Other than very pretty art, I didn’t think much of the first issue. That said, it did its job of making me pick up issue two. Or was it the desire to want to like the book what made me pick it up? Either way, I don’t think my opinion on the quality of the … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Ms. Marvel #2
More than likely everyone reading knows this, but just in case: The Dark Knight Returns was a 1986 comic book written and drawn by Frank Miller. It’s a five-minutes-in-the-future tale where Batman returns from retirement. Hijinks ensue. Despite accusations of giving birth to the increasingly grim-and-grity comics it is generally agreed to be one of … More Grump Bird Reviews: Batman: Dark Knight Returns, Pts 1 & 2 (Movie)
Evil Empire #1 Writer: Max Bemis Artist: Ransom Getty Publisher: Boom! Studios The Summation: The issue starts with a glimpse of a future USA that appears to be patrolled by menacing secret police who are happy to draw down on citizens for intervening in the beating of a guy in a wheelchair. Meanwhile caption … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Evil Empire #1
Let me just get this out of the way. I tend to not like Millar’s work. In almost everything I’ve read by him it seems he boils down characters to their most dickish and unlikeable. Then he throws on crudity and hate and mean-spiritedness and it gets praised and I get confused as to why. … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Starlight #1
“Look me in the eyes and tell me that you have never heard of Smythe Carradam.” “I swears it to you, I ain’t never heard the name.” The old man looked at the thing at the end of his fists. It was sobbing and crying and smelled like a puddle of piss. It wasn’t a … More Smythe Carradam
Deadly Troubadour 