David Brothers
Garth Ennis & Craig Cermak’s ‘Red Team’ Is A Good Start For a Dark Tale [Review]
Some people deserve to die. They're so vile or anti-life that leaving them alive would only result in misery for everyone they meet. At the same time, is it right to kill them? In Red Team, Garth Ennis and Craig Cermak are exploring this conundrum...
‘The Boondocks’ Creator Kickstarts Uncle Ruckus Film Based On TV’s Funniest Racist
Uncle Ruckus -- no relation -- is one of the funniest parts of Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks cartoon. He's the ultimate black white supremacist, as eager to appease every caucasian he ever met as he is to denigrate any non-white who steps within an eighty-eight mile radius of him...
‘R.O.D Read Or Die Official Archive’ Is The Best Kind of Fan-Service [Preview]
I really dig behind-the-scenes stuff and process books for comics and cartoons. It's not that I want to learn how to make my own so much as I enjoy seeing how things are put together. It can lead to a deeper appreciation of the work in question, which is always cool...
2000 AD’s ‘Trifecta’ Crossover Is Hereby Declared The Best Event Comic of 2012
Let me be the first to apologize to you, on behalf of the entire comics press. We screwed up. We were too focused on the wrong events in 2012. We spent tens of thousands of words on Avengers vs X-Men, Before Watchmen, Night of the Owls, and we missed the fact that there was a bigger, better, and extremely satisfying crossover sitting right under our noses...
Moto Hagio’s ‘The Heart of Thomas’ Is A Dense, Heartfelt Read [Preview]
Moto Hagio's Heart of Thomas, recently translated and released by Fantagraphics, is my first proper introduction to the shounen-ai, or "boy's love," genre of manga. I have friends who are into yaoi and boy's love, and they have been remarkably generous with their time, knowledge, and gag gifts of yaoi versions of comics I like, but it isn't quite my thing...
Atmosphere, Comedy, and Art: Breaking Down Mignola’s ‘Hellboy In Hell’ #1
Pulling apart a good comic is like trying to figure out the secret ingredients in a great dish. You have to go on taste and feel alone. The dish's sharp bite could be basil or pepper, and the juicy taste could be thanks to primo meat or a long-term brine...
Kickstarted: Mark Andrew Smith And James Stokoe’s ‘Sullivan’s Sluggers’
I like Kickstarter a lot. It's an efficient way to directly connect with artists while also making sure that a project that interests you gets funded. There are still a few hitches that need to be worked out, but my experience with Kickstarter has been largely positive...
Kickstarted: Alex de Campi’s ‘Ashes’
I like Kickstarter a lot. It's an efficient way to directly connect with artists while also making sure that a project that interests you gets funded. There are still a few hitches that need to be worked out, but my experience with Kickstarter has been largely positive...
Let David Hine and Doug Braithwaite’s ‘Storm Dogs’ Take You For A Ride
The factors that make a comic appealing are an entirely subjective and strange thing. Sometimes the thrill of the unknown is what does it, and at other times, it's seeing something familiar performed in a new or particularly efficient way...
Kickstarted: SP7 and The Manga-Influenced Generation
I like Kickstarter a lot. It's an efficient way to directly connect with artists while also making sure that a project that interests you gets funded. There are still a few hitches that need to be worked out, but my experience with Kickstarter has been largely positive...