Apocalypse Al Debuts February 2014

| November 14, 2013

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From Image: In 2013 MTV Geek announced plans to publish a new four-part miniseries entitled THE ADVENTURES OF APOCALYPSE AL, written by J. Michael Straczynski (SIDEKICK, TEN GRAND) and drawn by Sid Kotian (TWILIGHT GUARDIAN), with colors by Bill Farmer (EPOCH). The series follows the action-packed, fast-paced, surreal, and comically strange tale of Allison Carter, [...]

Spanning the Universes: Wonder Woman

| August 2, 2013

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“Spanning the Universes” spotlights a different comic book character every week and suggests stories featuring those characters for you to seek out and gleefully devour. Want to see your favorite character featured in this column? Make suggestions in the comments and let us know who you’re passionate about!   WHO are they? No other female [...]

Review: Ten Grand #1

| May 3, 2013

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J. Michael Straczynski and Ben Templesmith create a supernatural story with a bit of love story. It’s the tale of Joe, a former mob enforcer who is now Heaven’s enforcer. In return for doing Heaven’s dirty work, he is able to spend five minutes with his dead wife whenever dies a righteous death. After five minutes and the pain of each death, Joe gets resurrected and put right back to work.

Becky Cloonan’s “Wolves” and “The Mire”

| December 31, 2012

On Twitter, I like to follow a number of comics creators and personalities in an attempt to keep my finger on the pulse of what’s going on.  Often, this leads me to discovering some titles I would not have otherwise encountered on my own.  One such comic was Becky Cloonan’s one-issue short from 2011, “Wolves,” [...]