Gotham Academy #8: Writers Becky Cloonan & Brenden Fletcher, art Karl Kerschl, colors Serge Laponte & Michele Assarasakorn & letters Streve Wands.  Less Olive this time around and more brooding ex-Kyle and brooding man-bat Tristan.  Can't have a proper love tirangle without your brooding.

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Really procrastinating on these now. *sigh*  Anyways, lets start with the free-range short fiction.  Seanan McGuire's IM is part of her "InCyrptid" series.  Sadly it feels more like a pro or post-logue than a full story. Her latest "Velveteen" story, Velveteen vs.Santa Claus, is a much stronger piece.  Even if it makes you want to punch Santa in ( Read more... )

Short story wise for back in May we had the Litany of the Earth by Ruthanna Emyrs a CoC mythos story on faith from the perspective of the near human.  The Steel Soldiers' Gambit by Ian Thomas Haley, part of reading the remainder of his "Just Cause" supers series, where a robot bluffs a mentalist at a poker game.  And then a tale of artistry, ( Read more... )

Mouse Guard: the Black Axe returns with its 5th issue, opening with the explanation behind Em's death and then having a return boat trip to the Mouse lands...

Marceline and the Scream Queens has the band touring with Princess Bubblegum as their band manager. And I get to see what Guy the Keyboardist is since he couldn't be human. And a back up ( Read more... )

Got my missed Conan the Barbarian from last week. Wood and Cloonan continue to knock this one out of the park with their adaptation of "Queen of the Black Coast"...

This month's Prophet moves to a different Prophet clone and a new weird scifi setting. Still great though...

Knights of the Dinner Table focuses mostly on two stories. The UT+2 vs ( Read more... )

Lot of comics this week, even with my shop missing the new issues of Mouse Guard: the Black Axe and Adventure Time. Well, they had some AT, but only with the collectible covers. And while they were indeed sweet, I don't pay no 30 bucks for a single comic...

I did get the finale for Villains for Hire that I missed from last week. With a last act ( Read more... )

The Unwritten opens with Tommy still being given a Join or Die spiel by the Cabal. But his trusty allies are on their way to deal with the Evil Fanficcers that are sapping his magical might...

In addition to all the dwarf on dwarf make-outs, the recent Dungeons & Dragons comic also has a Beholder getting stabbed in an eye with a knife and a giant ( Read more... )

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