Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster #1 Story By: Mike Mignola & John Arcudi Art By: Tonci Zonjic Colors By: Dave Stewart Published by: Dark Horse The Golden Age of Comics is a difficult time to revisit. Writers hazard coming off as kitschy or hackneyed even if they bottle some of the spirit. Along the lines …
So far in Inside the Indies, we’ve reviewed Book 1, Book 2, and Book 3. And at last, we come to the end. But not actually the end. Leftovers Book Four is a new beginning, the start of a trilogy. And to be frank, you need to buy this book. Let’s dig in to why! …
Welcome to this week’s second dose of Inside the Indies! This time, we’re onto Leftovers Book Three by Jason Pittman. As you might’ve guessed, Book Three is preceded by Book 1 and Book 2. You all know my spiel by now so let’s stop wasting time! Leftovers Book 3 Writer: Jason Pittman Artist: Jason Pittman …
Welcome back to Inside the Indies, dear reader! Sorry for the delay in getting this out to you, but all that means is this week will feature a double whammy of indie-goodness. Last time, I introduced you to Leftovers Book 1 by Jason Pittman. This week, we’re focusing on Book 2 and on Thursday, it’ll …
Welcome to Inside the Indies, a new feature we’ve concocted to recognize the talents floating in the ether beyond the Big Two and the big “Indie” publishers (Dark Horse, Image, IDW, etc.). Think SPX (Small Press Expo) vs the New York Comic Con. We’ll pick an indie creator and review their books for you and …
Buzzkill #2 Plot: Donny Cates & Mark Reznicek Writer: Donny Cates Artist: Geoff Shaw Colorist: Lauren Affe Publisher: Dark Horse Wow. Remember the review of Buzzkill #1 where you, dear reader, were told there wasn’t much action? That it didn’t feel like a regular comic? Issue numero dos changes that. Or at least, it changes …
Fatherhood #1 Written by Ryan K. Lindsay Illustrated by Daniel Schneider Colored by Paulina Ganucheau Lettered by Brandon DeStefano Designed by Christopher Kosek Published by Challenger Comics Fatherhood is the story of a broken family, one little girl and a father who would do pretty much anything to make her happy. Divorced, drowning in debt …
Last week, IDW released a new X-Files comic, “X-Files Season 10.” Like the Buffy series from Dark Horse, as well as continuations of Jericho, Smallville, Charmed and Farscape, comics are increasingly becoming home to cancelled television shows. Most of these shows have a cult following, so continued runs in comic form suits them well. I …
With Scott Snyder’s Batman Year Zero origin story beginning a new arc on his run of Batman this week, we thought we would look back to our own origin stories, tracing back to how we entered into the world of comics. Sure, the Sound On Sight comics team may not have origin stories as epic …
Free Comic Book Day, a day for celebrating comic books and the quirky shops that sell them, is officially one month away (Saturday May 4th). Here at Sound On Sight we decided to jump the gun and celebrate our love for local comic book shops by sharing what’s great about our own geeky haunts. In …
SPOILERS! (Only if you’ve been living in your own Bat-cave that is…) It was a bold move for writer Grant Morrison to introduce an illegitimate love-child to Bruce Wayne, but then again Grant Morrison is a bold man (is bold the word I’m looking for?). Even bolder still was Grant Morrison’s decision to cap off …
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan USA, 2012 Though its namesake is derived from perhaps the most famous of super-powered fiction females, Wonder Women goes beyond just looking at the development of comic book heroines, examining female role models and revolutionary characters in television and film. In looking at …
With the unexpected success of Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, there is expectation of a sequel despite its low box office performance. Well you are in luck my friends because light has been shed by Mark Millar, writer of the Kick-Ass comic. ForcesofGeek got a hold of a press release about the start up of a monthly …
A first official look of Chris Hemsworth suited up in the Thor armor has surfaced thanks to Yahoo! Movies. Looks like they are keeping true to the comic book design while still grounding it to the real world and not so animated. This is surprisingly the first picture we’ve seen from the shooting of Thor …