BOOM! Studios Commentary Friendship to the Max: Lumberjanes #1-20 Feb 3, 2016 Eric Mesa Almost two years ago Kari Woodrow wrote about Lumberjanes #1 here on this site. Her conclusion was that everyone needed…
Commentary Vertigo Canadian Vampires, eh? : American Vampire Vol 6 Jan 20, 2016 Eric Mesa American Vampire has always been more about America than vampires. Because America has always been portrayed as a land of…
Commentary Image Comics What if Heroes had a Union? : C.O.W.L Vol 1 and 2 Jan 6, 2016 Eric Mesa Two things attracted me to C.O.W.L.: the subject matter and the author. I knew Kyle Higgins from Nightwing Vol 3…
Commentary Dynamite Cheesecake in the Jungle: Jungle Girl Omnibus Dec 23, 2015 Eric Mesa The most important thing you need to know about this title is that it is pure, unadulterated pulp. It is…
Commentary Vertigo Never Bring a Witch to a Djinn Fight: Fables Vol 7 and 8 Dec 16, 2015 Eric Mesa At the end of volume 8, we’re just past the 1/3 point without counting the spinoffs. Bill Willingham seems, at…
Commentary Image Comics Wytches: Parenting Fears Made Manifest Dec 2, 2015 Eric Mesa I read Wytches back in September before Baltimore Comic-Con because I wanted to be able to talk to Scott Snyder…
Commentary Oni Press Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (in Color!) Nov 11, 2015 Eric Mesa I read Scott Pilgrim in its original manga-sized, black and white form when it first came out. With the final…
Commentary Image Comics Alex + Ada Nov 4, 2015 Eric Mesa I was sure I knew how this was going to go. I’ve seen plenty of anime with this same plot.…
Commentary Dynamite Vamping Around: Vampirella Masters Volume 1 Oct 28, 2015 Eric Mesa By this time, long-time readers of Comic POW! will know that I have been exploring pulp comic storytelling via Dynamite’s…
Commentary DC Comics A Masterpiece worth Reading: The Dark Knight Returns Oct 21, 2015 Eric Mesa When I started the relaunch of Comic POW! while taking Christy Blanch’s gender dynamics-based comics MOOC, part of the premise…
Commentary Vertigo The Puppetmaster: Fables Volumes 5 and 6 Oct 14, 2015 Eric Mesa Volume 5 is all over the place, but it does seem to continue to follow Willingham’s trend of providing some…
Commentary Oni Press Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe (in Color!) Sep 23, 2015 Eric Mesa I read Scott Pilgrim in its original manga-sized, black and white form when it first came out. With the final…
Friendship to the Max: Lumberjanes #1-20
Almost two years ago Kari Woodrow wrote about Lumberjanes #1 here on this site. Her conclusion was that everyone needed…
Canadian Vampires, eh? : American Vampire Vol 6
American Vampire has always been more about America than vampires. Because America has always been portrayed as a land of…
What if Heroes had a Union? : C.O.W.L Vol 1 and 2
Two things attracted me to C.O.W.L.: the subject matter and the author. I knew Kyle Higgins from Nightwing Vol 3…
Cheesecake in the Jungle: Jungle Girl Omnibus
The most important thing you need to know about this title is that it is pure, unadulterated pulp. It is…
Never Bring a Witch to a Djinn Fight: Fables Vol 7 and 8
At the end of volume 8, we’re just past the 1/3 point without counting the spinoffs. Bill Willingham seems, at…
Wytches: Parenting Fears Made Manifest
I read Wytches back in September before Baltimore Comic-Con because I wanted to be able to talk to Scott Snyder…
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (in Color!)
I read Scott Pilgrim in its original manga-sized, black and white form when it first came out. With the final…
Alex + Ada
I was sure I knew how this was going to go. I’ve seen plenty of anime with this same plot.…
Vamping Around: Vampirella Masters Volume 1
By this time, long-time readers of Comic POW! will know that I have been exploring pulp comic storytelling via Dynamite’s…
A Masterpiece worth Reading: The Dark Knight Returns
When I started the relaunch of Comic POW! while taking Christy Blanch’s gender dynamics-based comics MOOC, part of the premise…
The Puppetmaster: Fables Volumes 5 and 6
Volume 5 is all over the place, but it does seem to continue to follow Willingham’s trend of providing some…
Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe (in Color!)
I read Scott Pilgrim in its original manga-sized, black and white form when it first came out. With the final…