Run Away from Runaways

Rachelle | August 31, 2008

Runaways was re-launched (or continued with a new numbering system, or whatever, this week). The new run is written by Strangers in Paradise creator, Terry Moore. And the first issue was terrible. Really, really terrible. I wasn’t really expecting much, but man…
Besides the fact that it was overall terrible, and numbered #1 for no reason, [...]

High-Tech Tomorrow: Review of the Concentrator, Part One, By Johnathan

Johnathan | August 30, 2008

Hey there, friends - it’s time for another review-as-voted-on! Looking way back to Adventure Comics No. 321, we’re going to have a look at the fearsome Concentrator, mua-ha. I think, though, that this is one of those times that it’s better to look at the whole issue, rather than extracting bits of it for humourous [...]

Rachelle Reads Manga Part 1: Action Adventure Manga!

Rachelle | August 28, 2008

So I have worked in a comic shop for almost two years now and in that time I have never really attempted to read manga. It’s always there, that giant section of the store full of little books about people with giant eyes and minimal clothing. Stories where men look like girls, and women look [...]

Rock and Roll!

Rachelle | August 22, 2008

This is not related to comics at all, but I want to mention that tonight my band is throwing a big CD release show tonight to launch our third album, High Kicks.
The show is at Gus’s Pub in Halifax starting around 10:30pm. You can also check out this article about us in the local paper: [...]

Daredevil: The Luckiest Guy in the World

Rachelle | August 21, 2008

Daredevil [v.1] #77 is a great comic.
In it, we get to see Spider-Man, Daredevil and Namor fight each other for no reason. We see rampant brooding by both Spider-Man and Daredevil. We see no brooding whatsoever from Namor. And we get to see Spider-Man make a statement which is grossly inaccurate:
“There goes the luckiest guy [...]