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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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Stillwater #1-2 – Brooding Horror Comes to the Fore in Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K. Pérez’s Small Town Supernatural Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2020

It’s an unfortunate reality in serial comics publishing that the necessity of providing enticing pre-publication hooks means that plot twists that should have been the readers to discover in their…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Black Magick #15 – Artist Nicola Scott is Producing Career-Defining Work with this Image Comics Series

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • October 23, 2020

A procrastinating and distracted Rowan can’t dodge her hereditary responsibilities much longer as the forces of good and evil close in. Glorious story tension and gorgeous art enchant Black Magick…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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The Department of Truth #1 – Tynion and Simmonds Take Their Vibrant Conspiracy Theory Story to the Edge of the World and Back

  • by Tom Murphy
  • October 7, 2020

Conspiracy theories have probably been with us since Ug had a bad day hunting on the plain and, back at the cave, thought it’d be easier to blame his misfortune…

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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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Pulp – Westerns and Noir Collide in Another Satisfying Book from Brubaker and Phillips

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • September 17, 2020

One of the many problems facing aging freelance writer Max Winter is that his pulp-magazine publisher has taken the rights to his cowboy character, the Red Rover Kid, away from…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Inkblot #1 – Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd’s New Image Comics Series is a Fun Fantasy Romp in the Making

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2020

Graduates of the Kubert School, Emma Kubert (also a third generation artist from that illustrious family name) and Rusty Gladd bring an appealing new fantasy world to comics in the…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Paul is Dead: When the Beatles Lost McCartney – Image Comics Presents Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti’s Lucid Reimagining of One of Music’s Most Iconic Legends

  • by John Trigonis
  • September 2, 2020

Baron and Carbonetti lay out a lucid reimagining of one of music’s most iconic legends in Paul is Dead by Image Comics. To the well initiated, the legend of P.I.D….

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Hedra – Jesse Lonergan’s Cosmic Narrative is an Exquisite Piece of Pure Comics Craft from Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2020

The premise of Jesse Lonergan’s Hedra is, in isolation, a straightforward one. After nuclear war devastates the Earth, one lone astronaut wins a lottery that will see them embark on…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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That Texas Blood #1 – A Sardonic Slow Burn of Cinematic Proportions from Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips and Image Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • July 21, 2020

In his letter at the end of That Texas Blood #1, writer Chris Condon admits that this story was originally intended as a movie, but no one was willing to…

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Nailbiter Returns #1-2 – After Three Years, Williamson and Henderson Bring Their Unique Brand of Butchery Back for an All New Misadventure into Madness from Image Comics

  • by John Trigonis
  • July 20, 2020

Between 2014 and 2017, Image Comics’s Nailbiter took the thriller genre to harrowing new heights of terror. The plot centers around what makes someone a serial killer and explores the small town…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Coffin Bound Vol. 1: Happy Ashes – Dan Watters and Dani’s Nihilistic Supernatural Thriller Sucks the Reader in with a Dizzying and Desolate Allure

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 1, 2020

For all the superficial veneer of its big guns, fast cars and uber violence, Coffin Bound is a profoundly philosophical comic series. Dan Watters and Dani’s initial story arc was…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Family Tree Vol. 1: Sapling – Lemire, Hester and Co Provide an Escapist Piece of Apocalyptic Body Horror That’s Still Accessible to Wider Audiences

  • by Ally Russell Shields
  • May 5, 2020

Family Tree Volume 1: ‘Sapling’ collects issues #1-4 of the Image series which writer Jeff Lemire describes as “a look at the many horrors that can threaten to tear a family apart,…

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Staff Picks for March 18, 2020 – The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, X-Ray Robot, Starship Down and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 17, 2020

It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…

Reviews

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Bitter Root #6 – The Critically Acclaimed 1920s Monster-Hunting Series Returns with a Solid and Compelling Jumping-on Point Issue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 19, 2020

‘Family Business’, the first Bitter Root story arc, established the Sangerye family, a monster-hunting clan whose status had diminished over the years. Set in the 1920s, during the Harlem Renaissance,…

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Protector #1 – Artyom Trakhanov’s Visual Storytelling is the Highlight of a Strong Debut for Image’s New Post-Apocalyptic Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 5, 2020

Welcome to 33rd century America, a country almost unrecognisable from our the one we know and yet imbued with fragmentary echoes of its past. Here, in a world that appears…

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The Clock #1 – Weaponized Cancer Becomes a Chilling Reality in Hawkins and Doran’s Top Cow Thriller

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • January 27, 2020

Writer Matt Hawkins (COO of Top Cow, Think Tank) has transformed a smoldering curiosity about the possibilities of weaponizing cancer into a chillingly plausible comic where that science-based catastrophe becomes…

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