Universal War One #1, The Killer & Okko: Cycle of Earth

The bad thing about a blog is that the time between each post can be an indicator of how unproductive I’ve been, but that’s not always the case. For example, my previous post was July 21, which means it’s been almost a month since I posted anything on this here blog. I have, however, been productive in terms of writing. I’ve got a couple new irons in the fire on the comics front, and am a day or two away from finishing a work of short fiction. (You’ll learn more about it all in a future post.) So, it’s not just all day job and family time for me. I also manage to squeeze in some writing. But, enough with the self-placating; here are some reviews I wrote for comicreaders.com recently:

Universal War One #1 (of 3)
I borrowed this from ComicReaders for review purposes but enjoyed it so much that I bought the issue and added the miniseries to my pull-list. What we get is a very rich and realized setting and a mysterious, seemingly impenetrable wall of blackness that appeared out of nowhere and now divides the solar system. One each side is a number of human colonies, each now separated from the other. (read more)

The Killer #7 (of 10) & Okko: Cycle of Earth #1 (of 4)
Archaia Studios Press has seemingly completed the restructuring of their organization that has caused substantial delays in their shipping schedules. The publisher shipped some new books in August, including the latest issue of The Killer and the first issue of Okko: Cycle of Earth, which is a follow-up to the excellent Okko: Cycle of Water miniseries. I review both books in a recent installment of Weekly Wanderlust. (read more)

The Sword #1, Gene Simmons does comics, and more

I’m back into the swing of things over at ComicReaders.com. I’ve been making an effort to not review only the comics I read on a regular basis. I’ve been branching out, trying new stuff much like I did in the early days of ComicReaders.com. Here are the most recent books I’ve reviewed:

 The Sword #1
Dara, her father, her mother, her sister and her friend become characters with substance after the passing of a few pages. This is crucial since The Luna Brothers rip the story apart later when uninvited guests come to call. (read more)

Gene Simmons: Dominatrix #3, The Walking Dead #43 and The Killer #5 – #6 were each covered in a recent edition of Weekly Wanderlust. (read more)

Outnumbered #4, Invincible #41, Jack of Fables #10, The Killer #4, Okko: Cycle of Water #3, PvP #32, The Secret History #2

I have a shwack of new reviews over at comicreaders.com:

Invincible #41, Jack of Fables #10, The Killer #4, Okko: Cycle of Water #3, PvP #32, The Secret History #2 can all be found in the May 9 edition of Weekly Wanderlust. (read more)

Outnumbered #4 (of 6)
The storytellers of Outnumbered take a risk with a ballsy experiment in this latest issue. A little less than halfway through this issue, the four protagonists go their separate ways, and yet the comic follows each of them, dividing the pages into three rows of panels. (read more)