OINK: Heaven’s Butcher by John Mueller My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a comic I read more out of curiosity than anything else. And I was all the more surprised by it when I was a few pages in and then I kept reading.Apparently a fresh printing, this is a striking little comic….
Tag: Dark Horse Comics
Comic Review: Sugar Shock (Dark Horse Comics, 2010)
Sugar Shock by Joss Whedon (writer) and Fábio Moon (Artist) My rating: 1.5 of 5 stars There’s not a lot I have to say about this comic to be honest. In short, it’s a surreal, absurd adventure of the quite Whedon-like variety. It’s got all his usual elements of cheeky, overly clever dialogue, quick pace,…
Comic Review: The Amazing Screw-On Head (Dark Horse, 2002)
The Amazing Screw-On Head by Mike Mignola My rating: 2 of 5 stars Not much to say – this is an entry into the world of comic-icon Mike Mignola. However unlike the many other entrants in his ‘verse, this ones very much his visual style but the story is an odd mix of being most…
Comic Review: Doc Savage – Curse of the Fire God (4 issue mini, Dark Horse, 1995)
Doc Savage – Curse of the Fire God #1 by Steve Vance (Writer), Pat Broderick (Artist) My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have read many adventure of pulp heroes of yore over the last 20 years but for all the fan-fare and following, I have never really read much of the Doc Savage adventures…
Book Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jungle Tales of Tarzan (Dark Horse Comics, 2015)
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Martin Powell (writer), Carlos Arguello (art), Diana Leto (art), George Tuska (art), Louis Mitchell (art), Mark Wheatley (art), Sergio Cariello (art), Steve Price (art), Patrick Thorpe (art), Pablo Marcos (art), Nik Poliwko (art), Lowell Isaac (art), Jamie Chase (art), Diego Rondon (colours), Dave Lanphear (letters), Oscar Gonzalez…
Itty Bitty Mask #1 of 4 (Dark Horse Comics, 2014)
STORY : Art Baltazar and Franco ART : Art Baltazar Simple, goofy, fun. That’s in a nut-shell pretty much an apt description of the comics that Art Baltazar has become famous for and all his various versions have garnered a solid readership – more so because they allow for a kid friendly entry to comic…