Review: Detective Comics #874

Review: American Vampire #12

Top Ten Best Movies of 2010

I saw 70 movies last year, and these were the best.

RIP Dwayne McDuffie

I am stunned.  The comics world has lost another good one all too soon.

Rewind: Justice League Unlimited

Season 1, Episodes 18-19

“The Balance”

Review: The New York Five #1

DC’s Minx line never got the appreciation – or the fan base – it deserved. Filled with clever, well-made teen romance genre riffs aimed squarely at an audience of teenage girls, Minx should have become a break-away hit with the manga/supernatural romance crowd as well as any comic fans looking for something a little different. It had the quality. It had the creators. It just didn’t have the readers. After all, what young girl is going to run into the comic shops, or head to the Western comics section?

Review: Cinderella: Fables are Forever

Bill Willingham’s Fables had a lot of break-out characters, but few were as fascinating as the book’s take on Cinderella. Care-free bon-vivant by day, fairy tale princess Cinderella was Fabletown’s sexiest super spy by night. Last year, Cinderella got her own miniseries, Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love, a book that was successful enough to warrant a follow-up from the same creative team. I was excited for From Fabletown With Love – there aren’t many good spy books on the shelves, and there are even fewer with a strong female protagonist – but it came at a time when I simply couldn’t afford comics on a monthly basis. Cinderella is an interesting character, and one well-suited to carrying her own very distinct book, so I was eager to give her a shot when I discovered a second mini was forthcoming.

Review: Secret Six #30

Gail Simone’s Secret Six gets a lot of positive press on this site, and with good reason – while it shares a lot in common with most superhero titles, the book’s combination of character-based storytelling and dark humor makes it unlike any other comic being put out by the Big 2. In a market where most books distinguish themselves with overblown events and pronouncements that ‘nothing will ever be the same again’, Secret Six is a book you can count on to distinguish itself with top shelf writing and an art team that knows how to translate the ideas perfectly to the page.

Rewind: Justice League Unlimited, S1 E16-17

Season 1, Episodes 16-17

Top 5 Best Comics of January 2011

I read 12 comics in January, and these were the best.