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The Umbrella Academy: The Apocalypse Suite review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsAugust 19, 20200Comments

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's now-famous The Umbrella Academy: The Apocalypse Suite is best described as a bare-bones, psychedelic deconstruction of the superhero genre and its' subgenre's much in the vein of Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol - one which Way followed up fairly recently in his run on the title. I must…

The Inkwell Awards 2020: Favorite Inkers announced #ink-magic

Comics, NewsAugust 14, 20200Comments

The Inkwell Awards has released the list of winners of its 12th annual awards for excellence in the art form of comic-book inking. Normally results are first made public at its live awards ceremony during its host show, The Great Philadelphia Comic Con, but the 2020 event, originally scheduled to take place on April 3-5, was…

The Big Hoax – Classic Hard Case Crime Out Now!

Comics, NewsAugust 5, 20200Comments

Titan Comics are delighted to be publishing The Big Hoax, a twisting, turning slice of dark, adult noir from Hard Case Crime Told in luxurious color, this classic noir story slips into a deep mystery surrounding a young woman in a 20th Century Banana Republic ... Set in an unnamed country, a young woman's virginity becomes the center…

Hero Collector Storms Into Retail with All New Marvel Metal Figurines

Comics, Movies, NewsJuly 29, 20200Comments

"It's like his muscles are made of Cotati metal fibers..." "Stop massaging his muscles!" After a successful reveal at New York Toy Fair earlier this year, Hero Collector – designers, manufacturers, and publishers of high-quality collectibles from across the worlds of pop culture – is proud to announce Wave 2 of their Heavyweights collection featuring…

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / a review by James Aquilina aka. The Maltese Geek

Comics, ReviewsJuly 16, 20200Comments

The 5 issue crossover miniseries between the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is pure fan-service with some ‘Morphinominal’ art, great interactions between the Teenagers with Attitude & the Heroes in a Half Shell, and some amazing character and Zord designs that I guarantee will be cosplayed for years to come…

The Flash – Chain Lightning review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 13, 20200Comments

The theme of legacy in Mark Waid's run on the Flash took front and centre; from the anxiety of leaving the master's shadow, to growing into one's own, the run reaches its poetic end in "Chain Lightning", where Wally West reaches into the iconic Flash's bloodline, Barry Allen, striving to preserve it from an equally…

Prelude to Schism review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 10, 20200Comments

Rather interestingly, Paul Jenkins' "Prelude to Schism" - as the name suggests - is an interesting case in which a prelude far more outshines an event than the event itself. I would daresay even it has very little to do with this selfsame event book. Taking place just before an unspecified siege upon the island…

Green Lantern Corps review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 6, 20200Comments

Rather than focus on one single member of the corps, Patrick Gleason and Dave Gibbons' Green Lantern Corps dispersed its focus among its members creating what is best described as "Apocalypse Now", "We Were Soldiers" or even "Jarhead" in Space. It elevated the corps' status from one of a peace-keeping force to one of a…

New titles from TidalWave for July: ADAM WEST, Tiger King, INSANE JANE and more

Comics, NewsJuly 2, 20200Comments

Mis-Adventures of Adam West: Dark Night #4 Writer: Richard Elms Artist: James Hill Retail: $5.99 Release Date: July 15, 2020 Adam West and his motley trio of heroes are running out of time, New York is in in the grip of a mad man, and only through team work, imagination and sheer grit can they hope to save the day. Ray…

Batman: Arkham Asylum review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 30, 20200Comments

I don't usually promote Batman graphic novels as they get quite enough exposure without me trying to. However, this is by far one of my favorite books both as a Batman book as well as Grant Morrison one. Not only it has the same metaphysical quality one would expect from a Morrison narrative, but the…

Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight review

Comics, ReviewsJune 24, 20200Comments

How do you bounce back from failure on an extraordinary scale? How do you do so when extraordinary expectations are pushed upon you when burdened with power limited only by your imagination? In spite of it being seen through a lens of character assassination by some, when read in retrospect in particular this Green Lantern…

‘TIGER KING’ COMIC BOOK RELEASES INTO THE WILD WITH FOURTEEN VARIANT COVERS

Comics, NewsJune 24, 20200Comments

TidalWave Productions releases the biography comic book “Infamous: Tiger King” this week on Wednesday, June 24th, inspired by the popular Netflix documentary series “Tiger King.” The 24-page comic book flip-book biography was written by Michael Frizell and drawn by Joe Paradise. There are fourteen variants for the one-shot. CHECKLIST: Standard Cover – Joe Paradise…