I've enjoyed much of Jason Aaron's Thor run, and for good reason: marked by ambition from the get-go, Aaron aimed to reimagine Thor's place in the Marvel Universe, first by casting aside the titular Odinson, then granting Mjolnir to another--female--Thor, and finally by creating an Old Man Logan-styled All-Father Thor in the most distant future... Continue Reading →
Star Wars Vol. 09: Hope Dies by Kieron Gillen
Previous - The Ashes of Jedha/Mutiny at Mon Cala | Next - The Escape Ever since he took the reins with the seventh volume of this ongoing series, The Ashes of Jedha, GIllen has been building towards something - if the last panel of Mutiny at Mon Cala provided the answer to what, Hope Dies... Continue Reading →
Star Wars Vol 07: The Ashes of Jedha and Vol. 08: Mutiny at Mon Cala by Kieron Gillen
Previous - Age of Republic: Villains | Next - Hope Dies I'm excited to read through the five-volume arc Gillen has done, especially after a lackluster few volumes by Jason Aaron. Kieron's Darth Vader run remains the unquestionable height to which all Star Wars titles aspire, or should. That's how good it is, yes, and... Continue Reading →
Giant Days Vol. 05 by John Allison
Previous | Next My, but it has been a while since last I spoke about John Allison and Max Sarin's exceptional Giant Days series, hasn't it? Has a more charming slice-of-life tale ever been penned and drawn with such effortless skill? I've certainly never seen anything of the kind, though if you have, please let... Continue Reading →
Star Wars: Bounty Hunters Vol. 01 (The Galaxy’s Deadliest) by Ethan Sacks and Paolo Villanelli
First off, the art in this volume is by and large fine. Props to Villanelli, good work, I enjoyed looking at this book well enough. Sigh. Why do people at Marvel like the bounty hunter cyborg Beilert Valance so much? He's not an interesting character. Stormtrooper who lost more and more of his body until... Continue Reading →
Avengers Vol. 1: The Final Host by Jason Aaron
Welcome, friends, to the parenthetics-heavy Tuesday-night review of THE FINAL HOST, hosted by yours truly. Right. I think my years-long affair of self-immolating passion with the works of Jason Aaron has come to an end at last. I read this volume for one reason and one reason only--I knew it would have some bearing on... Continue Reading →
Star Wars Vol.06: Out Among the Stars by Jason Aaron
Previous | Next Gah, Salvador Larocca, what did you do with Han's face?! For someone who can draw well, Larocca occasionally gets real weird with the whole...rotoscopic effect? I know rotoscoping is an animation technique and this is illustration, but I can't figure out if there's a different phrase for this. Anyway, Larocca...Han's face get... Continue Reading →
Sunday Star Wars Vol. 05: Yoda’s Secret War by Jason Aaron – Graphic Novel Review
I've been curious about Yoda's Secret War for a while now. Why wouldn't I be? I love me my favourite space frog, that ancient green lad of fine repute. The war itself, alas, is not altogether my cup of tea. Someone must've pointed out the Mad Max/Earthbender nonsense going on here, and if they did,... Continue Reading →
Star Wars Vol. 04: Last Flight of the Harbinger by Jason Aaron
In search of respite from Jason Aaron's 2015-2018 Doctor Strange run, I've at last decided to take once more on the endless, thankless task that is my weekend column, SUNDAY STAR WARS. There will always be some piece of Star Wars media that steals away my attention for forty-five minutes a week, and I like... Continue Reading →
Doctor Strange Vol. 03: Blood in the Aether by Jason Aaron
Compared to the previous volume (The Last Days of Magic), Blood in the Aether is a whole lot of fun.* It's a veritable smorgasbord of familiar faces any Strange fan would love to punch--Baron Mordo, Dormammu, Satana, Night-fricking-mare, and of course, last volume's standout baddie, Misery**. Stephen goes through a number of funny scenarios--nightmare in... Continue Reading →