Written by Marguerite Bennett and Cameron Deodio Art by Audrey Mok Published by Archie Comics I read Archie comics as a kid, and five years ago, I would have rolled my eyes at the thought that anyone was still enjoying this simplistic Americana. Then Archie and Val from the Pussycats had an interracial love story,…
Written by Rick Remender Art by Jerome Opena Colors by Matt Hollingsworth Published by Image Comics Rick Remender teams up this week with a couple of old friends, Jerome Opena from Uncanny X-Force and Matt Hollingsworth from Fear Agent. Together, they build a fantasy world bleeding with dark horror and challenge our obedience to fear.…
Written by Gerard Way Art by Nick Derington Published by DC Comics (Young Animal imprint) I have it on good authority (from Gothic Harry Potter fanfiction) that Gerard Way is “a major hottie.” And I have personal experience that his Umbrella Academy series prove him to be a daring creator, blending elements of the fringe…
Story by Jim Zub Art by Djibril Morissette-Phan Colors by K Michael Russell Published by Image Comics I think it is weird that a comics company has developed the technology to reach into my brain and find what I like and put it all into a comic book, but that must be what happened at…
Story by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson Art by Ben Stenbeck Publiched by Dark Horse Comics Sir Edward Grey is an occult investigator in Victorian London of the Hellboy universe – your reaction to that sentence tells you everything you need to know about whether you should buy this book. This story begins as Sir…
Written by Brian Clevinger Art by Scott Wegener Published by IDW Brian Clevinger has been a longtime friend of Ultimate Comics, making frequent appearances on our convention panels and Free Comic Book Day booths, and the staff here has always recommended his Atomic Robo series. Atomic Robo is a self-aware robot built by Tesla. He…
Written by James Tynion IV Art by Rian Sygh Published by BOOM! Box The Venn diagram of Comics Fans and People Who Have Felt Painfully Different From Most Other People is a concentric circle. That’s part of why conventions are so important – every November, we get together in Durham and find out that we’re…
Writers: Joshua Hale Fialkov, Tony Fleecs Artist: Tony Fleecs Publisher: Oni Press In the first issue of Oni Press’ new Jeff Steinberg comic, the titular protagonist is an average Joe in every sense. He works at a video store, his girlfriend openly cheats on him, and the most exciting thing on his mind is a…
Written by Scott Snyder Art by John Romita, Jr. Published by DC Comics Scott Snyder’s run writing Batman was arguably the best part of DC’s New 52, and fans were crushed to learn that part of the Rebirth relaunch meant that this writer was leaving the book. He was handing the reins over to Tom…
Written by Rob Williams Art by Philip Tan Published by DC Comics You may have heard about this little summer movie out this week, Suicide Squad, based on a revered 80s book about supervillains forced by the government to take on dangerous missions in exchange for reduced sentences. The version on the big screens is…