor of AMC’s amazing new show we’re going to review, you guessed it,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on October 26th, 2010
Do you remember about fifteen years ago when Hellboy teamed up with Batman and Starman? And then later Hellboy teamed up with Dark Horse’s Ghost? Well I don’t but when I saw a trade on the shelf with Hellboy and Batman on the cover, I had to buy it. I didn’t just have to buy it, I knew that I had to share this book with all of you and what better way to do that than by dedicating this week’s Trade Tuesday to this awesome book. Hellboy: Masks and Monsters is a collection of two different Hellboy stories,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on October 19th, 2010
When it comes to Green Lantern most people think Hal Jordan, but for about ten years Hal Jordan was either Parallax or The Spectre. The nineties wasn’t the best time for comics, and getting rid of Hal Jordan is one of the biggest reasons for this. Thankfully nothing lasts forever and Geoff Johns decided enough was enough and it was time to bring back Hal in the miniseries: Green Lantern: Rebirth. In this edition of Trade Tuesday we’ll be taking a look at this monumental story.
When you have a character like Hal Jordan...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on October 12th, 2010
I know we talk about how great Robert Kirkman is a lot on Comic Impact, but I just can’t stress that enough. I really am grateful for a writer as good as he is. The guys has this insane talent for writing something that is funny and it seems like it’s just a parody, but at the same time it really is a good story. Who else could write Battle Pope? This week for Trade Tuesday we’re going to be taking a look at one of (if not the) most recognizable books from Robert Kirkman, Invincible. Specifically Volume 2: Eight...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on October 5th, 2010
I’ve never been a fan of Moon Knight, but after the recent Shadowland series and seeing him in Secret Avengers I’ve become curious so I decided to pick up Moon Knight Vol. 1: The Bottom. Moon Knight is a difficult character to get interested in, at first look you might think he’s just Marvel’s answer to Batman which is what I thought for a long time. But when you get into the history of the character and you find out that he has very little in common with Batman. For starters Moon Knight will kill and...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on September 28th, 2010
It’s that time again! It’s Trade Tuesday and this week we have a special Trade Review, in honor of the DVD and Blu Ray release of Iron Man 2 we’re going to be taking a look at the classic Iron Man story: Demon in a Bottle. This trade collects Iron Man 120 through 128 written by David Michelinie, and Bob Layton and drawn by John Romita Jr, Bob Layton and Carmine Infantino.
The first part of the story involves Iron Man in a team up with Namor where they fight off what at first is believed to be the U.S. military,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on September 21st, 2010
Another Tuesday has come, and with every Tuesday we get new DVD’s, Blu Rays, CD’s and of course a new Trade Tuesday! Are you excited? I hope so because I sure am. This week in honor of the brand new X-23 ongoing series, available now at your local comic shop, we’re going to be taking a look at X-23: Innocence Lost
X-23: Innocence Lost is the collection of the six issue miniseries that gives the origin of X-23 written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost who you might know from the recent X-Force series. The story...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on September 14th, 2010
Well folks it’s Tuesday again and you know what that means? It’s time for another Trade Tuesday! This week we’re gonna check out Brit Volume 1: Old Soldier, another awesome character from the great Robert Kirkman. If you remember the POW Podcast from a couple of weeks ago the pick went to Guarding the Globe, and I thought why not go back and check out Brit who happens to be the current leader of the Guardians of the Globe. This volume is a collection of the first three Brit one-shot books: Brit, Brit: Cold Death,...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on September 7th, 2010
It’s time for another Trade Tuesday and this week we’re going to be looking at The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects. For those of you who don’t know The Amazing Screw-On Head was a one-shot comic book that Mike Mignola made about eight years ago, and if you missed it then you are in luck because Dark Horse and Mr. Mignola have reprinted it in this new Hard Cover edition.
If you haven’t seen the pilot for the Sci-Fi Channel or didn’t read the original book Screw-On Head is about a robotic...
