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By now you have undoubtedly heard of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead. What you may not have heard about is the on-going series that Kirkman cut his teeth on, Invincible More in the classical vein of superhero comics with nary a zombie in sight, Ryan investigates whether this is a series worth investing in. In early 2001 the X-Men, one of Marvel's flagship titles and hugely popular due to the early morning cartoon, underwent a surprising change at the hands of British writer Grant Morrison. The first arc entitled E for Extinction was loathed and loved in equal measure, here Ryan finds out why.
Batman is dead, long live the Batman!
After Final Crisis the family of Bat titles took on a new direction with the death of the original Batman, Bruce Wayne. Here Ryan explores one of the emerging titles in Batman & Robin. The talented team of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt take prohibition beyond seedy with a literal story of lost souls in The Damned An apologetic return after a few weeks without posting. A second helping of Warren Ellis with his retro-space heroine Anna Mercury and a first volume filled with ideas.
Nobody does it quite like Warren Ellis, especially with the insane art of Juan Jose Ryp to back him up, as Ryan found out reviewing Black Summer. Ryan goes traditional this week as we go to the very heart of classical superheroes with Grant Morrison's All Star Superman In the first part of our double-header Ryan looks at the start of the classic Scott Pilgrim series. In the second part of our Scott Pilgrim mission we up the ante as Ryan takes a look at the over-sized pary deux. Mike Carey's The Unwritten has been gathering awards for fun, Ryan is a little unsure why. Released on DVD in the UK today, Ryan looks at the source material for one of this year's most controversial movies, Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's Kick-Ass. Brian Wood's viking comic gets the once over as Ryan goes native reviewing Northlanders. Ryan delves straight back into the intriguing world of Tony Chu, in Image's second volume of Chew This week Ryan reviews an exciting new Vertigo title in Jeff Lemire's superb Sweet Tooth. Sffworld's newest reviewer, Ryan Frye, takes on the first collection of 2009's sleeper hit, Chew. |
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