COFFIN HILL Volume 1: FOREST OF THE NIGHT

COFFIN HILL: FOREST OF THE NIGHT Caitlin Kittredge, Inaki Miranda 2014 Vertigo Comics COFFIN HILL is the kind of comic that made me fall in love with vertigo comics. With some of my favorite titles wrapping up or already done it makes me happy to see a new series from...

PREACHER #1 With Kate (and Dan)

K: Dude, everything I see on your nerd websites… D: I TOTALLY CLEARED MY BROWSER HISTORY!! K: … I said your NERD websites (ick!). D: …Oh… right. K: All of the buzz on the Internets seems to be about AMC developing a PREACHER TV show. Isn’t that the 700 Club? D: Uh,...

Best Comics You’ve Never Heard Of: Daytripper

It’s difficult to convince non-comic readers that comics are works of art. To them, they’re just “funny books” to appeal to the lower class. It’s impossible, they think, for a book to truly be able to evoke feeling and respect out an “actual” reader. To that, I...

Crimespree on Comics: Sweet Tooth

Vertigo Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Jeff Lemire Post-apocalyptic stories are a dime a dozen. They’re showing up in all forms of media and they’re starting to get repetitive. So, when one comes along that showcases an original idea by a voice that deserves to be heard...

Bargain Bin: AMERICAN CENTURY: SCARS AND STRIPES

Here’s the thing about the term “Bargain Bin.” On one hand, it makes you think that what you get out of it is a leftover, all the good stuff is gone. But here, we use the term as “look what I found! Everyone else missed this! Buried treasure!” That was exactly my...