Posted by Ken Zeider, on August 31st, 2010
Let’s forget that the movie adaptation of The Spirit and Robo Cop 3 ever existed, instead let’s focus on what Frank Miller was good at, writing comic books. In the early nineties Miller along with artist John Romita Jr. wrote what is arguably the best Daredevil story, Man Without Fear. Originally it was intended to be a graphic novel, but instead Marvel decided to release it as a five issue miniseries, it is now available as one trade with the full story.
The book is a retelling of Daredevil’s origin story....
Posted by Ken Zeider, on August 24th, 2010
Ah 2009, it was a simpler time. A time when Dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and I had never heard of Justin Bieber. It was also the last time ComicImpact had Trade Tuesday. Well guess what boys and girls?! Trade Tuesday is back! And it’s gonna be exactly as you remember it! Except instead of video we’re doing written reviews. But besides that it’s exactly the same! EXACTLY! So get ready because this week I’ll be doing a review of Chew Vol. 1: Taster’s Choice.
I got to be honest when I first heard about Chew I was...
Posted by Richard Bashara, on November 10th, 2009
Dylan Dog is kind of like a cross between movie Constantine and Hellblazer Constantine, with a little bit of Marx Brothers thrown in to spice things up. It’s quirky, at times horrifying and the artwork will confuse and amaze you.
The Cover for Dylan Dog Case Files
The first thing that stood out to me about the book was the size of it. A mammoth 680 pages of comics! Mike Mignola’s cover art (and inserts!!!!) drew me in, and the quick witted dialogue sold me on the whole idea. To be honest, it didn’t hurt that...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on October 20th, 2009
Kicking Trade Tuesday back off (hopefully to a flying start) this week, I, Rob, aim to review the first trade paper back of a recently revived series from Marvel Comics, one which I feel would put an extra twenty years of life back into any octogenarian, by just reading it. Although not a proven belief, I still believe it would do just that, so back off, or at least back off so far that you walk yourself into your local comic store and pick yourself up a copy of Guardians Of The Galaxy: Legacy.
Legacy is the first trade paper...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on September 15th, 2009
Occasionally when you focus a camera you noticed things that are the same but different, by that I mean that they are a bit blurry and not in focus to what will hopefully be a crisp, clear picture. Almost a doppelganger of what will be. The New Invaders written by Allan Jacobson with art by C.P. Smith and Jorge Lucas was that for me in a GREAT way.
The New Invaders Trade collects issues 1- 9 of the series and features Cap Johnny Walker, The Thin Man, Spit Fire, Namor, Joseph Chapman AKA Union Jack and The Blazing Skull. Just...
Posted by Richard Bashara, on August 25th, 2009
After wrapping up the conflict with the Governor and the abandoning of their safe spot, we were all asking the same question. What’s next? Walking Dead isn’t about in your face sadistic violence. It’s not over the top or realistic. It’s an exploration into human depravity, that which makes us tick at the basest levels. In a lot of ways, what’s implied behind the violence is worse than the violence itself.
How many times have you asked yourself what you would have done in that hopeless situation?...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on August 18th, 2009
Thanks for joining me here for my second Trade Tuesday, so this week I am going to be talking to you about one of my favorite TPB’s that came out not that long ago. It’s the first TPB of the latest Justice Society of America series, and I think you’ll understand why I think it’s so special when you hear me talk about it.
When it’s written by Geoff Johns and has artwork by Dale Eaglesham, you know your moneys been spent on something awesome and worthwhile, as these two creators are true professionals...
Posted by Mathew Hyde, on August 11th, 2009
Stuff your pockets with dubloons and head with me out to The Red Seas. A swashbuckling Trade Tuesday take us a-pirating around the Spanish Main and into very dark waters indeed. Originally published in 2000AD The Red Seas is writer Ian Edginton and artist Steve Yeowell’s take on the fantasy pirate story.
