The World's First Monster Fan Magazine
Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1 IDW Story: Steve Niles Art: Bernie Wrightson Okay, monster kids. You may not frequent a comic shop, but here are five good reasons that you should go out of your way, take the scenic route to a store, and buy this issue. 1. It is, simply put, a gorgeous book…. [Continue Reading]
MONOCYTE #3 IDW Story: menton3 & Kasra Ghanbari Art: menton3 MONOCYTE has all the character of a truly visionary anime and the convolution of David Lynch’s most bizarre piece of cinema. If you are a reader who prefers your story arcs well-defined and your action sequences clear-cut and colorful, MONOCYTE is not… [Continue Reading]
VENOM #13 Story: Rick Remender Art: Tony Moore Review by Holly Interlandi One could argue that Marvel comics are always at their best when they don’t take themselves too seriously. Venom #13 is a shining example. The first issue of a team-up of sorts called Circle of Four, the story provides a plot as trite… [Continue Reading]
FATALE #2 Story: Ed Brubaker Art: Sean Phillips Review by Holly Interlandi Brubaker and Phillips are a team well-versed in the world of comics noir, being responsible for the popular titles CRIMINAL, INCOGNITO, and SLEEPER. Their new series FATALE is unique among them, however, for bringing supernatural weirdness into the fray, in the form of… [Continue Reading]
SWAMP THING #6 Story: Scott Snyder Art: Marco Rudy Review by Holly Interlandi Scott Snyder has a knack for taking things up another notch, even when you think you’ve reached the veritable climax. DC’s new SWAMP THING, in which Alec Holland has been on the run from a horrifying force called The Rot, has thus… [Continue Reading]
Looking for an excuse to revel in blood and body parts while the rest of the world goes caroling? Trying to find something to comfort your disturbed soul during December’s holiday stress and mayhem? Since Hollywood seems to stay away from scares during the Yuletide season, look no further than your local comic shop. Comic… [Continue Reading]
DRIVER FOR THE DEAD (Collection) 2011 160pgs Radical Publishing Every once in a while I get something across my desk that’s a little different, a little unique. It’s not always a good thing. But in the case of DRIVER FOR THE DEAD, it’s a breath of fresh air in comic market that can get overburdened… [Continue Reading]
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again…Because every time they tried he chewed their limbs off! HUMPTY DUMPTY (Revenger Comics, IDW Publishing, 82 Pages), by Billy Majestic, is not the Egg Man you’re used to thinking of. He has little in common with the ovular fairy… [Continue Reading]
In Tim Lucas’s introduction to FLESH AND BLOOD, Lucas states,“This is what VAN HELSING (2004) might have been.” I couldn’t agree more. Robert Tinnell and Neil Vokes give readers a veritable battle royale of classic monsters, from Dracula to Frankenstein to a terrorizing werewolf, with nary a wink at the proverbial camera. Everything is played… [Continue Reading]
THE VAULT #3 from writer Sam Sarkar and artist Garrie Gastonny hits comic book shelves today courtesy of Image Comics, and it wraps things up in admirable fashion while leaving room for a possible sequel. When last we saw the intrepid explorers of the Sable Island dig site, they had left the island and their… [Continue Reading]
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