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Author: John Trigonis

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We Have Demons #1 – Best Jackett Press Kicks Ass, Takes Names and Pushes Envelopes in this Hellbound Thrillride from Dark Horse Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • March 16, 2022

The story in We Have Demons #1 starts out quietly with Lam Lyle, a young girl, visiting her neighbors. But just when we think something terrible is about to happen,…

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Harrow County Library Edition Vol. 1 – Revisit the Farm Filled with Countless Haints and Twice Told Tales in Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook’s Masterpiece

  • by John Trigonis
  • November 24, 2021

Revisit the farm filled with countless haints and twice told tales in the Library Edition of Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook’s Harrow County. Once in a blood moon, a story…

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Parasomnia #1- Bunn & Mutti Embark on a Befuddling Journey through Dream and Waking Life from Dark Horse Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • August 9, 2021

A stranger rides on horseback through haunted woods and towns in search of a missing boy, presumably his own son. He wears a bicorne hat and moves like a silver-screen…

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Vinyl #1 – The Premiere Issue of Wagner & Hillyard’s Series Ticks All the Boxes for a Promising Double-Platinum Hit from Image Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • July 13, 2021

Vinyl #1 starts off with lots of blood and gore and ends with the promise of more to come in 12-Gauge Comics’ new original story about a serial killer with…

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Time Before Time #1 – Time is Out of Joint in Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville and Joe Palmer’s New Series from Image Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • May 26, 2021

From H.G. Wells’s classic novella to Avengers: Endgame––love them or loathe them––tales of time travel are a staple in science-fiction. The difficulty lies in creating a narrative that does something…

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Jules Verne’s Lighthouse #1 – Futuristic Adaptation Misses the Mark as Image Comics’s Next Great Sci-Fi Epic

  • by John Trigonis
  • May 3, 2021

Image Comics, in collaboration with Anomaly Productions and Shadowline, launches us into the Jules Verne story The Lighthouse at the End of the World––with a science-fiction twist. Located at a…

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The Silver Coin #1 – Zdarsky and Walsh’s Tale is Your Ticket to Fear Incarnate in the New Image Comics Horror Series

  • by John Trigonis
  • April 23, 2021

As the first tale of terror in The Silver Coin #1, a new anthology series from Image Comics, ‘The Ticket’ by writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Michael Walsh delivers a…

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Nocterra #1 – Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel Take Us into the Darkest Future Ever Conceived

  • by John Trigonis
  • March 12, 2021

Stay lit and sit––Scott Snyder & Tony S. Daniel’s Nocterra #1 from Image Comics and Best Jackett Press takes off on a Mad-Maxian roadshow into the darkest future ever conceived….

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Rogue Planet – Bunn and MacDonald Blend Classic Horror and Sci-Fi in this Collection of the Eerie Oni Press Series

  • by John Trigonis
  • February 16, 2021

Cosmic horror has discovered a brave new homeworld inhabited by Cullen Bunn & Andy MacDonald, the eerie––though imperfect––venture Rogue Planet from Oni Press. Through the vastness of space, a starship…

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That Texas Blood Vol. 1 – Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips’s Lone Star Crime Drama is the Apex of Graphic Novel Crime Fiction

  • by John Trigonis
  • January 26, 2021

When I reviewed That Texas Blood #1 for Broken Frontier over the summer, I was really hoping that subsequent issues of this “sardonic slowburn of cinematic proportions” from Image Comics…

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Home Sick Pilots #1 – Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard Present a Finely Paced Tale of Horror and High School Band Rivalry

  • by John Trigonis
  • December 10, 2020

Paper Girls meets The Shining along the darker alleyways of Nineties nostalgia in Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard’s Home Sick Pilots from Image Comics. Turning over the cover to Dan…

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Planet Paradise – Jesse Lonergan Propels Readers on a Journey Across Multiple Panels, Pages and Planets

  • by John Trigonis
  • December 4, 2020

Wielding a signature storytelling style all his own, Jesse Lonergan propels readers on a journey across multiple panels, pages, and planets in Planet Paradise from Image Comics. Without a doubt,…

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Resident Alien: Your Ride’s Here #1 – Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse Pose the Ultimate Question: Will Harry Vanderspeigle Finally Be Going Home?

  • by John Trigonis
  • November 13, 2020

Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse return to Patience with Resident Alien: Your Ride’s Here from Dark Horse Comics, which poses the ultimate question: will Harry Vanderspeigle finally be going home?…

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Dracula, Motherf*cker! – Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson Bring Us a Bite-Sized Morsel of Psychedelic Stoker Set in the 1970s

  • by John Trigonis
  • November 5, 2020

Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson bring us a bite-sized morsel of psychedelic Stoker set in the 1970s with Dracula, Motherf*cker! from Image Comics. Vampire fans, rejoice! If you’re tired…

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Night Hunters #1 – Dave Baker, Alexis Ziritt and Floating World Comics Invite us into the Dark Dystopia of Gran Caracas

  • by John Trigonis
  • October 9, 2020

With Cyberpunk 2077 ramping up for its November release, there are a lot of tales being told across multiple media about dystopian futures populated augments, cyborgs, and cops and crooks…

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We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1 – A Confusing Opener for Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo’s Futuristic Tale of Dead Gods Adrift in Space

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 29, 2020

Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo’s far-flung futuristic tale of dead gods adrift in space makes landfall as dead weight from BOOM! Studios. The concept is nothing short of genius:…

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Heart Attack Vol. 1: Against the Wall – Kittelsen and Zawadzki Offer a Jarring Glimpse into a World that Hits Close to Home

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 28, 2020

Shawn Kittelsen and Eric Zawadzki’s Heart Attack offers a jarring glimpse into a world that hits close to home and too close to ignore. It’s no secret that there is…

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Ascender #12 – The Latest Issue of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s Series is Full of Heart and Soul

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 3, 2020

On his way to finally lay Effie to rest, Andy runs into a few unexpected surprises in Lemire and Nguyen’s Ascender #12 from Image Comics. Picking up after the heartwrenching…

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