The story follows former Royal Navy man Captain Jack Dancer and his crew of lovable reprobates as they plunder the seas off the New World. Of course things go awry as part of their most recent booty includes a page from...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on August 4th, 2009
In 1985 I was only seven years old. I was living in a small town called Cherbourg in France reading comics such as Asterix,TinTin.Lucky Luke and more Then one day I walked into the store that my mom and dad used to own and saw an Iron Man toy. I was in love with this toy and yet I had no idea who the character was. All I saw was that classic title “Secret Wars” on the toy and I fell in love with the Marvel Universe. Sure I went back and read Secret Wars a few years ago and it’s not that great looking back...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on July 21st, 2009
Well it’s Trade Tuesday and you know what that means- the cable bill is late! Well no, not really, but I am forced at gun point to talk about a trade I have recently read… and almost on cue here comes Simon with a gun. So on that note, it is time for me to start writing about it.
The trade I picked this week was Marvel Comics’ Daredevil: Lady Bullseye written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Michael Lark, which collects issues 111 - 115 of Daredevil. This story has some back ground from the previous arcs by the same...
Posted by Mathew Hyde, on July 14th, 2009
Another Tuesday and another Trade. We’re heading back 400 years and we’re bringing the Marvel Universe with us to ‘1602’, Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert’s alternative Marvel universe set in Elizabethan England.
I love a good alternative universe tale, stripping great characters back to their iconic essence and placing them in new surroundings which can either highlight or even destroy their known legacy. When done well these stories cement our love for the characters. When done badly… well…
Fortunately this tale is...
Posted by Rob Andrews, on July 7th, 2009
Hey Comic Impact readers! So this is it, my first ever Trade Tuesday, thus adding me to the line of writers here who participate in one of the sites most popular features! I’m really excited to get things under way and talk about the book I’ve chosen. So because this is my first ever Trade Tuesday, I wanted to throw in a review of my favourite collected comics ever- to really get things started off on a high note!
So I chose the Halo Graphic Novel, as published by Marvel Comics back in 2006. I love this book with...
Posted by Butner Brimberry, on June 30th, 2009
Since the conception of “Trade Tuesday” I’ve known that I’d cover this very special series that is my all-time favorite. Here at Comic Impact, we’ve all read a LOT of comics, so when we say something is our favorite - you better damn well listen up. I’m going to be splitting this up into three parts. The entire series of Supreme Power spans 18 issues, not including the spin-offs, so next month will be issues 7-12 while this month is obviously 1-6.
For those unfamiliar with Supreme Power it’s...
Posted by Andy Liegl, on June 23rd, 2009
I wanted to check out something a little more on the indie side, so I went with The Bomb published by Asylum Press. Originally released in August 2008, Steve Mannion is the writer and artist of the trade and holy shit does his talent shine!
The Bomb is a series of T & A black and white short stories of the superhero/horror genre that are crude, hilarious, and sexy all at the same time. It’s also jam packed with pin-ups, which is appropriate considering the trade’s main story line takes place in the late 1930’s/early...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on June 16th, 2009
David Lapham’s Young Liars vol. 1 entitled “Daydream Believer” from Vertigo was one of my favorite books of last year, and was also one of our first reviews here at Comic Impact . I still have yet to read volume 2 called “Maestro,” and I have never read Stray Bullets but I can recall some of Lapham’s work on Batman.
I had heard about Silverfish from DC’s Vertigo imprint, so I picked it up and decided to feature it in this week’s Trade Tuesday segment!
Now having read the book I can tell you that...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on June 9th, 2009
You don’t have to be a drunk irresponsible super hero who also happens to be a multi billionaire industrialist genius like Tony Stark to appreciate this book! It’s Tuesday and you know what that means….TRADE TUESDAY!!! The book I am reviewing this week is The Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares. I should preface this with the fact that I have never been a big Iron Man fan. I know I know. You can thank Simon for that one. Well Simon and Matt Fraction… and Salvador Larroca.
