The Paybacks Collection[Collects The Paybacks (2016) #1-4, The Paybacks (2015) #1-4] by Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and Taylor Esposito This has been on my to-read shelf for some time and having just taken advantage of a rare full weekend off, I had done a sort and purge of our bookshelves at…
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I read. I watch. I write. I draw. I play board games and spend time with the very few people I like. That is all.
Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! [Penguin Portfolio, 2007]
Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! by Scott Adams For anyone who’s been completely oblivious to certain aspects of pop-culture these past couple of decades, Scott Adams was the tweaked, odd and very clever mind behind the Dilbert comic strip that has become the epitome of satire on corporate culture. In addition he wrote the…
Practical Demonkeeping [Perennial / William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2004]
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore Right off the bat folks, I thoroughly enjoyed this book but was left with elements that left me no choice but to give the book a just-above-average rating. Conceptually, it’s as hilarious an idea as any that the ever-hilarious Christopher Moore has come up with, although I didn’t know when…
Vampironica: Book One [Archie Comics, 2019]
Vampironica, Vol. 1 by Greg Smallwood (story+art) , Megan Smallwood (story), Jack Morelli (Illustrator) A fun little romp that sees our heroine move away from her familiar rom-com styling’s and little-rich-girl cute form into outright horror and gore. Written by brother-sister duo of Greg and Megan Smallwood, regardless of what you think of the comic otherwise,…
Dirtbag Rapture Vol. 1 [Oni Press, 2022]
Dirtbag Rapture Vol. 1 by Christopher Sebela, Kendall Goode (Illustrator), Gab Contreras (Colorist) To be perfectly candid, I saw this comic and I was not going to read it — the premise seemed entertaining but at the same time when I saw some of the preview pages, I was struck with a dread of cliched story-beats that…
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