I only preface with that...
Posted by Mathew Hyde, on June 2nd, 2009
What you gonna to do when they come for you? Ask Bad Boy because it’s Trade Tuesday and I’m bringing you a super creator team up! The comic legend Frank Miller teams up with Brit super artist Simon Bisley to bring what I’d like to say was a forgotten gem of story lost in the mists of time. I’d like to say that but I can’t, so I’ll give you Bad Boy, an interesting blip of story lost in the mists of time. Originally published as a serial in the British GQ magazine it must have seemed like a great idea at the time. Bring...
Posted by Butner Brimberry, on May 26th, 2009
What if instead of landing in Smallville, Kansas, Krypton had exploded 12 hours later and Superman ended up in Russia? That is essentially the entire premise of Superman: Red Son. Yes, instead of the classic ‘S’ on his chest, we are treated to a Superman donning the very communist hammer and sickle instead. I think it looks much better, but I also say better dead than red, so what do I know? Instead of Martha and Jonathan Kent raising the man of steel with American virtues, Superman is brought up by the late, great...
Posted by Andy Liegl, on May 19th, 2009
In 1970 DC charged comic book writer Denny O’Neil with revamping the super hero, Green Lantern. In 2004 the DC top brass appointed the same task to comics scribe Geoff Johns. The order was easier said than done: make Green Lantern interesting again. Not only was Johns assigned the task of reviving the shattered Green Lantern Corps., but he also was told to (literally) breathe new life into the man who destroyed the Corps: Hal Jordan, the greatest of the Green Lanterns.
Enter Green Lantern: Rebirth.
Rebirth is a six issue story...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on May 12th, 2009
Are you someone who does not like flying? If so, you are just like the main character in this weeks Trade Tuesday feature, Air vol.1: Letters From Lost Countries by G. Willow Wilson, compliments of DC Comics’ literary imprint, Vertigo Comics!
Her name is Blythe and she hates flying. Did I tell you she is also a flight attendant for Clearfleet Airlines? Don’t go looking them up for cheap flights to Hawaii- they’re a fiction airline.
One day Blythe sees this guy who she thinks is a terrorist while working for...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on May 5th, 2009
Well everybody it is my turn again and this TRADE TUESDAY it looks like I am sticking with the whole Patriot theme I seem to be going with. So what is this trade Tues you may ask? Well go on ask. It is Captain America:Winter Soldier!!!
Captain America:Winter soldier is Written Amazingly by Ed Brubaker and Drawn Incredibly by Steve Epting.
This trade is a collected version of issues 1-6 in the latest run of Captain America.
Right from the start we are thrown into the action on the Boarder of Kazakhstan and Russia. The Red Guardian...
Posted by Butner Brimberry, on April 28th, 2009
I think I’m going to turn green I’ve written and talked about Planet/World War Hulk so damn much. I read every single tie-in associated with the World War Hulk series. Today’s Trade Tuesday I am going to talk about which ones were good that you should check out and now dwell on the bad ones like I did last time. Speaking of which, wow, I wrote a lot didn’t I
World War Hulk: X-Men
When Hulk was sent into outer space by the Illuminati, one of the members wasn’t present to make this decision. That member...
Posted by Mathew Hyde, on April 21st, 2009
It’s Trade Tuesday and I’m stretching the rules. Why choose one trade when you can choose two? Especially when it’s Judge Dredd!
But seriously, why two? Well I’ll tell you why. These two titles cover the short first and second longer appearances of Dredd’s archenemy, Judge Death. Every hero needs an archenemy. Sure, there can be many enemies but all of them need a main bad guy. Batman has the Joker, Superman has Lex Luthor, Sherlock Holmes has Moriarty and Judge Dredd has Judge Death.
Dredd is the future walking...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on April 14th, 2009
While Frank Miller’s Dark Knight series has traditionally been given more credit for the revival of Batman. The Killing Joke stands apart as a classic tale of sanity, insanity and the fine line that divides the two.
When I was a kid there was a few pages that scared the shit out of me. Maybe I was to young to read it when it was first published by DC Comics in 1988. I was only 10 years old. Yet when I was reading this book at that time I knew that this was something special and shocking that I would never forget.
It is...
Posted by Sheldon Lee, on April 7th, 2009
Hey kiddies it’s Tuesday so you know what that means!!! Yes it’s TRADE Tuesday!!! I know we are all excited. The book I chose to review this week is Union Jack: London Falling. So go grab your tea and crumpets and crank up your favorite Clash records cause we are going back to the motherland!!!
The story starts off with the new Union Jack (Joey Chapman) putting his butt on the line for England against a group of terrorist super villains. The line up of attacking C list villains are Machette, Batroc the Leaper, Jack O’Lantern...
Posted by Butner Brimberry, on March 31st, 2009
Last time I did this segment, I wrote about the very amazing Planet Hulk. If you are reading this article and have not read Planet Hulk then I will warn you there are nasty, vicious, sexy spoilers laying ahead. But, you can just read my article on it and that will get you caught up.
World War Hulk takes place on Earth as Hulk has finally found his way back and is looking to seek revenge on the people that exiled him. WWH was one of Marvel’s big crossover events about a year and a half back, so there were many titles that...
Posted by Mathew Hyde, on March 24th, 2009
Forget the movie, which with comic books is a pretty standard phrase, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman are back in their not quite third adventure. Black Dossier is more of a side project than a full adventure but if you’re a fan then it’s a damn fine read.
Set in world where all literary works are actual history the story begins in 1950’s Britain at the end of the post WWII Big Brother government, where two associates of the League steal the government’s Black Dossier; their sum knowledge of all incarnations...
Posted by Adri, on March 17th, 2009
One of the most grotesque, bewildering and mind-blowing trades I’ve read all year – Rick Veitch’s The Maximortal is truly an old-school TP worth picking up and/or dusting off to read again.
For those unfamiliar with Veitch and his style, be forewarned that it will take some getting used to if you’re usually found with bright and shiny, digitally-cleaned-up pages in your mitts. Created in 1992, Veitch’s artwork in Maximortal is classic comic book purist with not-so-standard arcs.
If you’re like me and enjoy mass...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on March 10th, 2009
Do you like the old Universal monsters ? Do you enjoy comic books (I hope so because your on a comic book site) Well Then I got a GREAT book for this weeks Trade Tuesday.
I want take some time and talk to you the comic impact reader about The Astounding Wolf-Man Vol.1 written by Robert Kirkman with art by Jason Howard. I got an issue of The Astounding Wolf-Man sometime back when there was a crossover with Invincible also a Robert Kirkman book. I told my self ” Wow I like this wolf-man guy I hope the trade comes out soon...
Posted by Butner Brimberry, on March 3rd, 2009
Welcome to another edition of Trade Tuesday, where I post something I want to trade and then you and I barter. Ohhh! Only kidding! As introduced last week by our good friend Sheldon, Trade Tuesday explores a title we are currently reading be it a past, present, or future title (Secret Invasion 2: Kree is soooo awesome by the way).
So for my first go at this I’ve chosen Planet Hulk. To give you some background on Planet Hulk, it went down about 2 and a half years ago during Civil War. The Hulk was launched into a wormhole...
Posted by Simon Daoudi, on February 24th, 2009
Hello Lords and Ladies! I am glad to introduce the very first Trade Tuesday!! Every Tuesday we will be review a new TPB. So for any one wondering …was that a good story arch? Or how can I catch up? This is the place for you!! If not then keep going nothing to see here.
Our first Trade Paper Back or for the sake of lazy interweb writing TPB is Captain Britain and MI13: Secret Invasion!! This collects issues 1 – 4 of the new series. It is written by Paul Cornell and illustrated by Leonard Kirk.
The book starts out right in...
